Immediate action required to address needs, vulnerabilities of 2.75 Million stranded migrants
In recent weeks the first of an expected 3,400 Mozambiquan miners have been allowed to cross back into South Africa to resume work after being...
Month : October 2020
Team Europe supports Africa’s COVID-19 response with 1.4 million test kits donated by Germany and delivered by the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), through the African Union, today received the third and last batch of 1.4 million COVID-19 test...
Digitization across sectors, universal affordable energy access & skills of the future are Africa’s priorities
Organized by the Norwegian-African Business Association, H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy participated in the high-level opening of the ‘Nordic-African Business Webcast...
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff completes Review Mission to Central African Republic
The IMF team welcomes the progress made in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and the preparation of next December’s presidential and legislative elections; the...
South Sudan: Depression, anxiety common as huge gaps remain in mental health care
As October 10th marks World Mental Health Day, an untold number of people in South Sudan are struggling with depression, anxiety, and other mental health...
The Gambia to Strengthen Health Care Delivery in the Face of COVID-19
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a $30 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* to improve the quality and utilization of...
UN Country Team in Zimbabwe message on International Day of the Girl Child “My Voice, Our Equal Future”
Today the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Zimbabwe pays tribute to adolescent girls in the country as the world marks the International Day of...
Urgent need to scale up mental health services in Somalia
On World Mental Health Day this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Somalia urged policy-makers, international and national agencies, and other civil society groups...
Kenya: Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr Rashid Aman tours Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
CAS Dr Rashid Aman toured Moi Teaching and Referral hospital in Eldoret where he launched the Breast Cancer Awareness month. He was accompanied by Ag...
COVID-19 statistics in South Africa
Tests conducted: 4 633 671 Positive cases identified: 710 515 Total recoveries: 642 560 Total deaths: 18 843 New cases: 2 156...