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New cases: 164 Active cases: 2194 Severe cases: 32 New recovered: 33 Total recovered: 434 New deaths: 5 Total deaths: 40 Total cases: 2670 Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-ethiopia-covid19-reported-cases-in-ethiopia–11th-june-2020?lang=en New cases: 164 Active cases: 2194 Severe cases: 32 New recovered: 33 Total recovered: 434
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COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa since the virus was first detected on the continent in mid-February 2020. More than 200 000 cases have been confirmed so far, with more than 5600 deaths. The pandemic is accelerating – it took 98 days to reach 100 000 cases and only 18 days
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17 new confirmed cases (New cases reported from: 11 Nakonde, 4 Lusaka, 2 Kafue); 49 recoveries (Recoveries reported from: 34 Muchinga, 15 Lusaka) Tests in the last 24 hours: 542 (38,990 cumulative) Cumulative cases: 1252 Total recoveries: 1069 Total deaths: 10 Active cases: 173 Read more on https://africa-newsroom.
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Over 207,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 94,000 recoveries & 5,600 deaths. View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://arcg.is/XvuSX. Read more on https://who-africa.africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-africa-who-covid19-africa-update-11th-june-2020?lang=en Over 207,000
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“Recovery of tourism in Africa could drive recovery of African economies”, said H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, in her address to the 63rd United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s Regional Commission for Africa (CAF). The first ever virtual meeting of the UNWTO’s CAF
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org) on 9 June 2020 approved $20 million in grant funding from the African Development Fund, to build capacity to curb and stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad. The
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La Banque africaine de développement (https://www.AfDB.org) a annoncé que Mme Jennifer Blanke, Vice-présidente chargée de l’agriculture, du développement humain et social quitte la Banque le 4 juillet 2020. Mme Blanke, qui a rejoint la Banque au début de 2017, a supervisé un certain nombre de programmes
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The African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org) has announced that Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, will be leaving the Bank effective July 4, 2020. Blanke joined the Bank in early 2017 and has overseen a number of the Bank’s key programs. “I
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A new partnership bringing together private enterprise and the UK’s leading non-profit humanitarian organisation for children has been formed to tackle the challenges posed by Covid-19 in Africa. The African Pandemic Response Alliance (APRA) (https://www.AfricaPRA.org/), made up of businesses and financial experts with deep knowledge of
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In early 2020, Somalia, with support from the United Kingdom Government and the European Union, settled its arrears to the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), paving the way for the lifting of 30-year old sanctions imposed by the Bank and the resumption of full engagement with the fragile East
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With 2.6 million internally displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge in an already fragile situation, leaving the population highly vulnerable. Thankfully, the African Development Bank-financed (www.AfDB.org) water supply and sanitation project came in handy as a critical control intervention, although COVID-19
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In a meeting convened by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today, leaders of prominent financial institutions and businesses pledged to scale-up sustainable investments globally, especially in countries most in need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The [Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance](https://www.us2.list-manage.com/track/