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Feb
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria, Russia discusses vaccine production

Algeria, Russia discusses vaccine production

COVID-19
Algeria has held discussions with Russia about the possibility of producing Moscow's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. Talks to manufacture the vaccine in Algeria took place during a meeting between Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad and Russian ambassador Igor Beliaev, the prime minister's office said. "The two parties agreed to initiate contacts between the competent services of the two countries with the aim of establishing a bilateral cooperation...," it said in a statement. Algeria started its vaccination campaign on Saturday, a day after receiving 50,000 doses of Sputnik V. A shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine is due to arrive on Monday. Algeria…
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Jan
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Clear the tracks: Russia’s first female train driver takes the wheel after decades-long ban lifted

Clear the tracks: Russia’s first female train driver takes the wheel after decades-long ban lifted

WORLD
UMBERTO BACCHI ELENA Lysenko-Saltykova loves trains so much she got married on one. Yet fulfilling her childhood dream of working as a train driver has proved challenging. In fact, until December 31 she was legally barred from doing so. 25-year-old Lysenko-Saltykova last week became the first female driver in Russia to operate a passenger train, chartering her maiden voyage from Moscow, following the lifting of a ban preventing women from working in hundreds of jobs. "I still can't believe it's true," said Lysenko-Saltykova. Getting in the driver's seat had been a "rather difficult" journey, she explained. For decades, laws have…
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Nov
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Prosecutors hail jail sentence for Nigerian family of sex traffickers

Prosecutors hail jail sentence for Nigerian family of sex traffickers

NEWS
NELLIE PEYTON NIGERIA has jailed three family members for forcing a teenager into prostitution in Russia, the country's anti-trafficking agency has said, as officials and prosecutors hailed a rare prison sentence for human traffickers. Two siblings - Vivian Omoyemwen Ehiozee, 31, and Endurance Ehiozee, 37 - were jailed for 14 years and their mother - Helen Ehiozee, 54 - was given a 10-year sentence, said the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). For decades, scores of Nigerian women and girls have been targeted by traffickers, sent to Europe with promises of work, then trapped in debt…
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Nov
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Face for sale: Leaks and lawsuits blight Russia facial recognition

Face for sale: Leaks and lawsuits blight Russia facial recognition

WORLD
UMBERTO BACCHI  WHEN Anna Kuznetsova saw an ad offering access to Moscow's face recognition cameras, all she had to do was pay 16,000 roubles ($200) and send a photo of the person she wanted spying on. The 20-year-old - who was acting as a volunteer for a digital rights group investigating leaks in Moscow's pervasive surveillance system - sent over a picture of herself and waited. Two days later and her phone buzzed. The seller had forwarded the paralegal a detailed list of all the addresses in the Russian capital where she had been spotted by cameras over the previous…
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Oct
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Russia and France seek end to fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh

Russia and France seek end to fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh

WORLD
NALIA BAGIROVA  andNVARD HOVHANNISYAN RUSSIA and France stepped up calls for a ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces on Thursday as the death toll rose in the heaviest clashes around the Nagorno-Karabakh region since the 1990s. The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron had discussed steps that the Organization for Security and Co-operation's (OSCE) Minsk group, which mediates in the conflict, could take to end the fighting. Russia has also offered to host the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on the flare-up of their decades-old conflict in the volatile South Caucasus region.…
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Aug
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Russia to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials on 40,000 people next week

Russia to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials on 40,000 people next week

WORLD
MASS testing of Russia's first potential COVID-19 vaccine to get domestic regulatory approval will involve more than 40,000 people and will be overseen by a foreign research body when it starts next week, backers of the project have announced. These were the first details on the shape and size of the upcoming late-stage trial of the vaccine given by its developers, who are aiming to allay concerns among some scientists about the lack of data provided by Russia so far. The vaccine, called "Sputnik V" in homage to the world's first satellite launched by the Soviet Union, has been hailed…
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Aug
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Russia approves world’s first COVID-19 vaccine

Russia approves world’s first COVID-19 vaccine

NEWS
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has revealed that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess. The development paves the way for the mass inoculation of the Russian population, even as the final stage of clinical trials to test safety and efficacy continue. The speed at which Russia is moving to roll out its vaccine highlights its determination to win the global race for an effective product, but has stirred concerns that it may…
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Aug
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Russia to deliver COVID-19 drug to S.Africa

Russia to deliver COVID-19 drug to S.Africa

NEWS
RUSSIA has signed deals to supply South Africa and seven Latin American countries with an anti-viral drug Russian authorities have approved to treat COVID-19, its sovereign wealth fund has said. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said that at least 150,000 packs of the drug, known as Avifavir, would be sent to Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay and Uruguay. The drug will also be supplied to South Africa, RDIF said in a statement. Technology to make the drug would be transferred to Bolivia's Sigma Corp S.R.L. for it to be produced locally, RDIF said. The Russian health ministry…
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Jul
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Russia expects to make COVID-19 vaccine being developed in Britain

Russia expects to make COVID-19 vaccine being developed in Britain

WORLD
RUSSIA expects a deal with AstraZeneca for it to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the pharmaceuticals giant and Oxford University to go ahead despite allegations it has been trying to steal vaccine data, its wealth fund head said. Britain's National Cyber Security Centre said on Thursday that hackers backed by the Russian state were trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world, allegations the Kremlin denied. Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, said in an interview on Friday that the allegations were false and that Moscow did…
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