In Focus

George Wyndham, 31, will represent his country in table tennis at the Paralympic games.

The rise in vaccine shipments comes as Africa sees its second week of falling case numbers after a steep and unbroken eight-week surge.

Ghana was the first country in the world to receive vaccines through COVAX in late February.

Over 1 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses arrived on Saturday from the US.

WHO urges African countries to urgently ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations as the squeeze on vaccine shipments eases.

2021 SDGs report finds some remarkable progress, but the pandemic has hit hard.

— Cristina Duarte, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa.

—Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All.

— Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa.

— Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, Chair, African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change.

Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia accounted for 83% of the new deaths recorded in the past week.