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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,…

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in collaboration with Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), a leading technology innovation center in Africa, has launched a call for innovative communication projects on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; focused on countering disbelief and misinformation among rural populations in Africa using…

The African Union Office of the Youth Envoy (OYE), this week, launched the African Youth Charter Hustlers initiative, a youth-led Pan-African accountability movement, to engage African youths in continental, regional and country-level advocacy for the reform of service delivery architecture across the continent as well as ratification and implementation of…

The African Development Bank  (AfDB) has raised an exceptional $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact the Covid-19 pandemic will have on livelihoods and Africa’s economies.     The Fight Covid-19 Social bond, with a three-year maturity, garnered interest from central banks and official…

The 2020 World Water Day commemoration under the theme: “Nature and Climate Change,” focus on exploring the inextricable link between water and climate change, by highlighting the urgent importance of strengthening water security and establishing access to a sustainable water supply, in the face of changing climate conditions worldwide.  …

In commemoration of International Women’s Day 2020, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) – a Swiss-based product development partnership in antimalarial research – and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), have announced a collaboration to establish a pregnancy registry in malaria-endemic African countries; so as to fill the data gap…

The world will Sunday commemorate the 2020 International Women’s Day (IWD); the UN’s annual event celebrated every March 8, to reflect on progress made in terms of the social, cultural, economic as well as political achievements of ordinary women who are positively changing their communities all over the world.  …