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FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2019 file photo, Madrid's Walter Tavares gestures during the Euroleague Final Four semifinal basketball match between CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria, Spain. While the AfroBasket tournament doesn’t boast the star power of an Olympics, it does showcase ever-competitive and improving quality of basketball on the continent. Tiny Cape Verde has one big advantage as it tries to become champion of African basketball for the first time: 7-foot-3 former NBA draft pick Walter “Edy” Tavares. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, file)
Tall task: Cape Verde aims high in AfroBasket semifinals

By Ken Maguire Sep. 03, 2021 02:18 PM EDT

Selemon Barega, of Ethiopia, celebrates after winning the men's 10,000-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Ethiopia's Barega wins 1st track gold of Tokyo Olympics

By Gerald Imray Jul. 30, 2021 08:56 AM EDT

A German athlete, wearing face mask, walks past the Olympic rings display on their arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Thursday, July 1, 2021. The pressure of hosting an Olympics during a still-active pandemic is beginning to show in Japan. The games begin July 23, with organizers determined they will go on, even with a reduced number of spectators or possibly none at all.(Kyodo News via AP)
As Tokyo Olympics approach, virus worries rise in Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 06, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

People enjoy a summer's day, in Benidorm, south-east Spain, Saturday, June 26, 2021. Almost a year after face masks became mandatory indoors and outdoors in Spain, people from Saturday are no longer required to wear them outside as long as they can stay at least 1.5 meters (5 feet) apart. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
The Latest: UK health secretary quits in wake of scandal

By The Associated Press Jun. 26, 2021 08:27 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 27, 2021 file photo, a woman waits for the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at the Butanda Health Center III in Western Uganda. Virus cases are surging in Uganda, making scarce hospital beds even more expensive, and concern is growing over the alleged exploitation of patients by private hospitals accused of demanding payment up front and hiking fees. (AP Photo/Patrick Onen, File)
As virus surges in Uganda, hospitals accused of profiteering

By Rodney Muhumuza Jun. 26, 2021 04:50 AM EDT

Violinist Antonio Hernandez plays for the relatives of COVID-19 victim Miryam Rodriguez, while they are gathered for prayer by the hearse that carries her remains to Serafin Cemetery, before cremation in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, June 18, 2021. Due to regulations to contain the new coronavirus, relatives cannot enter the cemetery. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
The Latest: Protests decry Brazil policies as toll tops 500K

By The Associated Press Jun. 19, 2021 05:46 AM EDT

Uganda tightens lockdown measures as virus cases surge

By Rodney Muhumuza Jun. 18, 2021 03:29 PM EDT
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda is tightening its lockdown measures to try and stem a surge in coronavirus infections in the East African country that is seeing...

A tram drives through downtown Lisbon, Friday, June 18, 2021. Travel in and out of the Lisbon metropolitan area is to be banned over coming weekends as Portuguese authorities respond to a spike in new COVID-19 cases in the region around the capital. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
The Latest: Uganda tightening measures due to virus surge

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, May 22, 2021 file photo, Berhanu Nega, leader of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) opposition party, attends an election rally at Agena town in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. The country is due to vote in a general election on Monday, June, 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)
Ethiopia finally set to vote as PM vows 1st fair election

Jun. 18, 2021 02:37 AM EDT

People wait in the stands to receive coronavirus vaccinations at the Kololo airstrip in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, May 31, 2021. As virus cases surge in the world's poorest countries, a sense of dread is growing among millions of the unvaccinated, especially those who toil in the informal, off-the-books economy, live hand-to-mouth and pay cash in health emergencies. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)
In poorest countries, surges worsen shortages of vaccines

By Rodney Muhumuza And Farai Mutsaka Jun. 17, 2021 02:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 2, 2015 file photo, Mo Ibrahim, Chairman and Founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, answers a question from a journalist at a press conference where the winner of the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership was announced, in Nairobi, Kenya. Ibrahim, in a June 2021 interview with The Associated Press, is sharply criticizing the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by wealthy nations, urging the international community to "walk the talk" of equitable distribution as Africa desperately lags behind. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Billionaire philanthropist: vaccine hoarding hurts Africa

By Rodney Muhumuza Jun. 09, 2021 07:44 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 5, 2021, file photo, medical staff look out from a window as officials prepare for a ceremony to commence the country's first coronavirus vaccinations using AstraZeneca provided through the global COVAX initiative, at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. And hundreds of thousands of the country's health workers, many of whom come face-to-face with the virus every day, are still waiting for their shots. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
'This IS INSANE': Africa desperately short of COVID vaccine

By Gerald Imray Jun. 09, 2021 02:21 AM EDT

A couple wait for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Butanda Health Centre III in Western Uganda, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The Uganda government has embarked on vaccinating people in hard to reach areas. Remote islands in Uganda have tested the efforts of health officials delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses as global efforts to access hard-to-reach areas continue. (AP Photo/Patrick Onen)
In Uganda, remote islands test delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

Apr. 30, 2021 09:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 29, 2021 file photo, numbers are handed out to people waiting to receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Ndirande Health Centre in Blantyre Malawi. Some Africans are hesitating to get COVID-19 vaccines amid concerns about their safety, alarming public health officials as some countries start to destroy thousands of doses that expired before use. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi, File)
In Africa, vaccine hesitancy adds to slow rollout of doses

By Rodney Muhumuza Apr. 27, 2021 02:13 AM EDT

A woman receives a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Africa CDC says vaccine passports 'inappropriate' for now

By Rodney Muhumuza Apr. 08, 2021 06:56 AM EDT

Tigrayan refugees wait in line to revive food from Muslim Aid at Hamdeyat Transition Center near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, eastern Sudan, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Ethiopia says Eritrean troops are pulling out of Tigray

By Rodney Muhumuza Apr. 03, 2021 04:21 PM EDT

A nurse holds a vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, prior to vaccination in Machakos, Kenya, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. AstraZeneca's repeated missteps in reporting vaccine data coupled with a blood clot scare could do lasting damage to the credibility of a shot that is the linchpin in the global strategy to stop the coronavirus pandemic, potentially even undermining vaccine confidence more broadly, experts say. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
African expert warns of 'vaccine war' over access to jabs

By Rodney Muhumuza Mar. 25, 2021 06:35 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 file photo, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responds to questions from members of parliament at the prime minister's office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia's leader said in an address before lawmakers Tuesday, March 23, 2021 that atrocities have occurred in Tigray, the country's northern region where fighting persists as government troops hunt down its fugitive leaders. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)
Ethiopia's leader says atrocities reported in Tigray war

By Rodney Muhumuza Mar. 23, 2021 07:35 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2021, file photo a Moroccan nurse administers the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a health worker, on the first day of the vaccination campaign, in Rabat, Morocco. The suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in several European countries could fuel skepticism about the shot far beyond their shores, potentially threatening the rollout of a vaccine that is key to the global strategy to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic, especially in developing nations. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
Europe pause of AstraZeneca sends ripple of doubt elsewhere

By Rodney Muhumuza Mar. 19, 2021 03:20 AM EDT

Children follow the proceedings at a traditional marriage ceremony in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe Saturday, March 6, 2021. Many people across Africa are rethinking big, bountiful weddings amid the economic ravages of COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic is forcing change in communities where family can mean a whole clan and weddings are seen as key in cementing relations between communities. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Africans rethink big, bountiful weddings as pandemic bites

By Rodney Muhumuza And Farai Mutsaka Mar. 14, 2021 05:05 AM EDT