China pulls vaccine diplomacy trick with promise to provide $1billion vaccines to Africa
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China pulls vaccine diplomacy trick with promise to provide $1billion vaccines to Africa

ByPauline Kamiri

Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to provide 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries and invest $10 billion across the next three years. The vaccine pledge was made during a speech via video link to the China-Africa summit in Dakar, Senegal, and it comes at a time when concerns are mounting over the…