archiveApril 9, 2021

 Africa accounts for less than two per cent of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccines administered globally so far.“Although progress is being made, many African countries have barely moved beyond the starting line,’’ Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, said in a statement issued in Nairobi late on Thursday. Moeti...

Britain’s Prince Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for more than seven decades and the longest-serving consort in British history, died on Friday. He was 99. Buckingham Palace said the prince, who is also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, died in the morning at Windsor Castle. “It...