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South Africa to get first batch of COVID vaccine today

South Africa is due to receive its first batch of coronavirus vaccines today. The country which is currently the worst hit by COVID-19 in Africa was initially scheduled to receive the vaccines at the end of January, but that was…

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West Africa

‘Human error’ to blame for 2019 French military helicopter crash in Mali

An official report published over the weekend says a 2019 crash involving two French defence helicopters in conflict-torn Mali which killed 13 soldiers was due to miscommunication during a military operation. The night accident occurred in November 2019 while the…

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Nigeria: Lagos Governor approves clinical trial of Ivermectin to fight COVID

Lagos state, which includes Nigeria’s commercial hub and biggest city, approved clinical trial of the drug Ivermectin to assess its effectiveness against Covid-19. Ivermectin is an FDA-approved broad spectrum anti-parasitic agent that has been shown to have anti-viral activity against…

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Africa oil output reduces: Bloomberg

Africa's oil exports slumped to the lowest level in at least three years last month, as infrastructure woes for some of Nigeria’s biggest streams combined with gradually waning output in Angola. Combined flows from the region fell to 3.41 million…

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200 Mauritanian scholars, clerics outlaw normalization with Israel

A host of scholars and imams in Mauritania issued a fatwa prohibiting normalization with Israel. “The relationship with the usurping entity of the occupied Palestinian territory and Jerusalem is prohibited,” said the fatwa, signed by 200 scholars and imams. The…

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