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A medical worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) seals a swab sample inside a South Africa Health Department mobile coronavirus testing unit at O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Health

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (and possibly others) are ineffective against the South African variant

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February 8, 2021
A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country's first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against COVID-19 at the Baragwanath Hospital on June 28, 2020 in Soweto, South Africa.
Health

How to stop vaccine nationalism from prolonging the pandemic

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February 7, 2021
Novavax shares soar after strong trial results for COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Novavax shares soar after strong trial results for COVID-19 vaccine

By Bloomberg and Robert Langreth
January 29, 2021
Pharmacist Josh Athwal (left) receives an injection of the Oxford/Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine, administered by nurse Gurit Dhadday, at The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley.
Health

AstraZeneca is finding it hard to keep its COVID-19 vaccine promises

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January 25, 2021
The Supreme Court will decide: Can Big Chocolate be blamed for child slavery?
International

The Supreme Court will decide: Can Big Chocolate be blamed for child slavery?

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November 26, 2020
Piracy is thriving off the coast of West Africa despite COVID nearly crushing global marine traffic
International

Piracy is thriving off the coast of West Africa despite COVID nearly crushing global marine traffic

By Katherine Dunn and Jeremy Kahn
November 20, 2020
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Conferences

Why Africa is primed for economic investment

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October 27, 2020
Big Chocolate’s child-labor problem is still far from fixed
International

Big Chocolate’s child-labor problem is still far from fixed

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October 19, 2020
Europe is on high alert after a deadly swine virus emerges in Germany
International

Europe is on high alert after a deadly swine virus emerges in Germany

By Megan Durisin, Brian Parkin, Isis Almeida and Bloomberg
September 10, 2020
In 2007, Rosemond Sameenaden, 70, joined other Chagos islanders outside the High Court, London, where they were fighting the UK government for the reinstatement of their homeland.
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‘Colonialism’ and crypto claims: Why the .io domain name extension faces an uncertain future

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August 31, 2020
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma briefs the media on the gazetted regulations issued in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) at Sefako M Makhatho Presidential Guest House on March 19, 2020 in Pretoria, South Africa.
Health

This country banned tobacco sales to fight COVID-19. The result was a crime wave

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August 16, 2020
Brainstorm Health 2020-Sheila Davis-Agnes Binagwaho
Conferences

How Rwanda is beating the U.S. in the fight against the coronavirus

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July 8, 2020
Small-scale miner Saniniu Kuryan Laizer holds the two giant samples of Tanzanite he found at a ceremony honoring his discovery.
International

What is tanzanite? It just made this man a millionaire. And proved African mining reforms can work.

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June 26, 2020
The great African air conditioning boom is about to begin—and it could strain the planet

The great African air conditioning boom is about to begin—and it could strain the planet

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March 19, 2020
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Health

Groundbreaking malaria vaccine test underway in 3 African nations

By Cara Anna, Lauran Neergaard and The Associated Press
January 16, 2020

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