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Children in Africa five times less likely to learn basics: New report
African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday, to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows children…
Food security: EU to step up its support to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The European Commission adopted today a proposal to mobilise €600 million from the reserves of the European Development Fund to address the current food security…
Global response to COVID-19 and beyond: Commission steps up funding to vaccination roll-out in Africa
The European Commission has announced its intention to step up funding to accelerate the roll-out and uptake of vaccines and other COVID-19 tools in Africa,…
African Dust Crosses the Atlantic
A beautiful sunset over the Atlantic off the Florida coast, or an orangey glow in the Texas sky at dusk may be caused by dust…
EU strengthens partnership with WHO to boost local manufacturing and access to vaccines, medicines and health technologies in Africa
The Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) are strengthening their partnership to improve equitable access to safe, effective, and quality-assured vaccines, medicines and health…
Multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray
UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored “multiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law” committed…
South Africa leads Africa’s circular plastics industry
Waste management is currently one of the main challenges faced by the African recycled polymer supply chain. Population growth rates are over 2% per…
COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse gains made on Sustainable Development Goal 1 and 2
A new study analyzing bean production and food security across 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, found COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions to significantly impact bean production. Border…
Africa is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030
Africa is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030, Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional Representative for Africa, Abebe Haile-Gabriel, told a meeting…
Dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa expected to start in February: WHO
The joint UN-led COVAX initiative aims to start shipping about 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Food export restrictions by a few countries could skyrocket global food crop prices
Global shocks such as COVID-19 call for improved political decisions and accountability to secure food for everyone. Recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, locust…
Italy can be clean energy hub with hydrogen imports from Africa, study says
Italy could become a clean energy hub for Europe by importing hydrogen produced in North Africa from solar power at 10-15% less than it costs…
Africa now free of wild poliovirus, the World Health Organization says
Africa is now free of the wild poliovirus disease, which can cause paralysis in children, The World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The announcement comes…
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