Africa 54

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On this edition of Africa 54: Uganda's reinstatement of a coronavirus transportation lockdown through the end of July is squeezing the ability of many people to earn a living; Afrigen Biologics, a Cape Town based biotechnology company, expects a decision in mid-July on partners to produce Africa's first COVID-19 vaccine using the mRNA platform; The World Food Program says communities in Madagascar are on the verge of starvation; And Burkina Faso and the UN say a massacre in the northeast of the West African country, in which more than 130 people were killed this month, was carried out mostly by children between the ages of 12 and 14.