Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. It has been a well used mantra during the Covid Pandemic no one is safe anywhere in the world until everyone is safe everywhere. Well, the reality is far from this, particularly in africa. The continent has received only a fraction of the vaccine doses it needs for its 1. 2 billion population. Its gotjust over A0 million doses. And the international Scheme Africa is relying on to obtain covid 19 vaccines cannot secure enough supplies because of a global shortage. Meanwhile, some richer nations have stockpiled enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over. My guest is the director of the africa centres for Disease Control and prevention, drjohn nkengasong. Does africa have a strategy to tackle covid 19 . Drjohn nkengasong, welcome to hardtalk. Official figures show that Five Million cases exist in africa of covid 19, nearly 130,000 deaths. How worried are you . Im very worried because we are not winning the Battle Against Covi
As modern planes and twitter introduces a new subscription service, but will users want to pay . Hello and welcome. The detained bela rusian Opposition Journalist Roman protasevich has appeared again on state television, tearfully confessing to helping to organise anti government protests. He is also seen recanting his criticism of belarus authoritarian president , alexander lu kashenko. His Family And Opposition groups say he was clearly speaking under duress. The authorities, whove labelled Mr Protasevich an extremist, Claim Television Confessions by Government Opponents are purely done voluntarily. Mark lobel reports. The moment Roman Protasevich s life was turned upside down. The Journalists Flight was redirected to Minsk Airport under the pretence of a bomb threat, before he was led away by belarusian security forces. 12 days on, this belarusian State Tv Presenter teases his viewers. There was a bomb on the plane, he reveals an information one. He then introduces an allegedly volu
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. arrested belarus journalist roman protasevich has appeared again on state television tea rfully confessing to organising anti government protests. his family say he was clearly speaking under duress. leading hong kong pro democracy activist chow hang tung has been detained by police as the city braces itself for protests on the anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre. the prime minister of nepal makes an urgent plea to the uk prime minister borisjohnson to provide vaccines for his country, as it undergoes a severe second wave of covid 19. supersonic flights could return to the skies as a major airline conditionally agrees to buy jets capable of flying at speeds twice as fast