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More than 260,000 children aged under five may have died from extreme hunger or related diseases in East Africa since the start of the year, according to new analysis by Save the Children. Using data compiled by the UN, Save the Children evaluated mortality rates for untreated cases of severe acute malnutrition in children under […]
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The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the RES4Africa Foundation have jointly released a series of country regulatory reviews on electricity markets in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Zambia, South Africa and Ghana. The reports, which aim to support the crowding-in of scaled private sector investment in generation, networks and off-grid markets,were released on 8 December 20201 during […]
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Lusaka. — The opposition Patriotic Front has instructed members of parliament to commence the process of impeaching speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti. This follows the speaker’s ruling that seats that were nullified are vacant, despite affected parties appealing in the Constitutional Court. And speaking when he addressed the media at the party secretariat […]
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Pretoria. — South Africa, home to many Africans from neighbouring Sadc countries, Covid-19 pandemic has reduced life expectancy from 65,5 years to 62 years, the country’s social development department says. The Covid-19 pandemic has reduced South Africa’s life expectancy by three-and-a-half years. Speaking during a BRICS webinar on the demographic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
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CAPE TOWN. — South African health regulator SAHPRA yesterday approved a third or booster shot of Pfizer’s (PFE.N) Covid-19 vaccine for adults and children over the age of 12 years as the country braces for a fourth wave. In October, health minister Joe Phaahla said South Africa would start vaccinating children between the ages of […]
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This morning, a MINUSMA logistics convoy hit an Improvised Explosive Device between Douentza and Sévaré on the Nationale Road 16, in Bandiagara region. Seven peacekeepers were killed, and three others seriously injured. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of MINUSMA, Mr. El-Ghassim WANE, strongly condemned this cowardly attack and stresses that […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) South Sudan Country Office held a consultative meeting with the senior management of the Ministry of Health on 6 November 2021. The aim of the meeting was to align WHO workplans for 2022-2023 biennium with country priorities. WHO plans in two-year cycles (biennium) with the current biennial plan 2020-2021 ending […]
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Ahead of his briefing to the United Nations Security Council next week, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, is urging political leaders to make a fresh push to fully implement the peace agreement so that free, fair, and peaceful elections can be held. Speaking at a press conference in the […]
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The Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture will no longer ignore the abuse and inappropriate violation of young athletes in South Africa. As a result, the committee has resolved to host a workshop on abuse, especially sexual abuse, against athletes. The Committee also called on sport federations to revisit their policies on sexual abuse […]
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Up to 75,000 displaced people – including 35,000 children – living in a remote and inaccessible hilltop camp for displaced people in the province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are braving “hellish conditions” without adequate food, shelter, protection, security and sanitation, UNICEF has warned. The size of the camp – located […]
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High level of interest from member associations; Bids to be submitted to FIFA by 30 January 2022 Nearly three months on from the thrilling end of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™, FIFA has received registrations from five member associations interested in hosting the next edition of the tournament in 2023, namely: Colombian […]
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U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan handed over one million Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses to Ghana today. Since September, the United States has donated 5.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Ghanaian people. Ambassador Sullivan joined representatives of UNICEF, the Government of Denmark, and Ghana’s Ministry of Health at Accra Kotoka International Airport this morning […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption to health services has seen an increase in tuberculosis deaths in Africa, the first such rise in more than a decade, while the decline in new cases slowed down, an analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows. The African region has made progress against tuberculosis, reducing cases by 19% between 2015 […]
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UNICEF has received a new grant from the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid to help roll out COVID-19 vaccination in 12 countries in Eastern, Southern, West and Central Africa. The 18-month joint programme will help ensure that as vaccines arrive, countries are supported and vaccines reach the whole population, including the most vulnerable. Support will be […]
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Save the Children is deeply concerned for the wellbeing of children in Sudan’s Darfur region after nearly 50 people were killed and at least 2,000 children and adults displaced in violence over the past weekend. This incident is the latest in an outbreak of violence in the region which has killed about 100 people over the past […]