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Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 3m – Africa CDC

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent has reached 3,021,769 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and...
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U.S. reports over 4,000 daily coronavirus deaths for first time

The United States (U.S.) reported more than 4,000 Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in one day for the first time on Thursday, January 7, 2021 as...
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EU to purchase more 300m doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, research claims it might be effective against new strains

The European Commission has renewed a contract with pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech to purchase an additional 300 million doses of their vaccine against...
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Nigeria and the world in a pandemic year

Nigeria became a beautiful bride of sort in a year of pandemic as the international community came to her aid in the fight against...
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Africa’s COVID-19 cases near 3m as death toll hits 69,000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are over 2.9 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African...
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Second COVID-19 wave ravaging the land, claiming lives, says LUTH CMD

Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, Prof. Chris Bode, has said that the COVID-19 second wave was ravaging the...
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Germany achieved 2020 climate goal thanks to pandemic, say experts

Germany surpassed its goal for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, but as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and not policy...
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British dialysis patient first to receive AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine

A dialysis patient is the first person in the world to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine outside a clinical trial. Brian Pinker, 82, received the jab at Oxford...
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Art, film, wildlife drive Dan Yessa’s mission to inspire conservation among DRC’s youth

The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI Foundation's Friend of the Month is Dan Yessa, an artist and documentary filmmaker based...
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Regional Collaboration Centres sharpen country-focused support to accelerate implementation

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Lagos launches flood insurance for rapid doorstep relief for residents

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Conservation

Art, film, wildlife drive Dan Yessa’s mission to inspire conservation among DRC’s youth

The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI Foundation's Friend of the...
Climate Change

Regional Collaboration Centres sharpen country-focused support to accelerate implementation

UN Climate Change's Regional Collaboration Centres (RCCs) strengthened country-driven climate action in 2025,...