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On Sustainable Development in Rural Ethiopia: Interview with Mitslal Kifleyesus-Matschie
30.Dec.2019 | Harvard International Review Harvard International Review: What motivated you to move on from your first career in arms control to found Ecopia?Mitslal Kifleyesus-Matschie: Well, it was connected to my first career. In my first career, I became successful because I convinced a number of African and Latin American nations to ratify the Chemical Weapons … [Read more...] about On Sustainable Development in Rural Ethiopia: Interview with Mitslal Kifleyesus-Matschie
African Nations Back WHO’s Tedros After Attacks by Trump, U.S.
Antony Sguazzin | May 15, 2020 | Bloomberg African nations rallied to the defense of World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, after the body and its leader were rebuked by the U.S. for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement issued by the African Group of Ambassadors in Geneva, the nations also echoed calls by German … [Read more...] about African Nations Back WHO’s Tedros After Attacks by Trump, U.S.
Zimbabwe water shortages add plight to multiple crises
Water shortages are causing increased hardships for many, on top of coronavirus restrictions, unemployment and the crippling economic crisis. Al Jazeera's Raheela Mahomed reports. Water shortages are causing increased hardships for many, on top of coronavirus restrictions, unemployment and the crippling economic crisis. That is on top of coronavirus restrictions, … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe water shortages add plight to multiple crises
Africa facing a quarter of a billion coronavirus cases, WHO predicts
But continent will have fewer deaths than Europe and US because of its younger population and other lifestyle factors Karen McVeigh |Fri 15 May 2020 | The Guardian Nearly a quarter of a billion people across 47 African countries will catch coronavirus over the next year, but the result will be fewer severe cases and deaths than in the US and Europe, new research … [Read more...] about Africa facing a quarter of a billion coronavirus cases, WHO predicts
African nations find solutions to shortages in virus crisis
Carley Petesch |May 11, 2020 | Christian Science Monitor A loud hiss and grunt come from a green bag pressing air through a tube, as Senegalese researchers work to develop a prototype ventilator that could cost a mere $160 each instead of tens of thousands of dollars. The team is using 3-D printed parts as it works to find a homegrown solution to a medical shortfall … [Read more...] about African nations find solutions to shortages in virus crisis
What African Nations Are Teaching the West About Fighting the Coronavirus
Jina Moore | May 15, 2020 | The New Yorker n early March, Ingrid Gercama left her home in the Netherlands and flew to war-torn South Sudan. An applied-research anthropologist with a special interest in epidemics, she had spent time on the African continent during a public-health emergency before, remaining in Liberia, in 2014, during that country’s Ebola outbreak. When she … [Read more...] about What African Nations Are Teaching the West About Fighting the Coronavirus
Ethiopia Prohibits Company Layoffs Under State of Emergency
Samuel Gebre | April 11, 2020 | Bloomberg.com Ethiopia prohibited companies from laying off workers and terminating employment in measures introduced as part of a state of emergency to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The rules announced Saturday also ban meetings of more than four people for religious, government and other organizations, including political … [Read more...] about Ethiopia Prohibits Company Layoffs Under State of Emergency
A different plague: Africa battles next big wave of locusts
In a time of coronavirus quarantine, delays in the transportation of pesticides have been detrimental to East African countries who are fighting the largest locust invasion in 70 years. Rodney Muhumuza - Kampala, Uganda |April 10, 2020 | Christian Science Monitor Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were already threatened by … [Read more...] about A different plague: Africa battles next big wave of locusts
Portfolio committee ‘pleased’ with SA’s Covid-19 progress
Staff Reporter | 12 April 2020 | Cape Times Cape Town – The Portfolio Committee on Health expressed its satisfaction after it hearing of the progress that the Department of Health and the Ministerial Task Team were making to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country. The committee held a virtual meeting with the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, Department of … [Read more...] about Portfolio committee ‘pleased’ with SA’s Covid-19 progress
‘Listening to you Mr President, I have hope’: an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa
By Cathy de Lange | 11 April 2020 | Cape Times Our dear president, My name is Cathy de Lange. I am a working mom of three from Bloemfontein in the Free State. Tonight, on Thursday 9 April 2020, you delivered a message to the citizens of our beautiful South Africa that the current lockdown that we have in the country, will extend with two weeks. Mr President, I have … [Read more...] about ‘Listening to you Mr President, I have hope’: an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa