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Coronavirus – Africa: Home-Grown Solutions from Africa’s Health Innovators to fight COVID-19

Africa’s health innovators are stepping up to support the fight against COVID-19. World Health Organization (WHO) hosted the first in a series of virtual sessions for innovators across the region to showcase home-grown solutions to critical gaps in the response. Read more on https://who-africa.africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-africa-homegrown-solutions-from-africas-health-innovators-to-fight-covid19?

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Mauritius: African Development Bank lends €188 million for COVID-19 fight

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a €188 mllion euro loan to the Republic of Mauritius to finance a national budget support programme to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Group’s Board of Directors said Friday. The main aim of the Covid-19 Rapid Response Facility (CRF)

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Africa Regional Integration Index underlines integration as key to building more resilient economies

The second Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019) was launched Friday by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the African Union Commission (AUC), with a call to action to African economies to deepen their integration. The 2019 Index, which builds on the

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Retool annual budgets toward agriculture production and expand food reserves, as COVID-19 exacerbates food scarcity, urges African Development Institute seminar

African countries need to urgently expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing and boost their agriculture budgets to avert a possible hunger pandemic, partly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, delegates at a two-day webinar hosted by the African Development Institute (ADI) urged on Tuesday. Africa must now, more than ever,

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Coronavirus – Sudan: UNAMID reports 7 suspected COVID-19 cases at its Logistics Base

The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) wishes to inform about seven (7) suspected cases of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) reported amongst its personnel operating at the its Logistics Base in El Fasher, North Darfur. It is important to note that all affected personnel, including staff who

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Coronavirus: Africa COVID-19 cases top 100 000

The COVID-19 pandemic today reached a milestone in Africa, with more than 100 000 confirmed cases. The virus has now spread to every country in the continent since the first case was confirmed in the region 14 weeks ago. Despite crossing this threshold, the pandemic, which has struck with such

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Coronavirus – Afrique : L’Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) publie des orientations pour un retour au travail sûr et sain durant la pandémie de COVID-19

Les politiques de retour au travail devraient se fonder sur une approche centrée sur l’humain, qui place les droits et les normes internationales du travail au cœur des stratégies économiques, sociales et environnementales, et veille à ce que les orientations stratégiques s’intègrent dans les systèmes nationaux de sécurité

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Coronavirus – Africa: International Labour Organization (ILO) issues guidance for safe, healthy, return to work during COVID-19

Return to work policies should be informed by a human-centred approach that puts rights and international labour standards at the heart of economic, social and environmental strategies and ensures that policy guidance is embedded in national occupational safety and health systems. Two guidance documents for creating safe and effective return-to-work

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African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 22nd May 2020, 6 pm EAT

African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (100,664), deaths (3,105), and recoveries (39,543) by region: Central (10,312 cases; 324 deaths; 2,875 recoveries): Burundi (42; 1; 20), Cameroon (4,288; 156; 1,808), Central African Republic (436; 0; 18), Chad (588; 58; 186), Congo (469;

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Madagascar: Government of Madagascar gets Euro 4 million from African Development Fund for Sahofika hydropower project

The African Development Fund has approved a 4.02 million euro loan with a grant component to finance the Government of Madagascar’s 30 million euro equity investment in the Sahofika hydropower project, which will generate affordable, clean energy benefitting some 8 million people. The Sahofika project is located on

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Maurice : la Banque africaine de développement accorde un prêt de plus de 180 millions d’euros en riposte à l’épidémie de COVID-19

Le Conseil administration de la Banque africaine de développement (www.AfDB.org) a approuvé, le 22 mai à Abidjan, l’octroi d’un prêt de 188 millions d’euros à la République de Maurice, au titre de la Facilité de réponse rapide au COVID-19 (CRF), pour financer le Programme d’

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Kenya: €188m African Development Bank loan to boost COVID-19 response

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) today approved an €188 million loan to support the Government of Kenya’s efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the related economic, health and social impacts. The loan will extend additional resources to Kenya as