By: Building a stronger social protection system amid a global pandemic | Published On:
UNICEF and The Gambia government launch relief aid for the most underprivileged families as part of broader plans to enhance a social protection system in The Gambia.
By: Building Resilience and Opportunity: Social Protection Reform in Egypt | Published On:
Faten Ahmed holds her 1-year-old son, Ahmed while listening to some advice from a maternity health worker. World Bank supports Abu Bakr Society for Community Development in Tod, Upper Egypt as part of Labor Intensive Public Works Project. Luxor,…
By: African leaders endorse plan to build climate resilience into recovery from COVID-19 | Published On:
Around 54 leaders from the African Adaptation Initiative, championed by President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, have endorsed the policy recommendations outlined in the brief “Integrated Responses to Building Climate and Pandemic Resilience in Africa…
By: COVID-19 response must target African agriculture and the rural poor | Published On:
Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like it could be the worst hit from the economic fallout of the crisis: 80 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty if action…
By: Protecting food security in Africa during COVID-19 | Published On:
Even before the global COVID-19 pandemic broke out, food insecurity was a serious concern throughout sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, 239 million people in the region were undernourished as of 2018. Since long…
By: The global airline industry is going down; so why is Ethiopian Airlines looking up? | Published On:
Thousands of airlines the world over have not flown in the last couple of months. From high-cost airlines to low-cost flights, planes have been grounded, as international, regional, and even national routes remain cancelled.
But even at a time when…
By: CAMAIR-CO sends over 300 workers on technical leave as Covid-19 chokes “ailing” company | Published On:
The temporary suspension of activities seems to be the option chosen by the leaders of the Cameroon Airlines Corporation (Camair-co) during this period of health crisis. To do this, the Cameroonian public airline has embarked on the road to the…
By: 100% of Global Destinations Now Have COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, UNWTO | Published On:
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted all destinations worldwide to introduce restrictions on travel, research by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has found. This represents the most severe restriction on international travel in history and no…
By: COVID-19 hampers response as ‘perfect storm’ of locusts builds in East Africa | Published On:
Delays in obtaining pesticides, helicopters, and other vital supplies have set back efforts to combat East Africa’s worst desert locust outbreak in decades. And now a second generation of the pest is forming swarms just as a new crop season gets…
By: COVID-19 lessons offer hope for global efforts to address climate change impacts | Published On:
Lessons learned from the global response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic give positive signals on how the world can deal with the devastating impacts of climate change.
In a contribution to an ECA publication on COVID-19, the African Climate…