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Mkhize: AstraZeneca vaccines have been offered to the AU
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize gave an update on vaccines at Parliament on 16 February 2021. He said the AstraZeneca vaccines that SA bought would be distributed...
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Ramaphosa: Access to loans on favourable terms crucial for Africa amid pandemic
Ramaphosa gave his final address as the chairperson of the African Union (AU) on Saturday during the organisation’s virtual 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly and Heads of States.
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African leaders to tackle COVID, conflict at virtual summit
The African Union summit comes almost exactly one year after Egypt recorded the first case of COVID-19 in Africa, prompting widespread fears that member states' weak health systems would quickly be overwhelmed.
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COVID-19 and conflicts compete for attention at African Union summit
The two-day African Union summit comes almost exactly one year after Egypt recorded the first case of COVID-19 in Africa, prompting widespread fears that member states' weak health systems would quickly be overwhelmed.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: What we got right as AU chair despite our baptism of fire
Our most pressing task was to steer the focus of the African Union to addressing the worst global emergency in over a century, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Ramaphosa: Africans struggling to access vaccines that were tested on them
Earlier this week, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned against ‘vaccine nationalism’, saying it risked endangering the recovery of not only countries like South Africa, but all nations.
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WATCH LIVE: AU Chair Ramaphosa on Africa COVID-19 vaccine strategy
Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting a webinar on the Africa COVID-19 vaccine financing and deployment strategy.
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EXCLUSIVE: Bobi Wine: AU's Ramaphosa shouldn't be silent in face of injustice
In an exclusive interview with Eyewitness News, Wine said only the EU, the US and human rights bodies have condemned the human rights violations in his country.
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Africa took the right COVID-19 measures at the right time - WHO
While they were the right choices, it has left African countries with troublesome economic results.
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African Union secures provisional 270 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
According to the BBC, AU head and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised all of the doses will be used this year.
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Sudan to deploy troops in Darfur after tribal clashes
It comes less than a week after the United Nations Security Council agreed to end the UN and African Union's long-running peacekeeping mission in Darfur, UNAMID, when its mandate expires on 31 December.
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Naledi Pandor: The AU has a vaccine strategy for the continent
Speaking on 14 December 2020, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said that the African Union has established a task team for Africa to ensure there are vaccines available for the continent. Pandor said “vaccine nationalism” was a problem, and that richer countries might try to hoard the medication.
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African Union condemns violence in Nigeria
AU chair Moussa Faki Mahamat's statement welcomed Nigeria's decision to disband the police's loathed Special Anti-Robbery Squad, but doesn't condemn its actions.
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Ramaphosa: Africans must rally behind Nigerian candidate for WTO top spot
Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is one of the two remaining candidates for the position of World Trade Organization director general.
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Ramaphosa appeals for global solidarity in fighting against COVID-19
The president was speaking in his capacity as the AU chairperson at the first day of the General Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Mkhize: SA looking forward to COVID-19 debt relief for AU member states
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize delivered the keynote address at the centre’s conference on mitigating the economic and health impact of COVID-19.
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ANALYSIS: Why foreign countries are scrambling to set up bases in Africa
Several African governments are hosting foreign military bases, despite the African Union Peace and Security Council’s concerns.
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AU chair Ramaphosa condemns ‘unconstitutional change of govt’ in Mali
The AU chairperson on Wednesday called for an immediate return to civilian rule and for the military to return to their barracks.
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Activist calls on SA to condemn human rights violations in Zimbabwe
Scores of protesters in Harare have been met with violence while trying to draw attention to the country’s economic challenges.
