Published: February 12,2022 Africa is moving to the “control phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased vaccination rates will be crucial in helping the continent live with the disease, the World Health Organization’s Africa director Matshidiso Moeti said Thursday. “Although COVID-19 will be with us for the long term, there is light at …
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Published:February 11,2022 Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on the international community to pay close attention to the terrorist threats posed by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement/Turkistan Islamic Party (ETIM/TIP).“We call on the Security Council and the international community to pay …
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Published:February 11,2022 By AGGREY MUTAMBO A Covid-19 vaccination centre in Johannesburg. To date, the continent has only vaccinated a tenth of its 1.23 billion people, short of the 70 percent rate UN target PHOTO | AFP Besides the politics, where or how to invest the money could determine Africa’s recovery. …
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Published: February 10,2022 By Gerald Mbanda Chinese and United States players after their curling mixed doubles round robin game of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Aquatics Center in Beijing, Feb. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang) It was a tight competition between Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi from China playing against Christopher Plysand Vicky Persinger of the United …
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Published: February 10,2022 China on Tuesday urged the United States to revoke a plan of arms sale worth $100 million to China’s Taiwan region, and vowed to resolutely safeguard its sovereignty and security interests. Zhao Lijian, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, urged the U.S. to immediately stop arms sales to Taiwan …
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Published: February 09.02.2022 South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) said Monday that they have approved the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to be used in the country. The Sinopharm vaccine can be used to vaccinate people aged 18 and older. While the vaccine is known globally as Sinopharm, it will be referred to as MC Pharma in South …
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Published:February 09,2022 By Alexander Ayertey Odonko Branded booths and kiosks retailing mobile phones and telecoms items inside Awolowo Glass House in Lagos, Nigeria, March 29, 2021. /CFP As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “Change is the only constant in life.” This adage is valid and perfectly delineates occurrences in the world today. Since time …
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Published:February08,2022 A man carries a sandbag to secure his tin roof Friday February 4, 2022 in Toamasina as he prepares for Tropical Cyclone Batsirai to make landfall in central Madagascar. (AP Photo) Cyclone Batsirai swept out of Madagascar on Monday, leaving behind 20 people dead, 55,000 others homeless. The storm also …
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File pic of China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun. /Xinhua The recent irresponsible, groundless and biased remarks against China by the U.S. related to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xinjiang and Taiwan have seriously poisoned the China-U.S. relations, China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun said on …
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Published: February07,2022 By Staff writer President Xi Jinping congratulatory message to African countries and the on the 35th African Union Summit, was a message that expressed friendship, and offered assurance of China’s commitment and partnership in the sustainable development trajectory of the African continent. The speech focused on the fight …
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