WHO says COVID variant in India 'of concern'

Africa: Evolution of COVID-19 - Cameroon Ranks 7th Most Affected in Africa

This is an alert bell to all Cameroonians and a challenge to be more vigilant, the Director of Disease Control at the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, underlined yesterday, May 27, 2020 in Yaounde at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre during the daily press

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In Africa schools are closed but learning goes on

Globally, school closures due to COVID-19 have affected 1.29 billion students in 186 countries, which is 73.8 per cent of the world’s student population, according to the UN Education Science and Cultural Organization

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Burundi Ripe for New Order

The Grim Reaper has taken away Burundi's healthy-looking and all-powerful President Pierre Nkurunziza just as he was to hand over power to the ruling CNDD-FDD party's 2020 election victor Evariste

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Madagascar minister sacked over $2m sweets for 'bitter' COVID-Organics

Says it is of two type, the curative and preventive

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US Autoworkers Return, While Possible Vaccine Shows Promise

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and

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Madagascar records its first coronavirus death

Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from the novel coronavirus, nearly two months after it was first detected in the

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African Leaders Call for Immediate Action to Save Additional Lives From Malaria in the Face of COVID-19

In response to mounting concerns around the impact of COVID-19 on malaria elimination efforts across the African continent, the African members of the End Malaria Council have released a joint statement and a four-pronged action plan calling on African and global leaders to act quickly to: protect

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Tanzania Covid-19 response: Government accused of a coverup

Schools, universities and sporting events are set to restart in Tanzania next week as the country lifts its coronavirus

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J'can health expert praises WHO boss

THE opening speech by World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus at the 73rd World Health Assembly's virtual meeting on Monday has been lauded by one local public health expert as “the most brilliant watershed speech by any WHO director

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Africa: Over 120,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases on the Continent

South Africa has the most reported cases – 25,937, with deaths numbering

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Africa: Over 87,000 Active COVID-19 Cases Across Continent, 424 Critical

South Africa has the most reported cases – 37,525, with deaths numbering

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Annan, Kofi Atta

Annan, Kofi Atta kō´fē ä´tä ăn´ən [key] 1938–, Ghanaian diplomat, secretary-general of the United Nations (1997–2006), b. Kumasi. The scion of a family of Fante chieftains, he studied at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. (grad. 1961), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Africa: Seven Ways We Are Making Ourselves Sick (And How We Can Stop)

The World Health Organization attributes 23 per cent of all deaths to unhealthy environments; and this year, the top five risks cited in the World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report were all related to the

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Covid-19: Global tensions simmer over race for vaccine

Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine

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Most US States Fall Short Of Recommended Testing Levels | Afro

By MATTHEW PERRONE, BRIAN WITTE and NICKY FORSTER, Associated Press

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Rwanda: Genocide Architect Félicien Kabuga Arrested in France

Félicien Kabuga, one of the leading architects of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda has been arrested, the International Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said on Saturday, May

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Annan, Kofi A. (1938-- )

Kofi Atta Annan, born on 8 April 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana, served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) between 1997 and 2007. As a young man, Annan finished his undergraduate studies in economics at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1961. He then completed his

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Sugar in fast food, processed meat

Of course, manufacturers and restaurants will put sugar in their products, after all, it is addictive and there are reports of fast-food corporations actively researching how to peak their food's addictive component with the manipulation of fats, salt, sugars, and other

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Kenyans Living Beyond Their 60s, Shows Report

Kenyans' life expectancy at birth (or how long, on average, a newborn can expect to live, if current death rates do not change unexpectedly), has increased from 50 years for men and 49 years for women to 64.4 years and 68.9 years

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Africa Day 2020 - a Unique Opportunity for Reflection

On Africa Day, it is well worth noting that any given set of data visualisations reveal that African countries have thus far been spared the worst of Covid-19's direct effects, though the knock-on effects of global and local policy decisions are still to be fully accounted

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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Safety Measures Stepped Up to Protect Peacekeepers

Rwandan Police peacekeepers in South Sudan will continue to execute their peacekeeping mandate under strengthened measures to observe the World Health Organization (WHO) safety guidelines against the novel

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Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Expects to Quickly Tackle New Ebola Outbreak

The World Health Organization says lessons learned from previous outbreaks of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and effective therapeutics will allow it to more quickly contain a new outbreak of the deadly disease in Equateur

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Sierra Leone registers the highest covid-19 death rate in the mano river region

The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Sierra Leone on 31 March 2020, and the source of the outbreak has been linked to a wet market in Wuhan (Hubei

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Jamaican doctor defends herbal medicine use

And we estimate that 80 per cent of the rest world of the world still use some form of traditional herbal treatment,” Dr Gordon told the Jamaica Observer in an extended interview last

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Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Rise to 107,747

South Africa has the most reported cases – 21,342, with deaths numbering

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Africa: COVID-19 Could Deepen Food Insecurity, Malnutrition in Africa

Brazzaville — The World Health Organization (WHO) today expressed concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 on food security, which is likely to exacerbate the already considerable burden of malnutrition in

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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 200,000 mark; 5,500+ deaths

Africa’s COVID-19 statistics passed the 200,000 mark as of Wednesday June

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Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Confirms New Ebola Outbreak in Northwest DRC

The World Health Organization on Monday confirmed a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, just as an initial outbreak appeared to be

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Africa: Continent Nears 170,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

South Africa has the most reported cases – 40,792, with deaths numbering

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