Good morning, it’s Caleb in Kampala, Uganda where a passenger who hawked grasshoppers in a viral video on a Uganda airlines plane to Dubai has been arrested. On what charges? Negligent act likely to spread infectious diseases, common nuisance, and not listening to the flight crew.

This morning, I am telling you what to expect as Pope Francis’ Cyprus visit begins today, the study revealing a single-dose HPV vaccination is just as effective, and when do babies start to find our jokes funny?

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Caleb Okereke à Kampala
02.12.2021

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed talks about the first confirmed case of the omicron variant. Credit: Keystone.

The US has its first case of the Omicron variant. The case was identified on Wednesday in a vaccinated traveler who had just returned to California on November 22nd, after a trip to South Africa. The person said to be between the ages of 18 and 49 had had the full two doses of the Moderna vaccine and was not yet due for a booster shot.

CNBC (EN)

Nigeria denies report of ‘massacre’ of #EndSARS protesters. The judicial inquiry report was put together by a panel the state set up and concluded a massacre took place during a clampdown on anti-police brutality protesters in the city last October. The Lagos State government said only one person was killed in the Lekki incident whereas the panel revealed at least 11 deaths occurred when security forces opened fire on peaceful protesters.

Africa News (EN)

Italy accuses Egyptian security of Giulio Regeni’s murder. Regeni who was a postgraduate student at Britain’s Cambridge University disappeared in Cairo in January 2016 with his body found nearly a week later and postmortem revealing he was tortured before he was murdered. Egyptian police has on several occasions denied involvement in Regeni’s killing but four suspects face trial in absentia in an Italian court.

Aljazeera (EN)

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Angela Merkel bids farewell to her office. The German chancellor for 16 years is officially saying goodbye to the position today in an elaborate and the highest military ceremony in Germany. Merkel will nonetheless even after today’s ceremony remain in office in the interim until a new chancellor is confirmed.

DW (EN)

Indian journalists to hold protest march demanding access to Parliament. Entry of the media into Parliament has been heavily regulated for more than a year with the state citing Covid-19 as a reason. Journalists are denied access to the media galleries within the Parliament and while they are allowed to be on the premises for two days a week, they have to be away from proceedings.

Telegraph India (EN)

Pope Francis’ Cyprus visit begins. The visit which includes an ecumenical prayer with migrants at Holy Cross will see the Pope lending his support to the Island that is now a new migratory route for people fleeing their countries to Europe. He is expected to be in Cyprus till December 4th.

Reuters (EN)
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These Kenyan women used to cut trees. Now they save them. In Kirisia Forest where trees were often chopped down for charcoal, climate change has forced members of the community to be more aware of the usefulness of the forest in supplying water as drought worsens, forcing men to leave for months on end in search of water. 550 women have now teamed up to help protect the forest which provides water to more than 150,000 people.

CS Monitor (EN)

In the African lab

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Keystone

A Single-dose HPV vaccination is highly as effective. This is according to results from a trial in Kenya which surveyed around 2275 sexually active women in Kenya revealing that a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine matched the effectiveness of multiple doses, a discovery that could potentially reduce the prevalence of cervical cancers associated with HPV.

Medscape (EN)

OfferZen gets $5.2M to enhance European expansion. The South African tech talent marketplace has raised $5.07 million in Series A funding from a South African investment company Base Capital. OfferZen already has around 100,000 users and focuses on connecting software developers and engineers to companies requiring their services.

Tech Crunch (EN)

Sabi, Nigeria’s B2B marketplace targets South Africa and Kenya. Raising a new $6 million investment in its bridge round led by CRE Venture Capital, Sabi intends to spread to South Africa and Kenya from Nigeria where it’s already providing around 175,000 merchants with tools to manage their businesses and make B2B transactions.

Tech Cabal (EN)

Sur Heidi.news aujourd’hui

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Keystone

The Madagascar famine is not a result of climate change. In southern Madagascar, drought has been causing unprecedented famine for several months. This summer, the United Nations said the country was on its way to becoming the first to suffer from famines linked to climate change. But a study published this Thursday proves the opposite. The famine could be a result of a range of varied vulnerabilities, such as poverty, failing infrastructure, and agriculture heavily dependent on rainfall.

Heidi.news (FR)

What science knows - and still doesn’t - about the Omicron variant. The Omicron variant is caused by numerous mutations in the Spike protein which is involved in the infection and which allows the antibodies developed after the disease or the vaccine to recognize the virus. Should we be worried? Will it cause a wave of epidemics in Europe like the Alpha or Delta variants? Will the vaccines remain effective? And is it going to ruin the end-of-the-year holidays?

Heidi.news (FR)

The specter of 300 Covid patients in intensive care in mid-December. On November 23, the Confederation’s scientific task force explained that hospital overload was difficult to avoid. On December 1, this is the case with more than 200 Covid patients in intensive care. But what does this threshold mean in concrete terms in the hospital?

Heidi.news (FR)

It may surprise you

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Keystone

The dinosaurs in Chile were quite different. Fossils found in Chile revealed a strange-looking dog-sized dinosaur species with slashing tails they could use as a stabbing weapon and others had tails with clubs. The fossil which is around 72 to 75 million years old also showed the species had seven pairs of «blades» laid out sideways.

AP News (EN)

When do babies start to find our jokes funny? By at least one month old. This is according to a study of 671 children aged 0 to 47 months that was geared towards determining how humor develops as babies age. The study also disclosed that kids begin making their own jokes by 11 months old and at least within a space of around three hours while engaged with others.

NY Post (EN)

Can you match homeless dogs to owners using star signs? This shelter in Los Angeles is doing just that and deploying astrology to match pets and people based on zodiac signs. The shelter assigns zodiac profiles derived from the personality traits and interaction style of the dogs and uses a website to pair these dogs with new owners.

Reuters (EN)

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