COVID-19, flooding and pockets of violence continue to drive humanitarian needs in Sudan
Number of COVID-19 transmissions continue to increase in Sudan. Nearly 11,800 people had contracted the virus, including 763 who died from the disease, as of...
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Coronavirus – Gambia: Daily Case Update
Active cases: 777 New cases: 136 New tests: 324 Total confirmed: 935 Recovered: 136 Deaths: 16...
Coronavirus – Africa: Emergency Grant Aid in response to the humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger
On August 7, the Government of Japan decided to extend Emergency Grant Aid of four million and eight hundred thousand US dollars for the people...
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Coronavirus – Africa: IOM, UNHCR Mourn Death of 27 People off West African Coast
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are deeply saddened at the tragic death of 27 people off the West...
Coronavirus: How Flood Is Drastic In Somalia
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press...
BREAKING: Edo New Speaker Orders Closure Of Edo Bank Accounts
Edo Assembly new Speaker Victor Edoror has ordered the closure of all accounts of the House. This is just as he also informed Governor Godwin...
Kenya: COVID-19 Update
538 more people have tested positive from 6,195 samples bringing the national tally to 23,873. Cumulative tests in the Country stands at 335, 318. From...
Sierra Leone: COVID-19 update
Cumulative confirmed positive cases: 1,860 Total number of deaths: 67 Active new cases: 5 Active cases at Isolation Centres: 392 Cumulative recoveries: 1,401 Number currently...
Eswatini: COVID-19 Update (7th August)
Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi announces two new COVID-19 deaths in Eswatini, taking the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 55. “May their souls rest...
Africa: Anticipatory action for COVID-19: building the systems that protect livelihoods throughout
The impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on food systems are vast and varied, and as of yet hard to predict. But nowhere...