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President Cyril Ramaphosa. File photo/Ruvan Boshoff, Reuters
AFRICA

Ramaphosa says ‘vaccine apartheid’ means Africa and the Caribbean must work together

At the inaugural AU-Caribbean Community summit, leaders called for greater solidarity to prevent global exclusion

  • Anathi Madubela
3 min read
28 May 2021, South Africa, Pretoria: Emmanuel Macron (l), President of France, and Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, attend the launch meeting of the Initiative for the Future of Vaccines in Africa at the University of Pretoria. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images)
AFRICA

France to join South Africa’s bid to increase support for Trips waivers at G7 meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that South Africa could count on him to fix the inequalities associated with combating the virus

  • Tunicia Phillips
5 min read
CHRISTOS CHRISTOU

Covid resources: Developing countries at the mercy of their wealthier counterparts

Last week, WTO members had another chance to level the playing field by sponsoring the Trips waiver for Covid-19 medical tools. They chose not to

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read