Risk of Ebola spreading in West Africa growsWorld Health Organization (WHO) officials warned of the very high risk of the current Ebola outbreak in Guinea spreading to its neighbors, countries that officials do not consider prepared for vaccine dissemination campaigns to mitigate the outbreak. According to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), reliance on foreign entities to research, develop, and manufacture vaccines may hinder the rate of inoculation. South Africa economic update: Economic growth, sustainability disadvantage, and record investmentNasdaq reports South Africa’s GDP experienced 6.3 percent quarter-on-quarter growth in the fourth quarter of 2020, following a in the third quarter relative to the second quarter. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s battering of the global economy, leading to record unemployment in South Africa, South Africans have invested more in 2020 than in any year since 1965. Politics update in Côte d’Ivoire, Libya, and EthiopiaCôte d’Ivoire Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko died from cancer on Wednesday, according to the government.

Source: Ethiopian News March 13, 2021 12:33 UTC