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OverviewThis Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover:• Cholera in Mozambique• Cholera in Burundi• COVID-19 across the WHO African regionFor each of these events, a brief descr…
Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and other Emergencies: Week 5: 23 to 29 January 2023 Read MoreCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICAN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE KILLS ONE CIVILIAN IN THE EASTOn 23 January, an explosive device was discovered behind the Beloko customs offices in the west and destroyed by the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) without causing any casua…
West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (24 – 30 January 2023) Read MoreThe WHO launches its Health Emergency Appeal for 2023 , estimated at US$ 2.54 billion, with the aim of assisting millions of people around the world who are facing one or another health emergency. The number of people in need of humanitarian relief has…
WHO calls for funding to help record numbers of people in complex, interconnected health emergencies Read MoreThe WHO launches its Health Emergency Appeal for 2023 , estimated at US$ 2.54 billion, with the aim of assisting millions of people around the world who are facing one or another health emergency. The number of people in need of humanitarian relief has…
WHO calls for funding to help record numbers of people in complex, interconnected health emergencies Read MoreRecent visits to Africa by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen came as a new study found China’s overseas investments in the COVID-19 era are at a 13-year low. China has invested heavily in Afric…
Chinese Lending at 13-Year Low; US Pledges Africa Investment Read MoreMany migrants in vulnerable situations across the world face shrinking access to international protection, increasingly restrictive immigration policies, and riskier journeys. In recent years, access to asylum and other international safeguards has at …
Migrants in need report barriers to assistance and fragile trust in humanitarian organizations Read MoreSituation OverviewThe Horn of Africa region continues to experience the longest and most severe drought on record, threatening millions with starvation. Relentless drought and high food prices have weakened many people’s ability to grow crops, raise li…
East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region: UNHCR Drought Situation Response Update #5 – December 2022 Read MoreSituation OverviewThe Horn of Africa region continues to experience the longest and most severe drought on record, threatening millions with starvation. Relentless drought and high food prices have weakened many people’s ability to grow crops, raise li…
East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region: UNHCR Drought Situation Response Update #5 – December 2022 Read MoreIn partnership with the African Union, the United Nations and others, the U.S. State Department has kicked off an initiative to help African farmers and governments prepare for and adapt to food security challenges caused by climate change.Dr. Cary Fow…
US Launches Initiative to Support African Farmers Amid Food Security Challenges Read MoreMinisters and representatives from twelve African countries have committed themselves, and laid out their plans, to end AIDS in children by 2030. International partners have set out how they would support countries in delivering on those plans, which w…
African leaders unite in pledge to end AIDS in children Read MoreA decade ago this year, the head of the European Union’s executive branch stood, visibly shaken, before rows of coffins holding the corpses of migrants drowned off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Some of them, small and bone-white, contained the bodie…
10 Years After EU’s ‘Never Again’ Tragedy, Little’s Changed Read MoreBy the Africa Center for Strategic StudiesJanuary 30, 2023Most migration in Africa is directed towards the economic centers of the continent, a trend that is expected to continue with the growing integration of regional economies.Dynamism, a persistent…
Migration trends to watch in Africa in 2023 Read More