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[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Demises of the third phase government President Benjamin Mkapa, the Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister Augustine Mahiga, Members of Parliament (MPs) Rashid Akbar, Getrude Rwakatare and Richard Ndassa are the deaths that shocked the nation in 2020.
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the General Commission on Resistance Fighters, Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution and on Terrorist Attacks Abderrazak Kilani announced on Tuesday that the final list of the Revolution martyrs and wounded is \"almost ready.\"
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As the Polish government plays a game of chicken with the European Union over its next long-term budget, some Poles are voicing fears that a drawn-out conflict could put their country on a path toward an eventual departure from the bloc, or 'Polexit.' Poland's conservative government, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski's Law and Justice party, denies that it has ever wanted to leave the 27-member bloc, and popular support for EU membership runs extremely high. But critics fear the combative tone of Polish leaders — who have recently compared the EU to […]
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have begun releasing plans on their inauguration ceremony set for January 20.
… and a small group of African-American men populated the military’s … on to become the first African-American to lead NASA. The two … in 1877 became the first African-American graduate of West Point and …
[This Day] The House of Representatives yesterday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish a Nigeria Health Infrastructure Development Bank, possessing all the powers and attributes of a financial institution, to provide provide loans either in Naira or foreign currencies and long term credit facilities at a single digit rate to Nigerian owned health and wellness facilities or projects.
[Nation] Dr Stephen Mogusu continued to serve patients under the most horrible conditions - working long hours and without a salary for several months - dreaming, like thousands of fellow frontline workers across the country, of a better day.
South Carolina Democrat Jaime Harrison is being looked at as the frontrunner for the next Democratic National Committee chairman
[Nairobi News] Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has asked the ministry of health to pay all outstanding medical bills for the late Dr Stephen Mogusu, who succumbed to Covid-19 comlications on Monday.
[Cameroon Tribune] The 35-year-old athlete died in Yaounde on Monday, December 7, 2020 after a brief illness.
[Premium Times] The farmers on Tuesday took their hoes to the museum at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Art and Culture in Abuja.
[Nation] The impeachment of Nairobi governor Mike Sonko will be considered by an 11-member special committee of the Senate.
A father in Lancaster, California has been charged with killing his 12-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. 34-year old Maurice Jewel... View Article
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[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Vice President of the Republic, Bornito de Sousa, last Tuesday hailed the conquest made by \"Appy Saúde\", a national startup dealing in the area of technologies, in the competition dubbed \"Virtual Digital World 2020\" organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
As if losing the ability to gather for each of our traditional forms and places…
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President-elect Joe Biden's nomination of retired Army Gen.Lloyd Austinto be secretary of defense has put some Senate Democrats in a... View Article
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[Daily Trust] The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and recall its certificate of registration given that it allegedly has no operational structures as required by law.
It’s the news we have all been fearing - if not expecting. Zweli Mkhize has revealed a second wave of COVID-19 is now sweeping across South Africa.
[Cameroon Tribune] Government has lauded the peaceful conduct of the election of Regional Councillors that took place on December 6, 2020.
The hit early-2000s BET reality show College Hill is reportedly being rebooted. This time, its cast will be based at... View Article
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Senate was set to convene Wednesday to decide on how to handle an impeachment motion against Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.
[Nairobi News] Government spokesperson Colonel (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna has denied claims that President Uhuru Kenyatta will be proceeding to a month-long sabbatical beginning December 15.
[The Herald] The return to normal shifts by all nurses in the public sector, with modest groups in central hospitals being the last to do so, is very welcome, since the health of the vast majority, those who cannot afford the very expensive private care now on offer, was at serious risk.
Have you ever seen a pig dance a jig? I don’t mean to be rude,…
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Slated to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Rep. Marcia Fudge will be the second Black woman to lead the agency. Her appointment comes as a national […]
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Alabama Sen. Doug Jones and federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland are emerging as the leading contenders to be nominated... View Article
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Kira Mercado Data News Weekly Contributor The holidays are a time when families come together, and food is often the heart and soul of the Black family. Through “Recipes and Remembrance of Fair Dillard, 1869-2019,” [...]
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[Algerie Presse Service] Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad said Sunday that Algeria noted \"with great concerns\" that significant funds are still being transferred to terrorist groups as ransoms for the liberation of hostages, a scourge that undermines counterterrorism efforts.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has urged government and other stakeholders to ensure that human rights remain central in all recovery efforts from Covid-19 as Malawi joins the rest of the world tomorrow in commemoration of International Human Rights Day.
