Tag:Covid-19 Pandemic

Agric & Biotech

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...

Michael Simire - June 15, 2020

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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...

Michael Simire - June 15, 2020

Health

Clinical trials underway to evaluate plasma of COVID-19 recovered patients – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says clinical trials are underway to evaluate the effectiveness of using plasma from the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients,...

Michael Simire - June 14, 2020

Health

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...

Michael Simire - June 12, 2020

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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....

Michael Simire - June 12, 2020

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South Africa bankrolling billions in fossil fuels, report reveals

A new report released on Thursday, June 11, 2020 by Friends of the Earth U.S. and Oil Change International reveals South Africa provided at least ZAR...

Michael Simire - June 11, 2020

Climate Change