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Ethiopia has received a US $14.85 million grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to boost its response to disruptions in education caused by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The World Bank will be the grant agent for Ethiopia: COVID-19 Education Response Project, which aims to maintain
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Highlights WFP is facing a highly demanding and increasingly complex operating environment. COVID-19 cases have surpassed 25 million and food insecurity is increasing globally, compounding additional incidents such as the devastating explosions in Beirut, Lebanon, the recent coup d’état in Mali, widespread flooding and an active hurricane and
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Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs As of 28th August 2020, Guinea-Bissau has recorded 2,205 cases. Of these confirmed cases, 1,928 (87%) are in Bissau, the capital. Nine (10) regions out of the 11 in the country now have confirmed COVID-19 cases with a recently confirmed case
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UN [Secretary-General António Guterres](https://www.un.org/sg/en) has called on governments to incorporate “meaningful” climate action in all aspects of recovery from the global pandemic. Addressing ministers at a virtual meeting on sustainable recovery from [COVID-19](https://www.un.org/coronavirus) on Thursday, the UN
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New cases: 14 Total confirmed cases: 5593 Total active cases: 1902 Total recovered: 3516 (16 New) Total number of tests conducted: 46036 (247 New) Total deaths: 175 (0 New) Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-malawi-covid19-daily-information-update-3rd-september-2020?lang=en New cases:
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African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,269,117) deaths (30,311), and recoveries (1,011,163) by region: Central (54,930 cases; 1,046 deaths; 47,207 recoveries): Burundi (445; 1; 357), Cameroon (19,142; 411; 17,651), CAR (4,712; 62; 1,803), Chad (1,
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The 2020 Tour de France sees NTT Pro Cyling ([NTTProCycling.com](http://www.NTTProcycling.com)) celebrate 10 years of partnership with the Qhubeka Charity. A short film celebrating this moment was shown to our riders on the eve of the race, and has since also seen some of the “behind
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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) received additional 500,000 COVID-19 test kits from the German Government through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). As part of the EU’s global coronavirus response, the test kits were delivered by an EU Humanitarian
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African low skilled workers in Lebanon have been exposed to multiple hardships over the past months. This is due to a multiplicity of factors which includes the economic and political instability in Lebanon which has led to depreciation of the currency, inflation and job losses with Lebanese nationals unable to
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World Rugby (www.World.Rugby) launches global rugby fan survey; selected volunteers to be invited onto the official global rugby fan panel; 12 million socially active fans across World Rugby’s digital channels; Nielsen’s global Sports DNA fan study finds global rugby fanbase stands at 405 million post Rugby
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Au moment où la course à la découverte de vaccins sûrs et efficaces contre la COVID-19 se poursuit, les pays africains s’engagent dans une initiative novatrice, qui vise à obtenir au moins 220 millions de doses de ce vaccin pour le continent, une fois qu’il aura été
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While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to a ground-breaking initiative, which aims to secure at least 220 million doses of the vaccine for the continent, once licensed and approved. All 54 countries on the continent have expressed interest