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World leaders, health groups and pharmaceutical firms announced $1.2 billion in funding at a summit Thursday to produce vaccines in Africa, which is facing numerous health crises including rising cholera outbreaks.The African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator “will be an essential step towards a genuine African vaccine market,” French President Emmanuel Macron said at the opening of the …

Over $1 billion pledged to create ‘African vaccine market’Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:53:11 GMT Read More »

The ongoing civil war in Sudan has provoked one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises in decades, the international chief of the medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Thursday.War has raged for more than a year between the regular military under army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces led by his …

Sudan one of world’s ‘worst crises’ in decades: medical charityThu, 20 Jun 2024 13:40:42 GMT Read More »

Four in every five people want their country to strengthen its commitments to addressing climate change, according to a global poll of 75,000 participants published on Thursday.The survey by the UN Development Program, Oxford University and GeoPoll posed 15 questions by randomized telephone calls to people in 77 countries representing 87 percent of the world’s …

Four in five people want more climate action: UN surveyThu, 20 Jun 2024 04:09:19 GMT Read More »

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed “the beginning of a new era” on Wednesday as he was sworn in for a second full term after his weakened African National Congress (ANC) struck a hard-won government coalition deal to remain in power.Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to re-elect the 71-year-old last week after a May 29 general election …

S.Africa’s Ramaphosa sworn in for second full term as presidentWed, 19 Jun 2024 21:28:18 GMT Read More »

A fire tore through a military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital N’Djamena setting off explosions that killed at least nine people and wounded dozens, officials said Wednesday.The blaze, which started late Tuesday, sent powerful blasts into the night sky and the exploding ordnance shook buildings miles away.”I would like to tell my compatriots that the …

Chad ammo depot blaze kills nine, wounds dozensWed, 19 Jun 2024 19:55:48 GMT Read More »

Quinton de Kock hit a blistering half-century as South Africa made 194-4 against the United States in their opening T20 World Cup second round clash on Wednesday.Opening batsman De Kock, his country’s leading run-maker in the format, reached his 15th T20 international fifty off 26 balls in the opening game of the Super Eights stage …

De Kock leads South Africa to 194-4 against USA at T20 World CupWed, 19 Jun 2024 16:18:55 GMT Read More »

Racing 92’s South African-born lock Bernard Le Roux has hung up his boots after 21 months out with injury.The 35-year-old joined Racing in 2009 and went on to play 47 times for France after qualifying for his adopted country through residency.Le Roux made his international debut in a 30-0 loss to New Zealand in 2013 …

South African-born France lock Le Roux hangs up bootsWed, 19 Jun 2024 14:17:13 GMT Read More »

A deadly fire broke out at a huge military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital N’Djamena, sending powerful explosions into the night sky and shaking buildings miles away.The explosions from the late Tuesday blaze turned the sky red and could be heard miles away as ordnance fired off in the flames at regular intervals, according to …

Deadly fire breaks out at Chad army ammunition depotWed, 19 Jun 2024 09:41:46 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa is to be sworn in for a new term as president at a ceremony in Pretoria on Wednesday, after his weakened African National Congress (ANC) struck a government coalition deal.Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to re-elect the 71-year-old last week, after a May 29 general election that produced no outright winner. He will be …

South Africa’s Ramaphosa to be sworn in as presidentWed, 19 Jun 2024 08:30:26 GMT Read More »

A deadly fire erupted late Tuesday at a huge military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital N’Djamena, causing weapons to fire into the air, the government and witnesses said.Blasts from the depot in the capital’s Goudji area were heard miles away, AFP journalists said, adding that projectiles turned the sky red and black as they shot …

Deadly fire at military ammunition depot in Chad’s capitalWed, 19 Jun 2024 04:01:36 GMT Read More »