How drug companies are sidestepping the WHO’s technology transfer hub in Africa

Moderna’s decision to continue making the vaccine itself, though on the Kenyan site, is a signal that the company (at least for the moment) is not considering licensing its technology to a third party for local manufacture.

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Africans and African-Americans would honour Martin Luther King by rekindling their bonds

Africans and African-Americans must rekindle the spirit of collaboration and cooperation which existed among black nationalists over half a century ago to counter the rising tide of anti-black racism in the US.

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Environmental disasters are fuelling migration — here’s why international law must recognize climate refugees

By Daniel L. Huizenga , Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Geography, University of Toronto When hurricanes Eta and Iota barrelled into Central America in November 2020, they flooded towns and cities, caused…

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How religion helped African migrants during a risky Atlantic crossing

Religiousness is an important adaptive coping mechanism during the migration process. There’s a need for more holistic clinical interventions that include the spiritual aspects of migrants’ mental health.

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Shadow states are the biggest threat to democracy in Africa: Fresh reports detail how

Democracy capture occurs when a few individuals or sections of a supposedly democratic polity are able to systematically appropriate to themselves the institutions and processes as well as dividends of democratic governance

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