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Kenya's Philanthropic Tradition Tackles the COVID-19 Challenge
Access to adequate social protection in Kenya remains difficult, but a local community movement built on the country's philanthropic tradition of harambee is
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Rwanda: Inside the Country's 10 Multi-Billion Dollar Green Projects
Rwanda recently submitted its new national climate plan dubbed "Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)" to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Somalia: Over 500 People Killed By Cholera in Somalia Since January-UN
The UN's health agency said the epidemic had left more than 25,000 people sick, warning that number was likely to double by the end of
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Source: allAfrica.com
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L.A. Public Officials Acknowledge the Inequality of Resources within Underserved Communities Escalated After COVID-19
L.A. Public Officials Acknowledge the Inequality of Resources within Underserved Communities Escalated After COVID-19
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Uganda: Lockdown Restrictions Escalate Malnutrition Cases in Manafwa
Manafwa, Uganda — Health officials in Manafwa district have reported an escalation of food insecurity, poverty and cases of malnutrition among the marginalized groups during the time of the COVID-19
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Source: allAfrica.com
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President Bio takes to the red carpet in style to launch national tree planting
Launching the country’s national tree planting, afforestation, and reforestation project at Mortomeh in Bathurst, Freetown two days ago, 5th June 2020, this is what president
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Scott $75B Homeowner Assistance Bill Included in HEROES Coronavirus Relief Package
Scott welcomed the inclusion of his legislative proposal to establish a $75 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund to offer relief to consumers and prevent
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Somalia: Triple Emergencies of COVID-19, Flooding & Locusts Makes Somalia Susceptible to Human Trafficking
Mogadishu — While simultaneously suffering from the coronavirus pandemic, flooding and a locust crisis, Somalia, could well see a rise in the number of people who are susceptible to human
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Africa: Safeguarding Africa's Food Security in the Age of COVID-19
With each climate shock, whether drought, flood or cyclone, farmers suffer directly, while shortages elevate the price of food for
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PPS families to receive SNAP benefits in response to COVID-1
All Pittsburgh Public Schools families will receive Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) supplemental funds for lunches missed while being out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Pittsburgh Courier has
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America Urgently Needs Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to Bring Unity, Equity and Racial Healing to Our Nation
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Africa: Ads 2020 - Africa's Free Trade Area and Integration Will Help Silence the Guns, Say Uneca Chief Vera Songwe and Other Experts
Leading Experts On Africa's Development Have Said That the Speed and Scope of the Continent's Post-COVID-19 Recovery Will Depend On the Effective Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade
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Caribbean islands will need to be treated differently after COVID-19 | New York Carib News
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Caribbean islands will need to be treated differently after COVID-19
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Kenya targets to create 1.7m jobs, jumpstart growth
With an economy battered by coronavirus, locust invasion and floods, Kenya’s Finance Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani on June 11 tabled a Ksh2.79 trillion ($27.9 billion) budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year that seeks to revive almost every sector of the economy as quickly as possible and still keep
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Mali: As Mali Fights Coronavirus, Cotton Farmers Fear Loss of Climate Aid
Bamako — As cotton price tumbles during pandemic, farmers worry the state support they rely on to grow food in a warming climate will dry up
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Nigeria: Over 140 Nigerians Killed in Violent Attacks Last Week
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Food Donation Efforts Swell as More Churches Join In
The parking lot of a Montgomery County community center was filled Saturday with boxes of groceries and volunteers as Rev. Matthew L. Watley and members of Kingdom Fellowship African Methodist Episcopal Church distributed food to people in need amid the coronavirus
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Africa: Unprecedented Crisis Presents Unique Opportunities for Unprecedented Action - Machel, Okonjo-Iweala, Songwe, Ramos
There is no way Africa can face this food crisis without empowering rural women, in particular rural women’s associations, in the response to
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Rwanda: Landslide Aftermath - Smallholder Farmers Appeal for Urgent Support
Nyirakayeye, a smallholder farmer and mother of four from Jenda Sector in Nyabihu says that the losses she incurred are valued at Rwf600,000 which she expected to cash in on the harvest if the season had gone as
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Kenya: World Bank Lends Kenya $43m for Locusts Fight
The World Bank on Thursday approved a $43 (Ksh4.5 billion) loan to Kenya to help in combating locust swarms that are destroying crops in Eastern
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Oprah Winfrey Gets Emotional Talking About $12M Donation To Food-Insecure Families
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Africa: COVID-19 Endangers Africa's Rural Economies As Conservation Efforts Come Under Strain
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East Africa: Fear of COVID-19 Slows Trucking in East Africa
As trucks stacked up for days, Rwanda and neighboring Tanzania worked out a deal that scrapped plans for relay drivers but mandated transferring cargo at the border, “except for trucks carrying perishable goods and petroleum products destined to Rwanda,” the Kigali government said in a news release
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Ghana: AGRA Advocates Fund to Support Women in Agribusiness.
Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has called on African governments to create a fund to support women small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in agribusiness to thrive in this period of
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Africa: COVID-19 - Additional 23 Million People Face Acute Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa - Ifad
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