Africa: UN Agencies Appeal for U.S.$266 Million to Feed Refugees in Eastern Africa
[UN News] A funding shortfall is putting the lives of some three million refugees in eastern Africa at risk, two UN agencies warned ...
Africa: Remarks By Henrietta Fore, Unicef Executive Director At Covax Media Briefing On First Deliveries and First Round of Allocations
[Unicef] New York — As prepared for delivery
Africa: COVAX Publishes First Round of Allocations
[Unicef] Geneva/Oslo/New York — The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and the World Health Organization (WHO), as ...
Africa: First Covid-19 Covax Vaccine Doses Administered in Africa
[Unicef] Geneva / New York / Oslo — This week’s first vaccinations happen as a further 11 million doses are expected to be ...
Africa: 168 Million Children Globally Have Been Out of School for Almost a Year – UNICEF
[Unicef] New York — UNICEF unveils ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at United Nations Headquarters in New York to call attention to the need for governments ...
Africa: Africa Looks Likely to Continue Relying On Power From Fossil Fuels for Some Time
[The Conversation Africa] The narratives of “leapfrogging” to new technologies are pervasive when it comes to development in Africa. One example is skipping ...
Africa: Governance Matters – How Can Transparency Lead to Real Accountability in the Extractives Sector in Africa
[Africa In Fact] Extractive resources are different from other resources in many ways. To begin with, extractive resources (petroleum, minerals, etc.) are strategic ...
Africa: What Role Can South-South Cooperation Play in Post Covid-19 Recovery?
[IPS] Beijing — Five years ago, at the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations, world leaders adopted the ambitious Agenda ...
Africa: What Covid-19 Has Taught Us – “Healthcare Can No Longer Exist Without Technology”
[Africa Renewal] As COVID-19 spread across the globe in 2020, medical facilities in Africa, as elsewhere, were overwhelmed, creating patient backlogs for non-COVID ...
Africa: Demographic Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic – an Overview
[IPS] New York — The demographic impact of the coronavirus one year after being declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020 has been ...