Nairobi — A report, published by the United Nations HumanRights office and the UN political mission in Haiti has called for the urgent deployment of the multinational security support mission authorized by the UN Security Council in October. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said violence has gradually escalated in the Bas-Artibonite region […]
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The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and the African Union’s Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on the announcement of the U.S.-Africa CDC Joint Action Plan as an annex to the U.S.-African Union Memorandum of Cooperation to Promote Public Health Partnership. […]
Lusaka, Zambia — In recognition of his unwavering dedication to advancing global health and his transformative leadership during unprecedented crises, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), was bestowed with the prestigious 2023 CPHIA Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Health. This accolade was presented at the International Conference on Public Health […]
Mogadishu — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday it’s ramping up response to prevent cholera transmission in Somalia as flash floods from heavy downpours intensify across the country. The WHO said since January, a total of 45, 266 new suspected cases of cholera including 42 associated deaths were reported from 29 districts of Somalia, […]
Harare — The World Health Organization said that it documented sexual transmission of mpox ( previously monkeypox ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the first time during the nation’s largest epidemic, a troubling finding that African scientists say might make it more difficult to stop the illness. The UN health agency said that […]
Nairobi — Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei no says the launched Treaty Database will reinforce Kenya’s dedication to fulfilling international obligations with integrity. Speaking on Monday, Sing’oei described it as a significant milestone in Kenya’s history as the database “is an effective instrument that will improve accessibility, simplify treaty management.” “This landmark achievement is […]
Reacting to a BBC report that Sultan Al Jaber, the president-designate of COP28, who is also the chief executive of the UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), was briefed to advance the interests of the businesses he leads before dozens of bilateral meetings about the climate summit, Amnesty International’s Climate Advisor Ann Harrison, said: […]
Kampala, Uganda — The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD), Mr. Aggrey David Kibenge has met with a delegation from the International Labour Organization’s ACCEL project, during which they discussed the upcoming second phase of the initiative aimed at eradicating child labour in supply chains across Africa. The team […]
The bank’s findings reveal the price extracted from the public and private sectors — and ordinary citizens — by the country’s high crime rate. Essentially, it’s yet another tax. Crime costs South Africa’s economy the equivalent of about 10% of its GDP each year, according to a new World Bank report titled Safety First: The […]
Too little is being done to protect the most vulnerable people against the negative impacts of climate change, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). World leaders gathering in Dubai for the COP28 conference on climate change must take urgent measures to protect the health of the most affected communities. “The world’s most vulnerable people are paying […]
The World Bank has approved a $60 million grant to avert acute shortages of critical and lifesaving commodities in Malawi. The grant will also enable commercial banks in Malawi to have access to an import backstopping facility through the International Development Association (IDA) approved by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Monday. A […]
West African countries have been struggling for months with the worst diphtheria outbreak on record on the continent. The problem can only be tackled if all entities step up their vaccination and treatment efforts, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). More and faster support for the affected countries is urgently needed to avoid more deaths. Nigeria, […]
In the last seven months of fighting in Sudan, reported cases of children killed and injured in Darfur spiked 550 per cent when compared to all of 2022. The escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan over the last seven months has reached a grim milestone in Darfur, where at least 5 million children are facing extreme […]
With global temperatures soaring and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reaching unprecedented levels, dramatic climate action is needed to steer the world away from runaway climate change and align it to the objectives of the Paris Agreement, a major UN report has found. The 2023 Emissions Gap Report, released on Monday by the UN Environment Programme […]
New York — Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell “Each year on November 20, we mark World Children’s Day to commemorate the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. By ratifying this international legal framework, world leaders […]
Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the world on World Toilet Day, marked on 19 November. In line with this year’s theme of accelerating change, innovators have been part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of some of the world’s 3.5 billion people living without safe […]
EUROPEAN Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) has accused the government of blocking presentation of its final August 2023 election report by imposing cumbersome restrictions on the delegation. As part of its mission duty the delegation intended to travel to Zimbabwe to present the final election report and meet with the various political stakeholders. The […]
Dakar — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded today a three-day visit to Liberia to support peaceful second round voting. The Special Representative welcomes the generally peaceful and orderly conduct of yesterday’s run-off presidential election. Once again, […]