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The international community, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity is set to Friday celebrate the 2020 International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB), focused on the need to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.     This year’s celebration is also expected to contribute towards building momentum…

The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Wamkele Mene said on Tuesday that implementation of the free trade agreement will not be able to commence on July 1 due to the disruptions occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.     “It is obviously not possible to commence…

The Africa We Want project consortium, an alliance of prominent Civil Society Organisations (CSO) working to advance the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), has called on heads of states and governments in Africa to ensure transparency in dealing with COVID-19 as well…

The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Thursday held an extraordinary session through videoconference, during which the leaders jointly appointed President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria as champion of the battle against Covid-19 pandemic in the West African sub-region.     The Heads of State were said to have…

As the global community observe the 2020 World Malaria Day on Saturday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has underlined the critical importance of sustaining efforts to prevent, detect and treat malaria, using best practices to protect health workers and communities from COVID-19 infection.     Observed every April 25, Malaria…

Speak Up Africa, the Dakar, Senegal-based nonprofit working to catalyze dialogues, drive policy changes and create awareness on health and sanitation issues in Africa, has launched a continent-wide campaign against COVID-19 tagged: “Stay Safe Africa,” focused on empowering communities to take action against the deadly novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).     …

The international community will Wednesday commemorate the 2020 International Mother Earth Day, celebrated every April 22, to raise global public awareness on challenges to the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports. This year’s celebration marks the 50th anniversary of the day’s commemoration.     The Earth…

Against the backdrop of the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has reaffirmed its solidarity with its member states by supplying medical supplies and equipment essential for the fight against the pandemic across the 15 member states.     In a…

As part of efforts to contain a potential full-blown outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Africa, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the public health institution of the African Union, in partnership with the AfroChampions Initiative, Tuesday launched the Africa COVID-19 Response Fund; a…

The people and government of Rwanda as well as members of the international community Tuesday commemorated the 26th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which more than 800,000 people, majority of them Tutsi, but also moderate Hutu, Twa and others were systematically killed in Rwanda.   Every April 7,…