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WHO’s vaccine experts said Wednesday it was still better to take the AstraZeneca vaccine than not. The WHO, Europe’s medicines regulator and AstraZeneca itself have repeatedly said the vaccine was safe after several countries reported feared links with blood clots or brain haemorrhages. Geneva:  World Health Organization experts on Wednesday …

As the world begins vaccination against COVID-19 western countries have been exposed as selfish refusing to avail vaccines to poor countries, but instead hoarding more than they actually need to use. “The COVID-19 roll out Has exposed the moral bankruptcy and structural privilege of Western nations,” some analysts have observed.  …

China’s permanent representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun on Monday notified UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of China’s intention to donate 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to UN peacekeepers. The United Nations is grateful for China’s pledge to donate 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to UN peacekeepers, said a spokesman …

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala meets President Muhammadu Buhari during an official visit on March 15, 2021. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala meets President Muhammadu Buhari during an official visit on March 15, 2021. The former finance minister of Nigeria arrived the country on a five-day working visit, two weeks after she assumed leadership of the …

Ghana President-Nana-Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the country no longer wants to be dependent on the production and export of raw materials, including cocoa beans.He said the nation intended to process more and more of its cocoa beans, with the aim of producing more chocolate, “because we believe …

China’s State Council Information Office will in the near future issue a report on the human rights violations in the United States in 2020, an official statement said Monday. Titled “The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2020,” the 15,000-Chinese-character document details facts regarding Washington’s incompetent …

Kenya has announced it will no longer participate in the international maritime boundary dispute case with Somalia, in protest at “perceived bias and unwillingness of the court to accommodate requests for the delaying the hearings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.” As reported by The Sunday Nation, Kenya’s Attorney-General Kihara …

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, takes part in a deliberation with lawmakers from Qinghai province, at the fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress in Beijing, March 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] President focuses on …

By LI XINFENG China will deepen its cooperation with Africa in a big way to help set it on the path to post-pandemic recovery Last year, as the pandemic was raging, China and Africa extended a helping hand to each other, as evidenced by an Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity …

The arrival of additional doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine in Africa will be a game-changer in the continent’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic while hastening a return to normalcy, a Kenyan expert has said. Steve Ndegwa, a lecturer at the Nairobi-based United States International University (USIU-Africa), said Chinese vaccine doses …