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Covid-19 increases HIV death toll – NACA

The outbreak of Covid19 has been blamed for the death of some 430,000 HIV/AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa over the past six months, owing to interruptions in treatment due to pandemic’s related restrictions. That’s according to a new report published…

UN envoy hails progress in Great Lakes Region

The UN Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Huang Xia, told the Security Council on Tuesday that even as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in the Great Lakes Region continue to improve political, security and economic cooperation in…

UNICEF advocates for more funding for education

UNICEF calls on Ministries of Education and Finance to prioritize education in their COVID-19 recovery plans to reduce the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis on children and national economies. New data from UNICEF on progress and perspectives for the…

US defense secretary visits Algeria

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper made a rare visit to Algeria on Thursday for talks with the president about war-torn Libya and the troubled Sahel region to the south of the Sahara. Both countries are alarmed by the threat…