World鈥檚 first COVAX vaccines arrive in Ghana
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines under the COVAX programme. Healthcare workers in the country are due to be the first to be vaccinated.
Plus, reaction to Tuesday鈥檚 mortar attack carried out by Boko Haram in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria鈥檚 Borno State. The authorities say 10 people were killed.
And reaction to South African finance minister Tito Mboweni鈥檚 budget presentation, which comes as the country faces high unemployment in the wake of Covid-19.
(Photo: Airport workers move a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines at Kotoka International Airport in Accra; Credit: NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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