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Covid-19: Morocco decides to continue using AstraZeneca jab

Morocco has decided to continue using AstraZeneca vaccine in its immunization campaign against Covid-19, saying the lifesaving benefits outweigh the risk of potential side effects of the vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish pharmaceutical company. The decision was announced Wednesday following a meeting held by the country’s experts and medical consultants after global reports of serious […]

France’s Persistent Role in Africa: The Other ‘Indispensable Nation’?

While recently attending a conference in Benin, the crisis in Mali still loomed large. The conflict in Mali had threatened to unravel the entire security situation in the Sahel and Western African nations spent much of the last year bickering whether a military intervention to save Bamako from approaching Islamist militias was feasible. In the […]

African nations call for urgent debate on racism at UN Human Rights Council

African countries called on Friday on the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold an urgent debate on racism and police brutality amid the unrest in the United States and beyond over George Floyd’s death when the council resumes its 43rd session next week. In a letter written on behalf of 54 African countries, Burkina […]