Africa: The Covid-19 Pandemic Has Exposed Africa’s Fragile Health Systems and the Vulnerability of Women
[Daily Maverick] The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown a sharp focus on the precarious position of women in Africa, and on the state of ...
Africa: Spike in New Virus Cases Risks GDP Growth
[East African] Africa’s economic recovery could be jeopardised by a resurgence of Covid-19 infections in 2021 according to the latest Economic Update released ...
Africa: NEITI Decries Nigeria’s U.S.$3 Billion Share of Africa’s U.S.$75 Billion FDI
[This Day] The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has described as regrettable that out of the $75 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) ...
See list of Cotonou Universities where graduates have been banned from participating in NYSC
The National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, has delisted graduates of eight foreign universities in Cotonou in Benin Republic, Niger and Cameroon from participating ...
Estonia’s prime minister tests positive for Covid-19
Kaja Kallas, the Prime Minister of Estonia has tested positive for Coronavirus. Kallas who became the Baltic nation’s first female head of government ...
Gunmen demanded money from my father before killing six family members in Osun – Victim’s son
Gunmen, who killed six members of a family residing in a Fulani settlement near Wasinmi, along Ife-Ibadan Expressway, Osun State on Saturday, were ...
Nigerian army neutralize 41 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, recover 60 weapons in Borno
Nigerian troops on Monday, killed 41 Boko Haram militants in an offensive operation against the extremist group in the country’s restive northeast state ...
France, Germany halt use of AstraZeneca vaccine
Germany and France have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after several reports of blood clots in people who received the shot ...
Africa: Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund Marks First Anniversary and Appeals for Continued Support
[WHO] The fund has raised more than US$ 242 million from more than 661 000 individuals, corporations, and other organizations to support WHO ...
Africa: WHO Director-General’s Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing On Covid-19 – 15 March 2021
[WHO] Today marks 10 years since the start of the crisis in Syria. WHO continues to work on the ground with our partners ...
