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PICTURES | Virus jabs available on board South Africa’s vaccine train
A rundown South African railway station has been converted into an unlikely vaccination site where a shiny white train brings jabs to remote areas and boost sluggish uptake. Read more…
Gambia blocks migrant returns from EU
The Gambia has formally blocked flights returning migrants deported from the EU, a sensitive political issue in the tiny West African state, which argues that it cannot reintegrate them. Read more…
DRC seeks $58 billion to rebuild industry
The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday announced a plan to re-industrialise the resource-rich but impoverished African nation with a $58 billion investment plan. Read more…
Sudan receives $857 million in IMF aid
Sudan has received more than $857 million as part of a global allocation by the International Monetary Fund to help vulnerable countries, the central bank said on Thursday. Read more…
African countries aim to eradicate polio after outbreaks
African countries on Thursday vowed to wipe out all forms of polio on the continent after efforts to crush the virus were stymied by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more…
Congolese children trade life as miners for a chance at school
Lined up under a hot sun in Kipushi, a mining city in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the children proudly clutch a piece of paper that will change their lives. Read more…
Malaria trial shows 70% reduction in severe cases in sub-Saharan Africa
A new approach using existing medicines to prevent malaria has been shown to reduce severe cases of the parasitic disease among infants by more than 70% in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a study. Read more…
Dozens of abducted Nigeria pupils reunited with parents after three months
Nearly 100 Nigerian schoolchildren kidnapped from an Islamic seminary three months ago were reunited with their parents on Friday after their gunmen captors freed them from forest hideouts. Read more…
Scientists discover fossil of amphibious whale that dates back 43 million years
Egyptian scientists have discovered the fossil of a new species of amphibious whale that dates back 43 million years, a member of the research team said. Read more…
PICS | Inside Anele Mdoda’s Maldives vacation
Media personality Anele Mdoda has shared pictures of herself on vacation in the Maldives where she is living it up – eating colourful breakfasts off floating trays while swimming in infinity pools. Read more…
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