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COVID-19 lays bare social inequality says UN chief, as COVAX doses top 36 million

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Highlighting the inequalities and injustices that have been apparent throughout the pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for the day to be marked on Wednesday, that the vast majority of vaccine doses administered so far, have been confined to “a few wealthy countries” or those producing the shots cleared for distribution. “Within countries, illness and death from COVID-19 has… Read More
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How can we vaccinate the world? Five challenges facing the UN-backed COVAX programme

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Vaccines are a key part of the solution to ending the COVID-19 pandemic and, since the early stages of the crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) has argued that there needed to be coordinated attention given to ensuring that everyone, not just people living in rich countries, would receive adequate protection from the virus, as it spread rapidly across the… Read More
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Secretary-General welcomes US decision to lift sanctions against ICC officials

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President Joseph Biden on Friday revoked a Trump-era executive order issued after the ICC announced it was investigating alleged war crimes committed by all sides in the war in Afghanistan, including the US. Executive Order 13928 of 11 June 2020 imposed economic sanctions against ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and the Head of the Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, Phakiso Mochochoko. … Read More
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Nigerian banks block MTN from banking channels

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– – Nigerian banks have blocked MTN from their banking channels following a feud over fees charged for the service. MTN had reduced the banks’ commission from an average of 3.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent using USSD for banking services. The feud has left millions of subscribers unable to recharge their phones using the USSD services on MTN… Read More
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Bénin : démarrage du projet d’appui au développement de la filière anacarde et de l’entreprenariat agricole financé par la Banque africaine de…

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Le ministre de l’Agriculture, de l’Elevage et de la Pêche (MAEP) du Bénin, M. Gaston Cossi Dossouhoui, a procédé, le 19 mars dernier à Dassa (centre-sud du Bénin), au lancement des activités relatives au Projet d’appui au développement de la filière anacarde et de l’entreprenariat agricole. C’est un projet financé à hauteur de 18,6 millions de dollars américains par la… Read More
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Use COVID-19 recovery to make inclusion ‘a reality’, UN chief says on World Day

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“The crisis has created new obstacles and challenges. But efforts to reignite the global economy offer an opportunity to reimagine the workplace to make diversity, inclusion and equity a reality”, Secretary-General António Guterres said.  For people with autism, access to work on an equal basis requires creating an enabling environment & reasonable accommodation.#COVID19 recovery is an opportunity to rethink our… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank brings graduates one step closer to helping their countries access climate finance

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Seventy-four trainees from 26 African countries will join the continent’s community of climate finance experts after successfully completing a training program through the African Development Bank. Eighteen of the 74 graduates who emerged as top achievers qualified as trainers and will continue to build capacity across the continent. The “training of trainers” program empowered trainees to design proposals that will… Read More
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G5 Sahel : la Banque africaine de développement et le HCR appuient le plan de riposte sanitaire de la Mauritanie face à la pandémie de Covid-19

Elwin Mandowa,
La Banque africaine de développement et l’Agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés en Mauritanie (HCR) ont remis, ce jour, un lot d’ambulances médicalisées au ministère mauritanien de la Santé pour l’aider à faire face à la pandémie de Covid-19. À cette occasion, le représentant de la Banque africaine de développement, Amine Mouaffak, et la représentante du HCR, Maria Stavropoulou,… Read More
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Vaccine equity: ‘Race is on’ to inoculate health workers and those most at risk globally 

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Although COVAX has already delivered 35 million doses to more than 78 countries, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said there was still “a serious challenge on vaccine equity and availability”.  “We’re not in a race against each other, we’re in a race against the virus & over the last year the @ACTAccelerator has been critical for ensuring… Read More
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Le Gabon et la Banque africaine de développement lancent les travaux de rénovation du réseau d’eau potable du Grand Libreville

Elwin Mandowa,
La Première ministre du Gabon, Mme Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, et le directeur du bureau-pays de la Banque africaine de développement au Gabon, Robert Masumbuko, ont procédé, mercredi 31 mars à Libreville, à la pose de la première pierre marquant le début des travaux de réhabilitation et d’extension du réseau d’eau potable du Grand Libreville qui abrite plus de la… Read More
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