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COVID-19 effects threaten food security, increase vulnerability

Mrs Motunrayo Ajagbe, 55, is a smallholder farmer in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. She has a farm at Oluyole Local Government Area. She and...
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Health

German prosecutors investigate hospital where virus outbreak occurred

German prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into a hospital near Berlin that suffered from a severe coronavirus outbreak in March 2020. The prosecutor’s office...
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How Global Water Partnership’s West Africa country offices are living with coronavirus

The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the entire globe, including West African countries and upsetting virtually all activities planned by various communities. Movement has reduced...
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COVID-19: Checkmating fake news, false information

The challenge of checkmating fake news predates the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the problem has become more worrisome considering that the health...
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Health

Africa’s COVID-19 cases over 230,000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa is now over...
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Air pollution linked with Europe’s high coronavirus fatalities

Europe appears to be the continent most afflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic. While 186,859 people have died in Europe since the beginning of the...
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Covid-19: How misinformation puts Africa at risk

This year 2020 begins a new decade that promises to be one of dreadful disruptions, with Africa holding the weakest end of the stick....
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Africa’s COVID-19 cases over 200,000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa are more than 200,000. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo,...
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