United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa in an official capacity next week, visiting Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal, the State Department has said. Blinken will meet with the presidents of all three countries and will broadly address “the COVID-19 pandemic and building …
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International Day of the Girl celebrates the importance, power, and potential of girls around the world, and focuses attention on the particular problems they can face. The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing inequalities and disrupting access to vital health and support services. However, it has also accelerated the use of digital health and …
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US President Joe Biden’s proposal of a new global fund might just be the key to vaccine equity. Only 4 per cent of Africa’s population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This is despite the continent’s efforts, including those of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) …
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In a wide-ranging interview with UN News, Secretary-General António Guterres is calling on world leaders to ‘wake up’, make an immediate course correction at home and abroad, and unite. “The institutions we have, have no teeth. And sometimes, even when they have teeth, like in the case of the Security Council, they have not much appetite to bite”, the UN chief said. With only a few days until the 76th session …
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Initiative to start with Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhubaneswar, and ten cities in South Asian and African countries The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and NITI Aayog launched a USAID-supported ‘City-to-City COVID-19 Vaccination Learning Exchange (CoVLEx) initiative to build a global COVID-19 vaccination knowledge management platform and initiate an …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has joined President Joe R. Biden Jr, the Government and people of the United States to commemorate its 245th Independence Day and the annual celebration of nationhood. In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday, July …
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The MoUs with Israel and the UAE establish an important foundation to share technical expertise and resources in developing countries. The United States is stronger when it applies the “Three Ds” approach encompassing defense, diplomacy and development to its foreign affairs initiatives. The need to reassess and recalibrate America’s alliances …
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President Joe Biden signed a law making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States as the nation continues enacting change amid a racial reckoning. “Today we consecrate Juneteenth for what it ought to be, what it must be – a national holiday,” said Biden, …
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As plastic debris can still be frequently found in our environment, activists celebrate World Refill Day on June 16th. The global public awareness campaign aims_ at preventing plastic pollution by urging people to reuse their containers, whether it be cups or bottles. “The problem is really that recycling is not …
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Informing someone that they have cancer is indescribably difficult. It is all the more heart-wrenching when we know that their disease possibly could have been detected and treated earlier, thus increasing their survival chances, or even prevented entirely. Ten million people died prematurely from cancer in 2020. Half of these …
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