Two Years Into Pandemic, Africans Still Lack VaccinesAlmost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa is still asking for vaccines. After all, a bid to suspend intellectual property protections on vaccine technology, proposed by South Africa and India, has hit a dead end. The U.N. Economic Commission for Africa hosts a virtual meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts for North Africa. Lalela Mswane, the reigning Miss South Africa, is keeping her eye quite firmly on the Miss Universe crown despite a political and social media backlash. Anti-Israel activists staged a protest outside Miss South Africa headquarters in Johannesburg on Friday and called for Mswane to boycott the competition.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 24, 2021 15:01 UTC