[ad_1] ANKARA An estimated 4.1 million children in South Sudan are in dire need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 due to “violence, armed conflict, cyclical drought and perennial floods,” UNICEF said Thursday. “In 2021, 7.5 million people, or two-thirds of the population of South Sudan, are expected to be in …
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[ad_1] ROME Italy confirmed on Saturday that its coronavirus contagion curve was stabilizing. The country reported an additional 692 deaths related to the virus in the last day, as well as 34,767 more cases. According to data from the Ministry of Health, new victims recorded in the past 24 hours …
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[ad_1] YAOUNDE, Cameroon The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new coronavirus safety awareness campaign targeting the African youth population. The Mask Up initiative was unveiled Thursday in an online briefing by Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Africa Regional Director. “Wearing masks can save lives. This is why WHO today …
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[ad_1] Russia President Vladimir Putin, Armenia‘in Nagorno-KarabakhHe said that if he refused the deal on “it would be” suicide. ” Putin, in a statement on the state television “Rossiya”, said that, thanks to the agreement reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Nagorno-Karabakh, the bloodshed has been stopped. Recalling that no …
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[ad_1] JUBA, South Sudan Only homegrown solutions can lead to lasting peace in South Sudan, the country’s president said, approving the resolutions adopted in a national dialogue that concluded on Tuesday in the capital Juba. Rather than external solutions and foreign interference, the plans drawn up during national dialogue may …
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[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG According to a poll released Monday, Africa’s governance performance declined for the first time in a decade in 2019 due to undermining human rights, the rule of law and others. The Ibrahim Index on African Governance (IIAG) report which examines governance across the continent said in its 2020 …
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[ad_1] ANKARA A campaign to vaccinate 1.5 million children against polio has been launched in South Sudan, as 15 cases of irreversible paralysis for children under the age of 5 have been confirmed in five states, WHO Africa said Friday. The campaign was implemented after South Sudan, along with other …
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[ad_1] NAIROBI, Kenya As U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, 77, prepares to take control of the White House in January, leaders and experts in Africa expect him to return to multilateralism, repair relations and restore aid to programs led by United Nations that feed a large section of the population on …
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[ad_1] ANKARA Nigerians will benefit from a powerful coronavirus vaccine once developed, the Nigerian health minister said Wednesday. According to the local The Nation website, the health ministry has made arrangements to ensure that Nigerians receive the vaccine immediately after it is developed, health minister Osagie Ehanire announced. “Just last …
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[ad_1] Presidential election, according to unofficial results, Democratic rival Joe BidenTrump, who has sued for votes in many states related to elections after losing to him, is presumably his administration will remove the critical names from the security bureaucracy. Donald TrumpIt has been alleged that the US leader would also …
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