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Dollars and doses: Africa proves rocky terrain for Russian and Chinese Covid-19 vaccines By Reuters Joe Bavier and David Lewis Johannesburg - Russia and China are racing to plug the Covid-19 vaccine gap in Africa, hoping to cement their influence on a continent where many countries have yet to administer a single shot. But, so far, vaccine donations from Beijing and Moscow have been small, the commercial deals they offer are costly, and some African governments are wary about a lack of data. As rich countries ramp up their inoculation drives, Africa, without the resources to pre-order Pfizer...

Three claims about Kenya’s billion dollar debt to China, checked Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the '&' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by The periodical was correct that China was by far Kenya’s largest bilateral creditor, owed nearly five times as much as the next nearest creditor, Japan. The $6.4-billion figure for how much was...

Feb. 25, 2021 In March 2020, a Nigerian citizen was hospitalized in Guangzhou, the sprawling Chinese city north of Hong Kong. The Nigerian, a businessman who had been infected with the coronavirus in China, tried to escape from quarantine in the hospital. He struck a nurse, and photographs of her bruised face were quickly posted online. Reports that week spoke of four other Nigerians living in the city – home to Asia's largest African migrant population, numbering some 100,000 – who had been infected in a local restaurant serving Nigerian cuisine. The proprietor was Chinese, but that didn...

Except others, European Union is in dire straits grappling to seek timely and adequate supply of COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate its more than 450 million populations. Given the staggering scramble, EU is also facing worst challenge that involves threats of new emerging variants of virus, monopolization of pharmaceutical firms for not having patent-sharing strategy and top of them vaccine’s mass scale availability to all in the bloc diminishing...

Australian journalist Cheng Lei's arrest in China causes concern ANI | Updated: Feb 09, 2021 12:28 IST Hong Kong, February 9 (ANI): Former colleagues and press freedom advocates have expressed concern for the well-being of Chinese-Australian journalist Cheng Lei who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of 'supplying state secrets' by China, reported South China Morning Post. Eric Olander, who worked with her in Singapore in 2003, said it was "heartbreaking to see what she's now having to endure". Tech podcaster Elliott Zaagman, who once shared an apartmen...