United States President Joe Biden's initial African policy plans are starting with a programme inherited from President Donald Trump called Prosper Africa...
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Vol 62 No 13 |
- HEALTH
- COVID-19
United States President Joe Biden has given $4bn to Covax to buy 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine but rich European countries have done little in comparison according to African officials involved in logistics...
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Vol 62 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
- G7
On South Africa's and India's proposal for a 'temporary and targeted' waiver of intellectual property rules on vaccines and associated therapeutics Ramaphosa has won some cautious backing from Macron and US President Joe Biden for the principle...
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On holdMost of the Gulf states' rivalries – such as those between UAE and Qatar – are on hold while they work out their bilateral relations with Joe Biden's administration...
Vol 62 No 12 |
- MOROCCO
- SPAIN
Even though the Joe Biden administration is unlikely to change that decision it is unlikely to speed ahead with the US's promised consulate in the coastal city of Dakhla while European powers stick to a UN-approved route (AC Vol 62 No 6 Marred meeting of minds)...
United States President Joe Biden's backing for an unlikely patent-waiver for Covid-19 vaccines is deft political manoeuvring...
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In Washington DC a group of US Senators set out their demands for a delay in Ethiopia's elections in a letter to President Joe Biden's Special Envoy Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman...
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With United States President Joe Biden having joined the campaign led by India and South Africa to waive patents on Covid vaccine manufacture earlier this month the EU which has long opposed lifting patent protection was under pressure to set out an alternative plan (AC Dispatches 10/05/2021 Health chiefs salute progress in lifting patents on Covid-19 vaccines but say India's crisis shows risks to Africa)...
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Head scratcherMeanwhile United States President Joe Biden's unexpected foray into the call for a patent waiver has left many in Europe scratching their heads given that the US has not allowed any of its vaccine production to be sent out of the country...
He also called for sanctions against Cabo Verde and is reported to have written to President Joe Biden asking him to end US 'interference' in Cabo Verde's legal processes...