Africa set to wage united pandemic fight
In the face of climbing numbers of infections, African leaders are reinforcing their commitment to continentwide measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus. The platform is an online marketplace ...
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Africa marks International Day of the African Child
The African continent on Tuesday celebrated the International Day of the African Child. However, due to the current coronavirus crisis, the commemoration of the event at the continental level was ...
Coronavirus: African Union in Discussions with Madagascar over herbal remedy
The African Union is in discussion with the Republic of Madagascar, through its embassy in Addis Ababa, with a view to obtain technical data regarding the safety and efficiency of ...
Africa Dangerously Behind in Global Race for Medical Equipment Amid Coronavirus
(JOHANNESBURG) — As Africa braces for a surge in coronavirus cases, its countries are dangerously behind in the global race for scarce medical equipment. Ten nations have no ventilators at ...
Rwanda has committed a total of $1m to the African Union COVID Fund and the Africa CDC
Kagame was speaking during a teleconference meeting of the Extended AU Bureau chaired by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa convening Heads of State and Government of DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, ...
Africa: The ‘New World Order’ – A Chance for Africa?
For decades, Africa has struggled to find its way in a process of globalization and being led by money powers with, as a consequence, an increasing widening of inequalities: more ...
World Bank Group and IMF mobilize partners in the fight against COVID-19 in Africa
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2020—The World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund today convened African leaders, bilateral partners, and multilateral institutions to spur faster action on COVID-19 response in African countries. ...
Coronavirus – Africa: FAO of the United Nations and African Union commit to safeguarding food security amid crisis
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the African Union (AU) and international partners today described the food and agriculture system as "an essential service that must ...
South Africa: Ramaphosa appoints AU special envoys to mobilise economic support
African Union (AU) chairperson President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dr Donald Kaberuka, Tidjane Thiam and Trevor Manuel as the African Union’s COVID-19 special envoys. The newly appointed ...
