( Global politics writer ) Noah Pitcher is a U.S. and global politics writer at Today News Africa who specializes in covering the White House. A full-time undergraduate student at California Polytechnic State University of San Luis Obispo, Noah is studying Political Science with a concentration in global politics. The Mastercard Foundation announced Tuesday that it will be donating $1.3 billion to aid in Africa’s vaccination efforts and response to the coronavirus pandemic. Without adequate vaccine access, the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic is expected to continue to intensify. Just 32 million vaccines have been administered across the entire continent of over 1.2 billion people, said Nkengasong.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 08, 2021 17:36 UTC