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Half of Zimbabwe’s population could starve if aid is not received, IMF warns

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Only half of the humanitarian aid requested by the UN to help about eight-million people has been pledged, the monetary fund says GODFREY MARAWANYIKA |03 APRIL 2020 |Business Day The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Zimbabwe needs urgent aid as the coronavirus exacerbates the effects of a food shortage following the worst drought in nearly four … [Read more...] about Half of Zimbabwe’s population could starve if aid is not received, IMF warns

Uganda to distribute food parcels to vulnerable homes

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ANA Reporter | Apr 3, 2020 | The Independent Online CAPE TOWN - The Ugandan government will start distributing food parcels to 1.5 million vulnerable homes from Saturday. The distribution is meant to aid families that are unable to provide for themselves during a lockdown put in place by the government to reduce the movement of people and curb the spread of the … [Read more...] about Uganda to distribute food parcels to vulnerable homes

French doctor apologises for suggesting Covid-19 vaccine be tested in Africa

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Thomson Reuters | 5 April 2020 |The Independent Online Dakar - A French doctor apologised on Friday for suggesting a possible treatment for Covid-19 should be tested in Africa, after the remarks sparked an outcry on social media. Jean-Paul Mira, the head of the intensive care unit at the Cochin hospital in Paris, made the comments on Wednesday during an interview on … [Read more...] about French doctor apologises for suggesting Covid-19 vaccine be tested in Africa

How Does the Coronavirus Behave Inside a Patient?

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Coronavirus Chronicles | April 6, 2020 Issue | The New Yorker In the third week of February, as the COVID-19 epidemic was still flaring in China, I arrived in Kolkata, India. I woke up to a sweltering morning—the black kites outside my hotel room were circling upward, lifted by the warming currents of air—and I went to visit a shrine to the goddess Shitala. Her name means … [Read more...] about How Does the Coronavirus Behave Inside a Patient?

How internet shutdowns have affected the lives of millions of Ethiopians

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Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew |April 2, 2020 | The Conversation The people of Wollega province in the western part of Ethiopia did not have access to the internet from January this year to the end of March. Wollega province is endowed with natural resources such as coffee, gold, platinum, coal, and precious stones. It is also one of the largest provinces in Oromia region where … [Read more...] about How internet shutdowns have affected the lives of millions of Ethiopians

The Year of the Locust

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Simon Allison |21 Feb 2020|Mail & Guardian "In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many … [Read more...] about The Year of the Locust

ኣብዚ ሰዓት ገንዘበይ ንህግደፍ ኣይክህብን እየ። ኣቶ ብርሃነ ገብረሚካኤል፣ ንልዕሊ ርብዒ ዘመን ምስ ህግደፍ ዝሰርሐ ኣቦ።

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EriSat | 29 mars 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZgVorNElc4 … [Read more...] about ኣብዚ ሰዓት ገንዘበይ ንህግደፍ ኣይክህብን እየ። ኣቶ ብርሃነ ገብረሚካኤል፣ ንልዕሊ ርብዒ ዘመን ምስ ህግደፍ ዝሰርሐ ኣቦ።