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The UN and international partners working to support a lasting peace and democratic election process across Somalia, said on Sunday that they were highly concerned by the current situation there, calling on Somali leaders to “prioritize the national interest” and…

The China-based New Development Bank (NDB) has loaned South Africa 1 billion dollars to help the recession- and coronavirus-hit economy sail through its current troubled economic waters. The NDB established a 10-billion-dollar emergency assistance facility in April last year to…

The World Trade Organization has slightly raised its growth forecast for global goods trade this year, but says the outlook is clouded by risks from the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines and the possible emergence of vaccine-resistant strains. WTO director-general Ngozi…

The United nations has called for the protection of civilians in the Sahel. The call comes eleven days after armed groups carried out one of the deadliest attacks ever on three villages near the western Niger town of Tillia. UNHCR…

The African Union (AU) has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson for 220 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccines, with potential to order an additional 180 million doses, to bring the toal to 400 million. The agreement…

The World Health Organization has once again warned of a catastrophic increase in covid19 cases among vulnerable populations in lower- and middle-income countries, as the Easter period approaches. In a question-and-answer session, WHO Director of Health Emergencies Programme, Dr. Mike…

The United Nations has indicated that African countries need strong policies and further support from the international community to avert a debt crisis and protracted low growth.  The UN Department of Global Communications in a statement issued by on Wednesday,…

Up to 400 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine will be made available to African countries, the US pharmaceutical giant said Monday. The availability of the single-shot vaccine will be subject to national regulatory approvals in the African…

The Nigerien opposition is not giving up. It calls on the population to demonstrate this Tuesday to demand the true results of last month’s presidential elections runoff. The coalition supporting candidate Mahamane Ousmane is calling for peaceful marches to demand…

The World Health organization WHO has said that equitable vaccine distribution and solidarity is key to ending the pandemic. WHO’s director general – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the agency’s virtual briefing Monday, remarked on the renewed political partnership from…

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a policy brief on Monday that though significant steps have been taken to prevent debt crises across the world sparked by the COVID-19 outbreak, they have not been sufficient to restore economic stability…

Health officials in the US state of Oregon are monitoring four people who visited Guinea and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) because both countries are currently experiencing outbreaks of Ebola. Health officials say there is low risk for people…