Nine, including South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia, had reached the 10% goal at the beginning of September and another six managed to sprint ahead to reach the target this month due to rising vaccine deliveries.

Following the US-hosted Summit, Dr. Githinji Gitahi, the Group CEO of Amref Health Africa, says Africa should be outraged that barely 4 per cent of its population is fully vaccinated, outlines 5 steps to end the vaccine injustice.

WHO urges African countries to urgently ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations as the squeeze on vaccine shipments eases.

Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia accounted for 83% of the new deaths recorded in the past week.

The pandemic erases decades of gains in development but response efforts show signs of renewed global commitment.

A lack of adherence to transmission prevention measures has fuelled the new surge that coincides with colder seasonal weather in southern Africa and as more contagious variants spread.

Only 38 million vaccines have been received on the continent of about 1.2 billion people.

In an interview with Africa Renewal, Ms. Taylor also discusses Liberia's development priorities.

Government uses tech to contact trace, send money to the poor during lockdown, and now for vaccination rollout.

First batch of COVAX vaccines arrived in March, country aims to inoculate 70% of 200 million people by 2022.

Tracking the focus of misinformation circulating on social media is difficult, but African fact-checking organizations say they have debunked more than 1300 misleading reports since the onset of the pandemic.

— United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres.

— Daisy Masembe (Uganda)

— Julie Ako (Nigeria)

— Nkosi Kwanele (Zimbabwe)

— Kamva Namba (South Africa)

Start-up works to bridge healthcare gap in The Gambia.

Top priorities are COVID-19, the AfCFTA, peace, climate change, integration, gender equality and promoting African culture.

— Dr. John Nkengasong, Director, Africa CDC

Rich countries hoard available and future vaccines, as poor countries wait.

Message by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Pan-African TV subscription platform engages young creatives to fight fake information

Nurse Alepher Matemba Banda responds on national GBV helpline.

— Joseph Gabayo, Ambulance Driver (Botswana).

Urge governments to take measures to limit the spread of the virus.

The virus is now moving from high density urban areas to to rural areas with lower population density.

— Ms. Winnie Byanyima is the new Executive Director of the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).