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CFP Image The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom on Sunday blasted countries that have imposed travel restrictions on travelers from southern Africa due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. South African scientists were the first to identify the variant, which has since been …
Hundreds of environmentalist demonstrators gathered on South African beaches Sunday to protest against oil and gas exploration by energy giant Shell.
In Cape Town protesters held up the peace symbol and brandished a giant model snoek fish to highlight their concerns about the potential impact of the project on sea life.
Under a dull, rainy sky, protesters in Gqeberha waved signs showing a Shell logo …
The Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has approved an investment to support the malaria vaccine introduction, procurement and delivery for Gavi-eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa in 2022-2025. An initial investment of US$ 155.7 million for 2022-2025 will initiate the implementation of this additional tool in the fight against malaria. The introduction of the RTS,S malaria vaccine to currently recommended malaria control interventions could help drive down child mortality in Africa – a continent that bears …
A Kenyan man receives a dose of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine donated by Britain, at the Makongeni Estate in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. (Photo by Brian Inganga via CFP) The number of fully vaccinated Kenyans surpassed the 2.94 million mark on Sunday as the country continues its nationwide …
The small theater of Cairo Opera House seemed packed as the audiences were watching a group of short films starting with China’s Poem for a Distant Village, which is one of the 22 works contesting in the International Short Film Competition in the 43rd edition of Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). Directed by Liu Bing, the 30-minute fiction, which makes its world premiere at CIFF, tells a story of a producer who has to cancel a …
