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WASHINGTON, Oct 15 ― US President Joe Biden yesterday announced a major new Covid vaccine donation for Africa and promised greater commitment to the continent as he welcomed his first African leader, Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta. Meeting at the White House, Biden and the Kenyan president promised to...

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WASHINGTON, Oct 15 ― US President Joe Biden yesterday announced a major new Covid vaccine donation for Africa and promised greater commitment to the continent as he welcomed his first African leader, Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta.

“As a continent we are lagging well behind the rest of the world in terms of being able to vaccinate our people,” Kenyatta told Biden in the Oval Office. Most of sub-Saharan Africa has vaccination rates in the single digits, at the mercy of foreign donations due to the lack of indigenous production and prohibitive costs of mass purchases.

Long seen as a pillar of stability, Kenya was wracked by political violence including after 2017 elections but Kenyatta has since made peace with his once-bitter rival Raila Odinga. “I want to thank you for your leadership in defending the peace, security and democratic instincts of the region and your country,” Biden said. “You're doing a good job.”Kenya is the current president of the UN Security Council and in that capacity as pushed to end fighting in neighbouring Ethiopia, where hundreds of thousands of people are facing extreme hunger.

“Our country, our continent is the least in terms of emitting but pays the highest price,” Kenyatta said, welcoming Biden's commitment on climate change since taking over from Trump.

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