Amid a rapid population growth, Africa will count six cities with over 10 million people by 2035, the Economist Intelligence Unit said. With the continent’s population boom, Angola’s capital, Luanda, and Tanzania’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, will join the metropolises of Cairo, Kinshasa, Lagos and Greater Johannesburg, it said. Paid urbanization is also triggering […]
Several health ministry officials defended Morocco’s AstraZeneca vaccine choice after reports from France and Germany claimed that AstraZeneca jabs were ineffective for people aged over 65. AstraZeneca had responded to such claims by maintaining that its published data from its clinical trials showed a significant response in over-65s. Oxford University, which developed the vaccine with […]
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz who was wounded on October 13 in a shooting that was officially reported as “accidental” has confirmed earlier this week this initial version of the incident and flatly denied any foreign involvement in the shooting. The Mauritanian strongman, who had been hospitalized in Paris after the gunshot wound he sustained, […]
