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The World Bank has approved a loan of 750 million U.S. dollars to South Africa to fight COVID-19, the treasury said on Friday. The national treasury said the development policy loan (DPL) would help tackle COVID-19, protect the poor and vulnerable from the adverse socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic and support …
The risk is obvious when you hold a major international soccer tournament right after the emergence of the omicron variant and in a country with precariously low COVID-19 vaccination levels.
Less evident is the opportunity it may bring in the fight against coronavirus infections.
The Central …
A UN armoured personnel carrier patrols a road in Paoua, Central African Republic on December 5, 2021 (AFP/Barbara DEBOUT) The …
Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, has ended a four-day visit to Nigeria, pledging support and promising the United Nations will do everything it can to help rebuild the lives of vulnerable families who have been impacted by violence and extremism there. …
The peak of Lion’s Head Mountain (right), which South Africa’s indigenous San and Khoi communities consider sacred, is seen behind the skyscrapers and high-rise buildings of downtown Cape Town’s …
