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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.- In the photo, a specialist works in a clinical laboratory amid the pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Less affected by covid-19 than the rest of the continents, Africa begins a race for the vaccine. The continent hopes to vaccinate "3% of Africans between now and March 2021 and 20% by the end of next year," declared the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Matshidiso Moeti, in Brazzaville.

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Mombasa, Kenya - February 25 2018 : Container vessel under cargo opearations

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A man casts his vote at a polling station during Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections in Kyebi, Ghana December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

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Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. Picture taken November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

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A fruit seller is seen in a market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Adjame a neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon.

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Sons of Onyeka Oguaghamba, one of the Nigerian men arrested on charges of public display of affection with members of the same sex, walk to school in Lagos, Nigeria, February 11, 2020. Oguaghamba says he was sleeping outside the hotel in car at the time of the raid and was caught up in the arrests. While he was in police detention, Oguaghamba said, his four boys were told their father had been on television. "I felt so bad, although they didn't understand what gay means," he said. "They asked me - why police arrested me and they were showing me on television. I explained to them that the police can arrest anybody at any time." REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja SEARCH "NIGERIA LGBT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

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Women pick unwanted coffee beans from the final product just before packaging in Holiso cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1A79217960

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A cargo train is launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC18EA14A4B0

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Tourists sit at the Mara Serena Safari Lodge, within the Masai Mara game reserve, southwest of Nairobi, Kenya, July 28, 2009. Picture taken July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A8B82F4A0

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Lagos, Nigeria.- In the photos, it shows the streets of the city of Lagos during the coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the fact that Africa has managed to prevent the "exponential spread" of the novel coronavirus epidemic on the continent. "The transmission of covid-19 in Africa has been characterized by a relatively lower number of infections, which has decreased in the last two months," said the WHO regional leadership.

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A volunteer holds an Ethiopian flag during a blood donation ceremony for the injured members of Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) fighting against Tigray's special forces on the border between Amhara and Tigray, at the stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

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A passenger wearing a face mask sits on bus called "Car Rapide", amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dakar, Senegal June 24, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Africa in the news: AfCFTA launches, Africa secures COVID-19 vaccines, and Niger and the Central African Republic vote

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Africa in the news: Elections in Ghana, US relations with Somalia and Morocco, and trade in East Africa

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