Tag: South Africa

Even in Retirement, Desmond Tutu Remained South Africa’s Moral Compass

Long after he led the nonviolent struggle against apartheid, Archbishop Desmond M.…

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The Time Archbishop Tutu Was Searched at the Airport

Alan Cowell was the South Africa bureau chief for The New York…

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Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90

His words seemed prophetic when, in 2016, an alliance of religious leaders…

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Pfizer’s vaccine provides some protection against Omicron, a lab study suggests.

A report out of South Africa offered a first glimpse at how…

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Early Omicron Reports Say Illness May Be Less Severe

JOHANNESBURG — The Covid-19 virus is spreading faster than ever in South…

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Omicron Cases in the U.S. Likely to Rise, Officials Say

Several dozen cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus have…

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Why Didn’t the U.S. Detect Omicron Cases Sooner?

Last Friday, just a day after South African scientists first announced the…

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Vaccine Hesitancy Hurts Covid Fight in Poorer Countries

JOHANNESBURG — The detection of the Omicron variant in Africa signals the…

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Omicron Variant, in 20 Nations, Spread Earlier Than Was Known

The heavily mutated new coronavirus variant was in Europe several days earlier…

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