Topic: Africa
COVID cases surging in Africa at fastest rate, but deaths remain low
With the total number of recorded cases during the pandemic standing at 8.9 million, Africa recorded more than 196,000 new cases last week, up from around 107,000 in the previous week.
Why sexual violence by humanitarians and peacekeepers keeps happening
Mukesh Kapila, University of Manchester
I first visited the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1994 during the genocide in...
Togo activist targeted with Indian-made spyware: Amnesty
Amnesty International, in a report published on Thursday, has uncovered a targeted digital attack campaign against a Human Rights Defender (HRD) in Togo —...
Only 2% of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Africa
More than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only 2% of them in Africa, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday.
COVID-19: Africa ‘third wave’ not yet over, while vaccine inequity threatens all
Although new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed following an eight-week surge, this “small step forward” could be short-lived, the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Virus cases surge in Africa, less than 0.8% of fully vaccinated, say officials
Covid-19 cases rose by over 20 percent week-on-week in nearly two dozen African countries and progress on vaccinating Africans is proceeding slowly, with just 0.79 percent of people on the continent fully vaccinated, senior health officials said.
