African Union Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== COVID-19 pandemic ==== By February 2021, the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Africa]] had resulted in 3.6 million confirmed cases and 89,000 related deaths, and only 25% of African countries had adequate plans for vaccination, according to the [[Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention]] (Africa CDC).<ref name="2021_priorities">{{cite news |last1=Mohamed |first1=Hamza |title=From COVID to conflict, five priorities for African Union summit |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/5/au-summit-what-are-key-issues-the-leaders-should-focus-on |access-date=February 5, 2021 |work=aljazeera.com |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=February 5, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205193831/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/5/au-summit-what-are-key-issues-the-leaders-should-focus-on |url-status=live }}</ref> The pandemic has also devastated economies around the world, including in Africa. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page