The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time. It is causing disruption and human suffering around the world. Its far-reaching social, economic and multidimensional impacts...
Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic. We are calling on Health...
Sans protection adéquate, les prévisions montrent que le COVID-19 pourrait tuer plus de 300 000 Africains, selon le rapport de la CEA Addis-Abeba, Éthiopie, le 16 avril 2020 (CEA) - La Commission...
Without adequate protection, estimates show that over 300,000 Africans could lose their lives due to COVID-19 -ECA report Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16th April 2020 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for...
COVID-19 pandemic impact on Southern Africa - Main channels • Southern Africa has a diverse set of trading partners in which the EU and China are the main trading partners: Slower growth in these...
COVID-19 pandemic impact on Central Africa - Main channels • China is the main trading partner of Central African countries: Slower growth in China (and in the rest of the world) could reduce demand...
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Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), November 29, 2019 - Friday in Abidjan, the conference on land policy in Africa, a high-level dialogue on ethnicity and land conflicts were held. As part of the 3rd edition of...
Addis Ababa, November 17, 2019 (ECA) – The rains are back in Southern Africa bringing dreadful memories to citizens of Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique who in the last rainy season bore the brunt of...