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Restoring mangroves in west Africa a challenge, but UNEP shows the way
The mangrove ecosystem in the Western Indian Ocean comprising 10 African nations is rapidly getting depleted, flagged UN. Photo: Wallpaperflare
Mangrove ecosystem in western Indian Ocean, comprising 10 African countries, is rapidly …
July 31, 2020
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Yellow fever burden to shift to central and east Africa by 2050: Study
The Central African Republic is most likely to see an increase in transmission Photo: WHO / E Soteras Jalil
Number of deaths to likely increase 25 per cent; projected to further accelerate in the two …
July 31, 2020
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Food insecurity in southern Africa up 10%: Report
Food insecurity in Southern Africa increased by almost 10% in 2020: Report. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
The region also faces the triple burden of malnutrition
July 30, 2020
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Global warning: Upsurge of plague in Congo
Global warning: Upsurge of plague in Congo
World human plague cases lowest in 30 years, but WHO warns it remains a particularly “…
July 28, 2020
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COVID-19: 10,000 health workers infected in Africa, says WHO
Inadequate access to personal protective equipment and weak infection prevention raised the risk of infection among healthcare workers. Photo: www.who.int
South Africa, one of the five countries most affected by the novel coronavirus disease (…
July 27, 2020
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Ebola cases in DRC province continue to rise, surpass previous outbreak
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Equateur Province continues to grow. Photo: World Health Organization
The country had declared an end to the second-deadliest Ebola virus disease outbreak in …
July 17, 2020
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Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
While most of the world's hungry people were in Asia, Africa would overtake it by 2030, according to the new UN report on hunger. Photo: Flickr
Between 83 million and 132 million people could go hungry in 2020 due to COVID-19, …
July 13, 2020
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COVID-19: Up to 49.2 million Africans could become extremely poor by 2021, says report
Only 21 of 54 African countries were clinically prepared to deal with epidemics, the report says. Photo: @SankaraJgh / Twitter
More than half of Africa least prepared to deal with pandemic according to African …
July 09, 2020
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They have beaten malaria

Two countries, Algeria in North Africa and Argentina in South America have been declared 'malaria-free' by the World Health Organization