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La réouverture des établissements scolaires prévue pour ce lundi 03 août, est reportée au 10 août prochain. C’est une décision prise par le conseil des Ministres le vendredi 31 août au cours de sa réunion ordinaire hebdomadaire présidée vidéo conférence par le Président de la République, Felix Tshisekedi, séance
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World Breastfeeding Week got underway on Saturday, with the UN urging communities everywhere to “support breastfeeding for a healthier planet”. Health agency (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued [a joint call](https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/31-07-2020-world-breastfeeding-week-2020-message) for governments to protect and promote women’s access
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KEY ISSUES Expected shift of lines of military control from LNA/Benghazi to GNA/Tripoli. The humanitarian situation is defined by Libyan authorities as dire and aggravated by COVID-19. There was a reported serious lack of capacity in the south to handle the COVID-19 response. South-specific list of recommendations was
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The COVID-19 Nigeria situation report for 31st July, 2020 has been published. Our daily COVID-19 situation reports provide a summary of the epidemiological situation & response activities in Nigeria. Download via: https://bit.ly/3bWXXqp Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-nigeria-covid19-situation-report-for-nigeria-31st-july-2020?lang=en The COVID-19 Nigeria situation report
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Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs Ghana continues to rank second amongst countries in the West and Central Africa region most impacted by the COVID-19. In the number of cumulative cases in the WHO Africa region, Ghana is number three. Three regions have maintained their position as having the highest number
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Il s’agit du deuxième achat au titre de l’instrument de financement rapide (IFR) dont l’objectif est d’aider le Gabon à satisfaire les besoins urgents de financement de la balance des paiements qui résultent de la pandémie de COVID-19; la diminution de la demande extérieure et l’
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The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a $70 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to support Mauritania in strengthening the response to the pandemic. The **Mauritania COVID-19 Emergency Development Policy Operation (DPO) **aims to protect the poor and most vulnerable and lay the foundation for recovery
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Highlights • There was a notable decrease (19%) in the number of cases registered during the reporting week compared to the previous week (30%). However, this may not be a true reflection of the situation. The reduction in the number of cases could be attributed to lack of testing kits in
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African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (910,395), deaths (19,331), and recoveries (558,079) by region: Central (46,921 cases; 908 deaths; 32,286 recoveries): Burundi (387; 1; 304), Cameroon (17,255; 387; 15,320), CAR (4,605; 59; 1,574), Chad (935; 75; 813), Congo (3,
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“The consequences of the pandemic could be long-lasting”, stated Ambassador Smail Chergui, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, adding that “the AU will continue to support governments to make extremely difficult choices to address the impact of COVID-19 across the continent”. Amb. Chergui’s remarks followed the launch of
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The speedy implementation of commitments to Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) has yet again been emphasized in a Declaration and Call for Action between the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). The Declaration and call for action is an outcome statement of the AUC, Women,
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Siemens (www.Siemens.com) and HELIOZ collaborate to provide safe drinking water in Sudan; Siemens will sponsor a “WASH” campaign to provide water to marginalized Sudanese residents; easy-to-use solution for water disinfection, WADI will be implemented Siemens has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with HELIOZ, a Social Enterprise company that