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• Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 25 September 2020, 6 pm September 25, 2020
  African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,437,339) deaths (35,009), and recoveries (1,185,054) by region: Central (57,388 cases; 1,075 deaths; 50,027 recoveries): Burundi (476; 1; 462), Cameroon (20,712; 418; 19,440), CAR (4,804; 62; 1,837), Chad (1,171; 82; 1,003), Congo (5,005; 89; 3,920), DRC (10,578; 271; 10,070), Equatorial Guinea (5,018; 83; 4,509), Gabon (8,716; 54; […]
• Coronavirus - Malawi: COVID-19 Daily Information Update (25th September 2020) September 25, 2020
  New cases: 17 Total confirmed case: 5764 Total active cases: 1407 Total recovered: 4178 (17 New) Total number of tests conducted: 52121 (348 New) Total deaths: 179 (0 New)Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Population, Republic of Malawi.Media filesDownload logo
• Coronavirus: Updated influenza vaccine advice targets protection of elderly and health workers September 25, 2020
  Download logoAmid a potential global shortage in influenza vaccines and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN health agency has advised countries to protect the elderly and health workers first. The updated recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO), come as the northern hemisphere braces for the seasonal bug, which claims hundreds of thousands of lives from respiratory-related […]
• Coronavirus: US$35 billion price tag to end the acute phase of the pandemic September 25, 2020
  Download logoThe ACT-Accelerator is the only global initiative offering a solution to speed up the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched on 24 April 2020, it combines public and private sector expertise and institutions from around the world to accelerate the development, regulatory approval, scale-up, delivery and equitable allocation of COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines. The […]
• Coronavirus - Rwanda: Update COVID-19 (24 September 2020) September 25, 2020
  Download logoTen (10) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2158 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, seven hundred, and eighty-nine (4789). To date, three thousand, and fifty (3050) patients have recovered and been discharged, including fifty-five (55) in the past 24 hours. The number of active […]
• West and Central Africa: Flooding Situation as of 25 September 2020 September 25, 2020
  SITUATION OVERVIEW As of 25 September, flooding has affected around 1.7 million people in West and Central Africa, with many regions recording excess rainfalls. The impact in 2020 is particularly severe, and the number of people affected exceeding last year’s totals, when floods affected 1.1 million people in 11 countries. While seasonal rains are expected […]
• Infrastructure for Peacebuilding: The role of infrastructure in tackling the underlying drivers of fragility (September 2020) September 25, 2020
  Download logoIntroduction The global agenda on conflict and peacebuilding has drastically changed over the past fifty years. If the twentieth century agenda was dominated by conflicts between national states, today the concern has shifted towards contexts that combine state fragility with protracted and intractable conflict, often involving alliances between non-state groups and regional and international […]
• Coronavirus - Africa: Conflict, climate crisis and COVID-19 pose great threats to the health of women and children September 25, 2020
  Protect the Progress: Rise, Refocus, Recover - 2020 Progress Report on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) Download Report: https://bit.ly/3mUckkU Fragile gains made to advance women and children’s health are threatened by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19, according to a new report from Every Woman Every […]
• Tens of thousands forced out of school by floods in Sub-Saharan Africa September 25, 2020
  Download logoTens of thousands of children in Sub-Saharan Africa have been forced out of school or seen the start of their academic year delayed after heavy floods drove them from their homes and destroyed classrooms, Save the Children said today. The organisation is urging governments to step up repair work on schools and provide temporary […]
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) steps up response to Zambia’s locust invasion September 25, 2020
  Download logoThe next phase in the massive control operation against African Migratory Locust (AML) in Zambia is expected to begin today. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is working closely with the Government of Zambia and other partners to protect crops, pastures and livelihoods from the pest, under the US$500 000 […]