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It’s Anxiety for Pregnant Bhatt, 20, as Nepal Grapples With COVID-19

When the pain started reaching an unbearable level, I was taken to the nearby health facility

UN Agencies Float TAP to Strengthen Developing Countries’ COVID-19 Responses

Without access to lifesaving technologies, many developing countries are unprepared for the potentially devastating impact of COVID-19

Transform COVID-19 Response Measures into Comprehensive Social Protection Systems, ILO Urges Developing Countries

recovery will only be sustained and future crises prevented if they can transform their ad hoc crisis response measures into comprehensive social protection systems.

DR Congo’s City Braces to Produce 20 Tons of Tilapia Weekly

Tilapia Production in Cages Project implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and partners

Madagascar Provides Free Transportation for Pregnant Women

“We will return home with the same transport, and I can tell you, frankly, this service is a blessing,” said Sonia.

COVID-19 Crisis: Fairtrade Highlights Other Critical Essential Workers Aside Doctors, Nurses

from garment sewers to tea pickers, from banana plantation labourers to cotton mill workers - all over the world, millions of workers have been hit hard by the impacts of COVID-19

Hackers blackmail Trump with “tons of compromising material”

attackers requested $21 million in ransom material on the singers for 756 gigabytes.

How Government Leaders Promote Hate Crimes, Xenophobia

the pandemic continues to unleash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering

COVID-19 Pandemic Will Spell Catastrophe for Yemen, Health Workers Warn

I have risked my life during heavy bombing to save many mothers from complicated pregnancies. - Ms Ahmed

COVID-19: Farmers, Workers in Developing Countries Get Fairtrade’s Relief, Resilience Funds

Relief Fund targets immediate needs, it is clear that the pandemic will also have an extreme effect on global supply chains and trade worldwide, often with the impact only to be felt in the next planting/harvest season.

UNCTAD’s Assessment Carpets Tanzania on e-Commerce

The assessment of the country’s readiness to engage in e-commerce has revealed its potential to become a leading contender in online trade in east Africa, especially on mobile finance and digital payment fronts.

Madagascar 's angry president attacks WHO, claims local herbs cure COVID-19

Rajoelina put his name and prestige on the line of ads as a cure for the drug.

COVID-19 is Challenging Multilateral Agencies’ Capacity, Revealing Countries’ Economic Weaknesses- ILO’s Chief

The most immediate and severe components of this crisis may end soon, but its consequences, for people, economies and our planet, will be with us for a long time

Troops Killed 75 ‘Boko Haram terrorists in Niger

According to UN data released in October, the country is home to 120,000 refugees from Nigeria as well as 110,000 internally displaced people within Niger.

DR Congo Still Facing Ebola with COVID-19 Pandemic

The first case of COVID-19 was reported last March 10 in Kinshasa. Since then, the number of COVID-19 patients has increased, exceeding 700 cases at the beginning of this May.

Zambia: Our Interests are in Initiatives That’ll Boost Agriculture Value Chain, Minister Says

... the government is keen about such initiatives because of their substantial benefits to farmers and other players in the chain.​

Two Brothers Murder 16-Year-Old Sister For Having Sex With Relative

Police detained seven other members of the family for questioning, and to protect them from outraged local residents, he added.

Number of IDPs Shrinking in Africa, Report Says

The reason is largely due to one development: 1.3 million Ethiopians displaced by communal violence in 2019 went home’’, the UN migration agency

Hundreds of African Migrants Stranded, Says UN Migration Agency

Every year scores of migrants, mainly from landlocked Ethiopia, pass through Bossaso seeking to cross the Gulf of Aden to war-torn Yemen and hoping to proceed onward to Gulf countries, particularly Saudi Arabia.

COVID-19 Crisis Presents New Problem for Sex Workers, Rights Group Says

But without work, as strip clubs close and clients dwindle, sex workers struggle to survive.

IMF still considering Covid-19 request from Zambia

IMF asked member countries to commit to enhanced reporting of crisis-related expenditure and to conduct and publish independent, ex-post audits of crisis-related expenditure, to ensure transparency of procurement

Military plane crashes, kills all onboard

The deceased was a cadet and a flight instructor flying a small plane in Zlin, NAN says.

‘There Will Be Blood in the Streets’ If Bill Gates Continues to Push for Vaccinations, Rick Wiles Warns

hey’re coming after us and our families. They have an evil agenda and the government needs to know there will be an uprising if they try to do it.

World Bank approves $100 million to improve governance for service delivery in Malawi

It will strengthen accountability relationships between citizens and local government to ensure that increased resources are transformed into quality priority local development projects

Gunfire trade between North and South Korea after Kim Jong-un reappears

The reappearance of Kim Jong-un in public, announced by North Korean state media on Friday, followed an unexplained absence of nearly three weeks that ignited intense global speculation about his safety

Liberia: UNFPA, WHO Co-leading COVID-19 Surveillance, Contact Tracing Efforts

It was an eerie reminder of the Ebola epidemic that gripped Liberia six years ago.

COVID-19 Crisis: UNFPA Projects 7m Unintended Pregnancies If…

Women’s reproductive health and rights must be safeguarded at all costs”

COVID-19 Crisis: As 370m Kids Miss School Meals, WFP, UNICEF Urging Countries to Avert Nutrition & Health Risk

We don’t want to put our children at risk.

UN Agency Seeks $20.4m to Halt COVID-19 Transmission in Iraq

IOM’s Global Crisis Response Platform provides an overview of IOM’s plans and funding requirements to respond to the evolving needs and aspirations of those impacted by or at risk of crisis and displacement in 2020 and beyond

In A New Report, UNCTAD Calls for Debt Deal for Developing Countries

Essential to any such international agreement would be the swift establishment of an advisory body of experts with entire independence of any creditor or debtor interests.

In Chad, Rural Communities Cut-off from COVID-19 Messages

Corona virus is a dangerous disease.

As UNCTAD Takes UNGIS Leadership, Kituyi Harps on Saving Lives, Nurturing Livelihoods

UNGIS is the UN inter-agency mechanism for advancing information and communications technologies (ICT) policy coherence and programme coordination.

Soaring Stigmatisation, Ill-treatment of Migrants Worries UN Agency

IOM is concerned that migrants are being stigmatized and associated with the risk of importing diseases

IFAD: COVID-19 Pandemic Far More than a Health Crisis!

As COVID-19 continues to damage economies, societies and the health of far too many, we are determined not to allow it to cause more harm to the livelihoods of rural people.

VIDEO: Coronavirus vaccine: UK conducts first human trial in Europe

Half will receive the Covid-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine which protects against meningitis but not coronavirus.

COVID-19 Crisis: We Are Supporting Farmers, Rural Communities To Continue Growing Food- IFAD

IFAD has received requests from governments in more than 65 countries to help respond to the impact of the pandemic.

COVID-19: In Ethiopia, We Are At Risk- Midwives

the Ethiopian Midwives Association, with funding from UNFPA and support from regional health bureaus, is raising awareness about how to prevent COVID-19 infection

COVID-19 Is Pushing 265m People Into Acute Hunger, WFP Warns

ten countries accounted for 66 per cent of the total population in Crisis or worse

President Andry Rajoelina unveils a local herbal remedy that can allegedy prevent and cure Coronavirus (Photos)

“Tests have been carried out – two people have now been cured by this treatment,”

West Africa: Netherlands Funds Campaign To Enlighten Young People On Migration

It is crucial to include communities in communications and ensure that tailored messaging is conveyed through effective communication channels.

267m Young People Badly Affected By Economic Fallout Of COVID-19 Pandemic, ILO Says

Young workers, according to ILO, are affected more than their older, more experienced colleagues by recessions. Experience shows that younger workers are often the first to have their hours cut or be laid off.

Hundreds Of Migrants Returned To Libya Unaccounted For, UN Agency Says

This is currently a matter of serious concern for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

ILO To IMF, World Bank: Focus Your COVID-19 Response On Workers, Enterprices

Guy Ryder is advocating for an immediate human-centred response through global solidarity to the coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma announces third set of donations to Africa

Our 3rd donation to Africa will immediately be made to @_africanunion and @AfricaCDC.

Guinea-Bissau Gets UN Support To Tackle Coronavirus

Over 30 border agents were trained in the use of a new surveillance system

COVID-19: Africa Needs Health Marshall Plan, Says UNCTAD’s Scribe, Kituyi

on the health side, we have seen an acute shortage of facilities from testing kits

Flood Killed at least 24 people in Congo, thousands displaced

About 45 people have been injured, South Kivu province governor Theo Kasi said.

Bangladesh: Impact Of COVID-19 On Expectant Mothers Worries Maternal Health Experts

the challenges of this uncertain situation are unprecedented for both our staff and the people we serve”, says Asa Torkelsson

UN Agency Expands COVID-19 Respond Plan, Seeks $499m Support

Millions of displaced and migrant populations living in camps and other overcrowded settings, many of whom are caught in conflict, are also highly vulnerable due to limited access to services and knowledge on how to protect themselves and their loved ones