Rwandan President Paul Kagame Channels the Growing Outrage in Africa Over Vaccine Hoarding by Wealthy Countries

There’s a real disconnect in how people in the Global North and South are framing the vaccine inequity crisis.

In the U.S., Europe, and Japan, the bulk of the news coverage on the issue focuses on the impact of Chinese and Russian soft power gains in developing countries that result from their massive vaccine distribution initiatives.

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