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Africa Needs to Move Quickly on COVID Vaccines to Build Long-term Resilience
New York, Mar 11 (IPS) – Countries on the African continent have a pattern of a six-month break before a new COVID-19 spike happens, researchers at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change have said in a newly released report.
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China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases
The latest lockdowns extend China’s draconian approach to the pandemic it has enforced for most of the past two years
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Women must be given space to lead if Afghanistan is to find peace: Bachelet
Whether as peacebuilders, humanitarians or pivotal actors courageously pushing their communities forward, Afghan women must be given the space to lead if the country is to find peace and progress, the UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet stressed in a statement on Thursday.
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Inflation reached a new 40-year high — even before the big spike in gas prices
Annual inflation rose to a four-decade high in February, as consumer prices were up 7.9% from a year ago. That does not include most of the spike in gas prices tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.