Some Chibok girls abducted in 2014 allegedly escape from captivity
Seven years after the abduction of some girls of the Government Science School Chibok by Boko Haram insurgents, a report by Daily Trust ...
Africa: New Covid-19 Variants Are Fuelling Continent’s Second Wave – WHO
[WHO] Brazzaville — COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious variants of the virus spread to additional countries.
Africa: WHO Commits to Ending Suffering From Neglected Tropical Diseases
[WHO] A new World Health Organization (WHO) road map for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) proposes ambitious targets and innovative approaches to tackle 20 ...
Africa: Jumping the Covid-19 Vaccine Line – Where It’s Happening and What’s Being Done to Stop It
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London — From Spain to Florida, the healthy and wealthy are jumping the queue to get a COVID-19 vaccine amid ...
Africa: Coronavirus – a Single ‘Escape Mutant’ Shouldn’t Render a Vaccine Useless
[The Conversation Africa] Several coronavirus variants have emerged in recent weeks that have got scientists worried. The variants, which were first identified in ...
Africa: Coronavirus Variants – Are They Really More Deadly? Here’s What Scientists Know So Far
[The Conversation Africa] One certainty during a pandemic is that the virus will mutate. SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is no different. But how ...
Africa: The World Must Tackle Neglected Tropical Diseases
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The world must address the inequities that lie behind their persistence and treat people, not the diseases they carry
Africa: What World’s Largest Climate Change Public Opinion Poll Says
[IPS] United Nations — A University of Oxford/UNDP initiative, the survey results span 50 countries, which cover more than half of the world’s ...
Africa: Evidence Must Guide Terrorism Prevention in Benin and Togo
[ISS] Since 2016, terrorism has become a serious threat in Benin and Togo. Violent extremist groups continue to carry out attacks close to ...
Africa: Distant Horizon for Vaccine Equity
[AfricaFocus] Editor’s Note:Â “I need to be blunt: the world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure – and the price of ...