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COVID-19: First clinical trial of a vaccine underway in South Africa

South Africa has just started clinical trial of a vaccine against Covid-19, the first on the continent. This candidate vaccine has been developed by Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and is already being tested in humans in Great Britain.   The vaccine trial started on June 24 in Johannesburg, the commercial capital, and Pretoria, the national […]

Senegal: National Assembly validates new electoral Code

The Senegalese Parliament validated on Monday by a majority vote the bill establishing a new electoral Code. Meeting in extraordinary session, the deputies voted after stormy debates on the new electoral Code which was however intended to be consensual. A political dialogue had been launched in January 2020 to produce a document approved by the […]

African Lion 2023: US experts highlight Morocco-US strategic partnership for peace, stability

The African Lion 2023 military exercise reflects the strength of the strategic partnership between Morocco and the United States which serves peace and stability and stands against growing security threats in the region and in Africa, American experts underlined in Washington. “What makes this year’s African Lion special, last month US President Joe Biden warned […]