Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology in WHO project

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that six African countries - Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia - would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines.
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Kyari May Spend More Days In Detention As NDLEA Approaches Court

Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and four others may spend more time in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency as the NDLEA has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja informing the court of its intention to detain the suspects beyond the stipulated 48 hours.
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Gunfire, explosions rock Somali capital in second militant attack this month

Al Shabaab militants attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in Somalia's capital Mogadishu early on Wednesday, officials and the militants said, a show of force as the nation prepares for a much-delayed presidential election.
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Former Mozambican president Armando Guebuza to take the stand in trial on R32bn debt

All eyes will be on Mozambique's former president Armando Guebuza when he takes the stand on Thursday as the 17th witness in a case on hidden debt involving $2 billion (R32 billion).
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Bus crash kills 10 in Sudan: police

A bus crash on a highway in central Sudan on Wednesday killed at least 10 people and left dozens injured, authorities said. The accident involved two buses and took place in the district of Bara in North Kordofan state.
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Machete-wielding attackers kill 15 in eastern Congo, local chief says

Militants armed with guns and machetes killed at least 15 people and injured four on Tuesday in an early morning raid on a village in Congo's eastern Ituri province, according to local authorities.
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EU, Gates Foundation to invest over R1bn to set up African drugs regulator

The European Union and the Gates Foundation will invest over 100 million euros (about R1.7 billion) over the next five years to help set up an African medicines regulator to boost the continent's drugs and vaccine production, the EU Commission said on Tuesday.
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Work to widen Suez Canal is underway

Work is underway to expand the two-way section of the Suez canal to 82 km from 72 km, the chairperson of the authority managing the Egyptian waterway said on Tuesday.
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Mozambique drops school science textbook after outcry over homosexuality, masturbation content

Mozambique will remove a seventh grade natural science textbook from schools after outrage on social media over content that discussed masturbation and homosexuality, the education ministry said Tuesday.