Tag: Africa

How War in Ukraine Pushes Poverty Higher in Africa —World Bank:
April 19, 2022 No Responses

How War in Ukraine Pushes Poverty Higher in Africa —World Bank:

World Bank Group President, David Malpass has expressed concern over higher poverty rates in Africa and other developing countries due to war in Ukraine and COVID-19 related shutdown. A statement issued on Monday by the Bank quoted Malpass as making this...
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How war in Ukraine Worsens Economic Growth for Nigeria
April 13, 2022 No Responses

How war in Ukraine Worsens Economic Growth for Nigeria

United Nations on Tuesday warned that the fallout from the war in Ukraine could dramatically worsen the economic outlook for developing countries already grappling with debt financing related to the COVID-19 pandemic. UN, in a report published on Tuesday, stat...
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Attention ECOWAS, AU, UN – Migration is Now BIG Issue For African Countries…
October 13, 2021 No Responses

Attention ECOWAS, AU, UN – Migration is Now BIG Issue For African Countries…

Migration: Stakeholders in the West African sub-region on Tuesday, met to review the priorities on ensuring safe, orderly, and regular migration as enshrined in the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). Representatives from the International Organisation (IOM), ...
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How Nigeria Became the Envy of Other African Nations Inspite Challenges
October 6, 2021 No Responses

How Nigeria Became the Envy of Other African Nations Inspite Challenges

How can Nigeria retain its pride of place in the comity of the African Nation in the light of the continuing political unrest, economic instability and ethnicity showdown across the geopolitical zones of the country? A religious leader, Pastor John...
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World Bank Approves $400m To Buy Covid-19 Vaccines for 150m Nigerians
October 2, 2021 No Responses

World Bank Approves $400m To Buy Covid-19 Vaccines for 150m Nigerians

World Bank on Friday made known it has approves the sum of USD400 million for the procurement of affordable COVID-19 for about 40 million of Nigerians and to also boost effective deployment of the vaccine about 110 million Nigerians. In...
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Africa faces 470m COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021 – WHO
September 17, 2021 No Responses

Africa faces 470m COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021 – WHO

Africa needs around 470 million doses to accomplish the global target of fully vaccinating 40 per cent of its population by the end of 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. The international COVAX initiative aimed at guaranteeing...
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2021: How Scarcity of Portable Water Wrecked Africa, Nigeria Worst Hit
September 16, 2021 No Responses

2021: How Scarcity of Portable Water Wrecked Africa, Nigeria Worst Hit

Nigeria is one of the African countries that still lack access to portable water as the West African country with a rough estimation of 200 people could only make provision for 12.5 million citizens as at the third quarter of...
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How United Nations Wants the World to Remember NELSON MANDELA
July 21, 2021 No Responses

How United Nations Wants the World to Remember NELSON MANDELA

UN Deputy Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed, has hailed Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black President, describing him as exemplifying “courage, compassion and an unwavering commitment to social justice and equality”. Mohammed told the ...
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2021: List of Drugs Mostly Abused in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Australia – UN
June 28, 2021 one Response

2021: List of Drugs Mostly Abused in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Australia – UN

A recent study published by the United Nations has shown List of Drugs Mostly Abused in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Australia among other major continents of the world Hence, Public health experts and anti-substance abuse campaigners have raised concern ove...
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Child Birth: Use of Caesarean Section in Africa is Alarming, Worrisome in Nigeria, says W.H.O
June 17, 2021 No Responses

Child Birth: Use of Caesarean Section in Africa is Alarming, Worrisome in Nigeria, says W.H.O

W.H.O therefore, recommended some non-clinical actions that can reduce medically unnecessary use of caesarean sections, within the overall context of high quality and respectful care. World Health Organisation (WHO) says caesarean section use continues to rise...
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