UNITED NATIONS— As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, 23 countries – home to around 405 million schoolchildren – are yet to fully reopen schools, with many schoolchildren at risk of dropping out, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).Over the …

Rights group Amnesty International has issued a scathing report on the failure of global drug companies and Western governments to quickly provide COVID vaccines to millions of people in Africa. In its annual report, Amnesty says tens of thousands of d…

To mark the conclusion of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and UN Women announced a partnership for ‘Investing in Adolescent Girls and Young Women’s Leadership and V…

Leaders from Amuru district have received an assortment of items aimed at supporting about 2,500 vulnerable people affected by COVID-19.The “Dignity kits” were handed over by Mr. Sanusi Tejan Savage, Chief of Mission of the International Organization f…

Cameroon’s public health ministry says a cholera outbreak is sweeping across the towns of Limbe, Buea and Tiko, near the border with Nigeria.The government says 12 of the 600 patients rushed to hospitals in those towns died within the past 72 hours.Nye…

NAIROBI, — The Russian government announced that it has lifted a ban previously imposed on travel from Nairobi to Moscow.After close two years of embargo, the Russian Embassy in Nairobi disclosed that Kenyans are finally free to enter Russian soil in l…