Africa

Senegal, production of a Covid vaccine is imminent: by the end of next year, the Belgian pharmaceutical company Univercells will transfer its technologies to start producing the serums locally

Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) is experiencing dramatic weeks: repeated and violent attacks by Islamists have led to a humanitarian crisis with over 1.2 million people in need of urgent health care

In Mauritania, more than 600,000 people from the most vulnerable sections of the population will be able to benefit from free comprehensive health insurance by the end of the year

Nigeria, 150 students of an Islamic school kidnapped: according to the newspaper 'This Day', the kidnappers arrived by motorbike, separated the younger children from the boys and took them away

Refugee Council report on the situation in DR Congo: With some 6,000 people forced to leave their homes every day, the humanitarian crisis of displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Nyiragongo volcano is still active, the population is fleeing from Goma and the surrounding areas, but the lava flow is decreasing and in Congo things may improve

Covid vaccine licences or patent moratorium, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (WHO): "Some of you are already close to finishing your immunisation campaign and have excess doses. You are in a position to donate"

The Global Health Summit takes place today in Rome. An "initiative to develop production centres for the Covid-19 vaccine across Africa involving public and private actors and the governments of the continent's countries" will be announced…

Paris summit, a solution indicated is Covax: doubling the quota of serums to be allocated to Africa is contained in the conclusions of the meeting between the leaders of over 30 countries and representatives of the major financial…

Mediterranean, Médecins Sans Frontières intervenes on the migrant front: the organisation attacks the inaction of European states and asks the EU to stop supporting the Libyan coastguards