Covid: South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine rollout over new variant

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A study of the vaccine's efficacy against the South Africa variant shows "disappointing" results.

CHAN: Morocco retain title with a 2-0 win over Mali

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Morocco retain their African Nations Championship (CHAN) crown with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Mali in Cameroon.

Covid: Oxford jab offers less S Africa variant protection

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Developers say they are likely to have a modified version of the jab by autumn to combat the variant.

Viewpoint: From Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Yemen, the dilemma of declaring a famine

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Alex de Waal writes about the starvation that conflicts cause, and the difficulties in tackling it.

CHAN: Hotshots Morocco to defend title against miserly Mali

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Morocco aim to retain their African Nations Championship, CHAN, title as Mali look to win their first on Sunday.

Ahmad restored as presidential candidate by Caf

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Confederation of African Football president Ahmad has been restored as a candidate for the March elections by the organisation's Governance Committee.

Coronavirus in Tanzania: The country that’s rejecting the vaccine

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Tanzania is promoting herbal treatments while denying that there are any coronavirus cases.

Project 17: ‘I was told to clean my own school toilets’

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Yolanda, 17, is campaigning for better education and more resources for schools in South Africa.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala makes history at WTO

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The former Nigerian finance minister becomes the first woman, and the first African, head of the WTO.

Biden ends deadlock over first African and first woman to lead WTO

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had been frontrunner for the role but was opposed by the Trump administration.