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Moderna To Supply Vaccines To The COVAX Programme
Moderna has announced a new supply agreement with Gavi for up to 500 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna for COVAX days after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced emergency approval of the vaccine. Recall that vaccine rollout by the COVAX programme recently faced a dead end after the Indian government banned the export of…
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Nigeria Bans Travel To India, Turkey and Brazil
The Federal Government has effected a travel ban that restricts entry to non-Nigerian passengers who have been in India, Brazil or Turkey in the last fortnight due to concerns over the surge in coronavirus and the different variants reportedly found in these countries. Recently, India saw the highest daily tally of new SARS-CoV-2 infections ever…
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Tanzania Announces Methods To Combat New Covid-19 Variants
Tanzania’s new government has announced the country would be taking new measures to combat the impending surge in Covid-19 cases, an admirable shift from the approach taken by its late leader John Magufuli, a COVID sceptic who had downplayed the pandemic. The New COVID-19 Measures in Tanzania Travelers returning from countries with a high number…
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Nigeria To Cut 32% Of Emissions By 2030
Nigeria is agreeing to reduce gas emission as part of its commitments to the Paris Agreement at the U.S.-led climate summit. Speaking virtually to the White House from Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari said since 2016, Nigeria had undertaken “major environmentally sound and climate-friendly programs.” He revealed institutional frameworks have been set in place to cut…
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South Africa To Resume Inoculation With J&J Vaccine
South Africa has announced it will resume its vaccination rollout with Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine following a temporary suspension for a possible link between the jab and blood clots. The government announced that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be administered again starting from Wednesday. It had been put on hold after six people in the…
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UN Reports 29 Million People In Need Of Humanitarian Assistance In Sahel
The United Nations have reported a hike in violent attacks in Chad and the Sahel regions in the north of Cameroon and Nigeria that have left many in need of humanitarian assistance. In recent years, large parts of the western Sahel, a semi-arid region directly south of the Sahara Desert, have been plagued by violence…
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France To Support Metro Project In Ivory Coast
France has showed its support for the construction of the Abidjan metro and the reconstruction site of the Felix Houphouet Boigny bridge in Ivory Coast. The metro project is speculated to cost about 1.36 billion euros and would be led by French-owned umbrella company Bouygues. However, Bruno Le Maire, French Economy Minister has said that…
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Nearly 30,000 Displaced In Mozambique’s Palma Since March
The United Nations have revealed nearly 30,000 people have fled their homes in the town of Palma in northern Mozambique following attacks late last month that killed dozens of people. The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday that approximately 30,000 people fled Palma since the fighters linked to ISIL (ISIS) raided the coastal town on…
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Ghana Set To Deport 494 Nigerians For Violating Immigration Laws
Ghana has announced the arrest and repatriation of 507 foreigners who are citizens of Burkina Faso and Nigeria. David Fianko-Okyere, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and spokesperson for the Regional Police Command, made this known at an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga. The police spokesperson said the region had implemented a new…
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UNICEF To Redistribute Over 1.3M Covid-19 Vaccine From Congo
Amid fears of possible expiration, The United Nations Children’s agency (UNICEF) said it will redistribute more than 1.3 million doses of vaccines meant for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency had previously announced the vaccine distributed under the global COVAX initiative will expire on 24 June. Due to doubts raised by blood clout issues…