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UN General Assembly hears call for worldwide pandemic warning system

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Participants in a panel headlined, Challenges and Opportunities in Creating an Early Warning System for Global Pandemics, on Tuesday warned that we are witnessing the dismantling of essential infectious disease monitoring programmes, at a time when climate change is driving greater risks to public health. “Any platform will need to include data from outside of traditional public health epidemiology, specifically about… Read More
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Energy transition policies and regulatory developments light up across Africa

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Energy transition is a key topic of discussion at the African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, South Africa. Across the continent, countries in Africa are gearing up for energy transition by implementing policy and legislative frameworks that take into account the energy crisis and the need for a renewable, decarbonized, decentralized energy supply that addresses climate change and the commitments… Read More
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Nigeria: Court halts deadline to swap banknotes amid chaotic scenes

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Nigeria’s Supreme Court has halted the government’s plan to enforce a Friday deadline for citizens to swap old banknotes for new ones. The government had expected Nigerians to turn in old 1,000, 500 and 200 naira banknotes in exchange for newly designed notes by Friday. The central bank wanted the initiative to curb cash in circulation and control double-digit inflation.… Read More
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Ireland and Austria join Africa Climate Change Fund as donors with an initial €3 million contribution

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Ireland and Austria have joined the African Development Bank’s Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) with contributions of €2 million and €1 million, respectively, to support the Fund’s work. The ACCF is a multi-donor trust fund that backs the African Development Bank Group’s target of tripling its climate financing and advancing Africa’s climate resilience. Harald Waiglein, Director General at Austria’s Federal… Read More
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Slamming ‘big formula milk companies’, WHO scientist calls for swift clampdown to protect nursing mothers

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“This new research highlights the vast economic and political power of the big formula milk companies, as well as serious public policy failures that prevent millions of women from breastfeeding their children,” said Nigel Rollins, one of the authors of a series on the $55 billion-a-year industry and their marketing “playbooks”, published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet. “Actions… Read More
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Education: More investment in school health, nutrition, will realize childhood potential

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It is estimated that some 584 million children have limited or no access to basic drinking water services at school.    Nearly half live in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the study by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP).  A supportive environment  Furthermore, even though practically all countries… Read More
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Regional Seminar on the African Development Bank’s Africa Information Highway (AIH) Initiative

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What:    Regional Seminar on the African Development Bank’s Africa Information Highway (AIH) Initiative Who:     The African Development Bank When:   6-10 February 2023 Where:  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The African Development Bank in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the International Monetary Fund, is organizing a seminar for regional member countries on its Africa Information Highway initiative. Established… Read More
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Reduce pollution to combat ‘superbugs’ and other anti-microbial resistance

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The study focuses on the environmental dimensions of AMR, which occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines.  It calls for strengthening action to reduce the emergence, transmission and spread of “superbugs” – strains of bacteria that have become resistant to every known biotic – and other instances of AMR, which are… Read More
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Ghana seeks China’s support to restructure its debt

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Ghana is seeking China to join its ongoing external debt restructuring efforts as it pushes for an IMF bailout this year. China is leading creditor to Ghana and other African countries. For Ghana to secure an IMF deal this year, it would have to restructure its debt levels. Ghana’s debt levels are unsustainable and has to be brought to a… Read More
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Nigeria’s President to deal with cash crunch ahead of exchange deadline

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to deal with the cash crunch the country is experiencing currently. The crisis has caused chaotic scenes in parts of the West African country which is expected to hold elections this month. Nigerians are trying to get their hands on new naira notes ahead of a February 10 deadline. The old notes which will… Read More
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