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As of 2021, almost 17 million people in South Sudan have received treatment for elephantiasis, trachoma, river blindness, bilharzia, and soil-transmitted worms. South Sudan, with the support of WHO and partners, has worked in recent years to combat the threat of neglected tropical diseases by providing medicines and strengthening prevention measures to accelerate progress towards […]
As initial assessments sowed, nearly 2300 hectares of cultivated land were flooded, raising concerns about the destruction of means to produce food and the loss of livestock. The torrential downpours double the usual amount of rainfall in the Republic of the Congo has recently led to unprecedented floods, affecting over 1.8 million people of whom […]
The increased number of migrants has led to closer scrutiny over these groups in Tunisia, as UNHCR reports confirm that nearly 97000 people have crossed the Mediterranean from Tunisia to Italy in 2023. Estimations show that there are approximately between 20000 and 50000 Sub-Saharan migrants in the country. Migration activists have expressed their concerns about […]
Thousands of people are affected by a terrible cholera epidemic in Zambia. Local media reports 351 deaths and nearly 9,000 active cases nationwide. A terrible cholera epidemic is wreaking havoc in Zambia, causing hundreds of deaths and affecting thousands. The disease, transmitted through the consumption of contaminated water and food, has created an atmosphere of […]
Global labor markets have experienced an uneven recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. As for Africa, key employment indicators, including unemployment rates, have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. Global economic growth is expected to slow from an estimated 2.7% in 2023 to 2.4% in 2024, below the 3% growth rate recorded before the pandemic, […]
Africa should not be isolated from the international scientific community, but it doesn’t mean to accept digital colonization by foreign entities. For a Senegalese expert in artificial intelligence (AI), there is a risk that large multinational AI companies will impose their solutions on the African continent, thus crowding out the creation of local solutions. With […]
Ten people became complainants, including eight “direct victims” and the daughter of a person who died in detention, detailed TRIAL International, the Swiss NGO which initiated the procedure. The former minister under President Yahya Jammeh is being prosecuted for crimes against humanity linked to acts of torture, kidnapping, sexual violence and extrajudicial execution between 2000 […]
Although they have decreased significantly, humanitarian needs will nevertheless remain significant this year in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN warned on Thursday; noting that with 50% of the population not having enough to eat, this Central African country has one of the largest proportions of people “in a situation of critical food insecurity […]
Most countries by now agree that a transition away from fossil fuel production or consumption to renewables is inevitable, but a key issue is the continent’s right to a just transition. African countries recognize the serious threats posed by climate change and are already taking steps to address them. The Horn of Africa suffered a […]
The RED-Tabara rebels have always rejected President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s invitation to dialogue, recalling that they set as a prerequisite “the negotiation of the conditions for organizing democratic, free, inclusive and transparent elections”. Twenty people, including 19 civilians, were killed Friday evening in western Burundi, in an attack claimed by the rebel group RED-Tabara. This is […]
