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What would a potential coronavirus vaccine mean for Africa?

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says its experimental coronavirus vaccine has shown itself to be more than 90% effective in testing. We ask what the rollout of a vaccine would mean for Africa?

Plus the latest on fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region where federal soldiers have been battling troops loyal to the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front.

And a climate update from Zimbabwe where rising temperatures are causing difficulties for one community trying to source water.

(Photo: A health care worker holds an injection syringe during the phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial; Credit: Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

23 minutes

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Mon 9 Nov 202015:06GMT

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  • Mon 9 Nov 202015:06GMT

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