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US President, Joe Biden, tells a crowd in Warsaw that Ukraine "stands strong... it stands tall, and most importantly it stands free". SOUNDBITE
Italian President Sergio Mattarella arrives at Rome's Spallanzani Hospital to receive his vaccine against Covid-19. The 79-year-old president received his jab along with other people from his age group, born in 1941 or before. Italy on Monday surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 official coronavirus deaths, amid warnings the spread of new variants is fuelling a fresh wave of infections. IMAGES
A shipment of nearly four million coronavirus jabs arrives in Nigeria, making Africa's most populous nation the world's third country to receive vaccines under Covax, a global scheme to provide free inoculations. The shipment aboard an Emirates flight arrived shortly before noon at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the capital Abuja, with 3.94 million Oxford/AstraZeneca doses on board. IMAGES
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo is sworn in for a second term following a close-run election on December 7th against his rival and predecessor John Mahama, who has rejected the results. IMAGES