Oxford dons should stop ‘throwing tantrums’ over statues, says Oriel’s only African tutor

Oxford dons should stop ‘throwing tantrums’ over statues, says Oriel’s only African tutor Dr Marie Kawthar Daouda is ‘perplexed’ over the fuss surrounding Rhodes statue She said academics should be promoting equality by ‘raising awareness about places…where there is still much more work to be done’ She added that patriarchy in Victorian Britain was ‘in … Read more

More than 1,000 fortune-seekers flock to South African village after shepherd finds unidentified gem

More than 1,000 fortune seekers have flocked to a South African village in search of what they believed to be diamonds after a shepherd discovered unidentified stones in the area.  People travelled from across the country on Monday to join villagers in KwaHlathi in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.  Locals have been digging since Saturday after a … Read more

Viola Davis and Regina King lead the winners of the African American Film Critics Association Awards

Viola Davis and Regina King lead the winners of the 2021 African American Film Critics Association Awards By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 05:12 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 05:12 BST, 8 April 2021 Viola Davis and Regina King both won trophies at the 12th Annual African American Film Critics Association Awards from the … Read more

Labour MP Claudia Webbe is ridiculed online after claim about map showing African colonies in 1884

A Labour MP has been left red-faced after claiming a map of colonial Africa ‘has been hidden from you all your life’ – despite it being taught in schools. Claudia Webbe triggered a Twitter storm when she posted a shot of the continent carved up between European empires in the 19th century. The Leicester East MP, … Read more

‘Prof Lockdown’ warns AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is ‘vulnerable’ to South African variant

Professor Neil Ferguson warned the South African strain had taken root in Europe Professor Neil Ferguson today called for tighter border controls with Europe to keep out the dangerous South African of coronavirus amid fears it could undermine Britain’s vaccine roll-out. The SAGE adviser – dubbed ‘Professor Lockdown‘ because his gloomy modelling of the first … Read more

Coronavirus: Pfizer vaccine ‘WILL protect against the Brazilian and South African Covid variants’

Pfizer‘s Covid vaccine still works against the South African and Brazilian variants of the virus, studies suggested today. The jab prevented 100 per cent of infections in a study run by Pfizer in South Africa and UK lab tests on the P1 Brazilian strain of the virus found it worked against that. Scientists had been … Read more

New York health officials are worried South African and Brazil Covid variants will REINFECT people

New York health officials are worried that some coronavirus variants will reinfect people who have had COVID-19 before. At a press conference on Tuesday, Dr Dave Chokshi, the city’s health commissioner, said that reinfection appears to be rare. However, he noted that the coronavirus variants that were first identified in South Africa and Brazil have … Read more

South African Covid variant makes current crop of vaccines 30% less effective, SAGE warns

The South African coronavirus variant may make vaccines 30 per cent less effective, the Government’s scientific advisers have warned. Analysis by SAGE found the strain can cause up to a 10-fold decrease in the effectiveness of antibodies in vaccinated or previously infected people. While antibodies are not the only part of the immune response against … Read more

Covid France: Holiday hopes as Brazilian and South African variants not as prevalent on Riviera

Southern parts of France have yet to be battered by the South African or Brazilian coronavirus variants, raising the prospect that summer holidays to the Riviera could be possible.  Official figures show about 10 per cent of all France’s new infections are caused by the mutant strains, which are believed to make vaccines less effective, … Read more

Brazilian and South African Covid variants yet to take off on the French Riviera

Southern parts of France have yet to be battered by the South African or Brazilian coronavirus variants, raising the prospect that summer holidays to the Riviera could be possible.  Official figures show about 10 per cent of all France’s new infections are caused by the mutant strains, which are believed to make vaccines less effective, … Read more