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February 28
Africa: World News in Brief - Air Travel Boom Erases Covid Dip, 'Disturbing' New Anti-LGBT Bill in Ghana, Rights Abuses in Crimea
The UN aviation agency on Wednesday announced that air traffic levels are operating at around two per cent above their high in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic grounded much of… Read more »
August 31, 2023
Africa: Refusal to Waive IP Rights for Covid-19 Vaccines Violates Human Rights - Experts
UN rights experts called on States in the global North on Thursday to forgo intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments in the name of human rights. Read more »
May 16, 2023
Africa: Post-Pandemic World Economy Still Feeling Covid-19's Sting - UN Report
Prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic carry on, according to the UN's latest World Economic Situation and… Read more »
April 20, 2023
Africa: 67 Million Children Missed Out on Vaccinations During Covid Pandemic - Unicef Report
Some 67 million children worldwide missed out on one or more essential vaccinations between 2019 and 2021, due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and armed conflict,… Read more »
March 23, 2023
Africa: Claims That Global Pandemic Accord Will Allow WHO to Control Govts Are False - Tedros
The head of the UN World Health Organization on Thursday spoke out forcefully against "misinformation on social media and in the mainstream media" which has falsely alleged that a… Read more »
March 16, 2023
Africa: Cocaine Trafficking Surges Following Covid-19-Related Slowdown
Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following an initial slowdown caused by the emergence of COVID-19, the UN… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Africa: 55 Countries Face a Health Worker Crunch Linked to Covid-19 - WHO
No less than 55 countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue to seek better paid opportunities in wealthier nations that have stepped up efforts… Read more »
January 31, 2023
Africa: Eight Trends That Will Impact Children in 2023
A series of interconnected crises are expected to have a huge impact on children in 2023. A report from the UN children's agency (UNICEF), released on Tuesday, details the trends… Read more »
January 11, 2023
Africa: Covid-19 - WHO Highlights Critical Importance of Sharing Virus Sequences
Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health… Read more »
January 04, 2023
Africa: WHO Continues to Urge China to Share More Data Amid Covid-19 Surge
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his first virtual briefing for… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Africa: 2022 Year in Health - New Ebola and Cholera Outbreaks, MPox Emergency, Covid-19 'Not Over'
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Africa: WHO's Tedros Recaps Challenging Year
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern on Wednesday over the evolving COVID-19 situation in China, saying the UN agency continued to receive increasing… Read more »
September 23, 2022
Africa: Build Momentum to 'Finish the Job' and End Covid-19 Pandemic, Guterres Urges
Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, noting the encouraging progress… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Africa: Least Developed Countries Impacted By 'Range of Interlinked Crises' - Assembly President
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine war and rising costs are 'severely and disproportionately affecting' Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the President of the UN… Read more »
August 25, 2022
Africa: World Reaches 'Tragic Milestone' of One Million Covid-19 Deaths in 2022 - WHO Chief
There have been one million COVID-19 deaths so far this year - a "tragic milestone" that must lead to more people being vaccinated against the disease, World Health Organization… Read more »
August 24, 2022
Malawi: UN Steps Up Post-Covid Support in Africa - Battles Cholera in Malawi
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday a new drive to find ways of revamping the African region's health systems. Read more »
August 18, 2022
Africa: WHO Expert Group Recommends Second Covid-19 Booster for Vulnerable Groups
Countries should consider giving a second COVID-19 vaccine booster to older persons, pregnant women, health workers, people with weaker immune systems and those at higher risk of… Read more »
August 11, 2022
Africa: Young Workers Have Been Hit Hardest By Covid Fallout, Says UN Labour Agency
The number of young people globally who can't find a job this year is set to reach 73 million - that's a full six million more than before COVID-19 - the UN labour agency said on… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Africa: IOM - Uptick in Migrants Heading Home As World Rebounds From Covid-19
According to the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) 2021 Return and Reintegration Key Highlights published on Thursday, nearly 50,000 migrants were assisted to… Read more »
July 18, 2022
Africa: UN and Partners Meet to Address 'Critical' State of Global Food Crisis
Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising hunger and malnutrition, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said on… Read more »
July 15, 2022
Africa: Covid-19 Fuels Slowest Rate of Childhood Vaccination in Three Decades, Leaving Millions At Risk
Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates in approximately 30 years, with 25 million infants missing out… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: As Virus Spreads, Covid-19 is Nowhere Near Over - WHO Chief
Rising COVID-19 cases are not only putting further pressure on already stretched health systems and workers but also triggering an “increasing trend of deaths”, World… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Africa: Tedros Urges Pfizer to Make Oral Covid Antiviral Available More Widely
The Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has called on drug manufacturer Pfizer to do more to ensure that its new COVID-19 oral antiviral medication is… Read more »
July 02, 2022
Africa: What Covid-19 Taught Us About Risk in a Complex, Inter-Connected world
A new UN report has shed fresh light on the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed cascading risks, particularly on vulnerable people, worldwide. Read more »
June 29, 2022
Africa: Flight From Cities Due to Covid-19 Short-Lived, Says Flagship UN-Habitat Report
A new United Nations report says that rapid urbanization was only temporarily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the global urban population back on track to grow by another… Read more »
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