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Plastics in soil threaten food security, health, and environment: FAO

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While plastic refuse littering beaches and oceans draws high-profile attention, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Assessment of agricultural plastics and their sustainability: a call for action suggests that the land we use to grow our food is contaminated with even larger quantities of plastic pollutants. “Soils are one of the main receptors of agricultural plastics and are known to… Read More
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2021 AEC: Reforms, debt initiatives come under the spotlight as Africa enters ‘critical’ phase

Elwin Mandowa,
Participants at the 2021 African Economic Conference have urged countries to implement crucial governance and economic reforms to see the continent through a historic crisis brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference brought together leading thinkers, development specialists and policymakers virtually and in Sal, Carbo Verde, to present their latest research on the challenges facing the continent, including mounting… Read More
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COVID contributed to 69,000 malaria deaths WHO finds, though ‘doomsday scenario’ averted

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However, “the doomsday scenario” projected by the WHO has not materialised,” Dr Pedro Alonso, Director, WHO Global Malaria Programme said at the launch of the UN agency’s annual World Malaria Report in Geneva. According to the analysis, moderate disruptions in the delivery of malaria services contributed to 14 million malaria cases and 69,000 deaths. Two thirds (or 47,000) of the… Read More
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African Development Bank-supported road project stimulates improved health, education and household incomes in northern Ghana – study

Elwin Mandowa,
Communities and households in northern Ghana are enjoying the benefits of better road conditions, increased local economic activity, and better access to health and education, thanks to a road project funded by the African Development Bank. The findings were made in an impact evaluation conducted by Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank, four years after the Bank… Read More
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African Economic Conference: Development community calls for universal vaccine access to mitigate impact of Omicron, other Covid-19 variants

Elwin Mandowa,
Cabo Verde President José Maria Neves on Thursday joined the development community in calling for urgent universal vaccine access as a way to mitigate the impact of Omicron and other variants of the Covid-19 virus. The World Health Organization on Friday categorized Omicron as a Covid-19 “variant of concern”, signifying that it could be more contagious than other known mutations.… Read More
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A school in Niger uses cutting-edge equipment to train engineers, adding to the growing pool of skilled young Africans

Elwin Mandowa,
Souleymane Bahari, a teacher who runs the mechanical engineering workshop at the Kalmaharo technical centre in Niamey, Niger’s capital, marvels at how much training standards have risen over the past decade. From 2010 to 2019, the number of students at the centre more than tripled to 1,031 as aspiring engineers poured into classrooms reorganised and refitted with new equipment. The… Read More
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Omicron: Don’t panic but prepare for likely spread, says WHO

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Heralding South Africa’s and Botswana’s decision to report the appearance of the Omicron coronavirus mutation last month, the UN health agency repeated that it will take another two weeks before more is known about how transmissible and how dangerous it actually is. Speaking in Geneva, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier stressed that data suggesting that Omicron was highly transmissible was only… Read More
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‘Bodyright’ campaign launched, to end rise in gender-based violence online 

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“It’s time for technology companies and policymakers to take digital violence seriously”, said UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem -“right now”.   The bodyright campaign highlights that corporate logos and copyrighted IP are more highly valued and better protected online than images of human bodies, which are often uploaded to the Internet without consent, and used maliciously.   The ⓑ symbol – which can be added to any image directly via Instagram stories using stickers, or by downloading it from the webpage – aims to… Read More
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Opinion: After Merkel's exit, Germany must remain committed to Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
In August, at a meeting of the G-20 Compact with Africa in Berlin, I had the distinct pleasure of joining some 30 African heads of state and government, and fellow heads of international organizations, to bid farewell to outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Chancellor Merkel has been a dear and loyal friend of Africa. I know that I am not… Read More
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Nobel laureate economist Esther Duflo to deliver 2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture

Elwin Mandowa,
What:          2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture Who:           African Development Institute, African Development Bank Group When:         Monday, 13 December 2021; 14:00-16.00 GMT Where:        Virtual Nobel laureate Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will on 13 December deliver the 2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture, organized by the African Development Institute. The theme… Read More
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