EU countries blocked mention of waiving vaccine patents to fight the pandemic at a meeting in Africa, overshadowed by the Sudan coup.
There was a "need to conclude discussions on how the World Trade Organisation (WTO) can support the ramping up of manufacturing, the equitable distribution of Covid-19 related health products, and the transfer of technologies", 68 EU and African foreign ministers said in a joint communiqué on Wednesday (27 October) after talks in Kigali.
"We recogn...
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