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Moderna plans to invest about $500 million to build a factory in Africa to make up to 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines each year, including its COVID-19 shot, as pressure grows on the pharmaceutical industry to…

The UN Security Council has been told that increasingly alarming accounts of hunger-related deaths are emerging from the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, said, "life-saving…

Events are being held in South Africa to mark the 90th birthday of the Nobel peace prize winner, Desmond Tutu. He's expected to attend a service at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town, where he served as the country's…

Officials in South Sudan say 35 people have been killed in 'ethnic clashes in the north of the country. Eighty others were wounded in fighting between the Luacjang, Thiik and Lou Paher people in Warrap state. It's…

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he hopes the diplomatic tension with Algeria will ease soon. "My wish is that we can calm things down because I think it is better to talk to one another, and to make progress."  Macron…

Seven UN officials who had until Sunday to leave Ethiopia have left "for their safety." The organisation's spokesperson, Farhan Haq says. The officials were accused of meddling in the country's internal affairs, especially in relation to…

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, NUMSA, has announced the start of an indefinite strike. The Union is one of the biggest in the country with about 155,000 members. The strike will affect some mining, construction,…

U.S. Climate Envoy, John Kerry said on Saturday that 'Egypt had already been selected as the nominee to host the COP27' U.N. climate conference due to take place next year. Each year,  a country representing a different region…

Egypt to host COP27 climate talks U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said on Saturday that 'Egypt had already been selected as the nominee to host the COP27' U.N. climate conference due to take place next year. Each year, a…

A high-ranking former Malawian MP, Clement Chiwaya, has shot himself dead in an office in parliament. Mr Chiwaya, who was a wheelchair user after he contracted polio at the age of two, served as deputy speaker between 2014 and…