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Dakar: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to deliver one billion doses of the Covid vaccine to Africa, in a speech delivered via video link at a China-Africa summit near Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The Chinese leader said his country would directly donate 600 million doses. An additional 400 million doses would come from other sources, such as investments in production sites. Xi’s pledge comes as part of a forum between China and African states focusing on trade and security, held in the town of Diamniadio, near the seaside capital of Senegal. China is investing heavily in Africa...
