African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (683,905) deaths (14,684), and recoveries (362,586) by region: Central (42,790 cases; 855 deaths; 25,994 recoveries): Burundi (273; 1; 207), Cameroon (16,157; 373; 13,728), CAR (4,389; 53; 1,288), Chad (887; 75; 800), Congo (2,633; 49; 626), DRC (8,324; 193; 4,313), Equatorial Guinea (3,071; 51; 842), Gabon (6,315; 46; […]

via Coronavirus – African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (683,905) deaths (14,684), and recoveries (362,586) — Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source

The suspension of “non-essential activities” to limit the spread of COVID-19 in West and Central Africa has had a heavy socio-economic impact on some 34,000 returning migrants. Many already have set up microbusinesses as part of their reintegration assistance under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration. To measure the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic […]

via Coronavirus – Africa: International Organization for Migration (IOM), European Union (EU) Bolster Response to Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Returning Migrants Across West and Central Africa — Social News XYZ

The suspension of “non-essential activities” to limit the spread of COVID-19 in West and Central Africa has had a heavy socio-economic impact on some [34,000 returning migrants](https://migrationjointinitiative.org/sites/default/files/files/articles/eu-iomjointinitiativeflashreport26en.pdf). Many already have set up microbusinesses as part of their reintegration assistance under the [EU-IOM Joint… Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-africa-international-organization-for-migration-iom-european-union-eu-bolster-response-to-economic-impact-of-covid19-on-returning-migrants-across-west-and-central-africa?lang=en

via Coronavirus – Africa: International Organization for Migration (IOM), European Union (EU) Bolster Response to Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Returning Migrants Across West and Central Africa — Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source

Private ‘philanthropic’ foundations keep African families destitute, malnourished, dying early Paul Driessen It’s easy to farm organically in the wealthy, advanced EU and USA, where consumers can afford much more expensive organic meats, eggs, fruits and vegetables. 85 more words

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Private ‘philanthropic’ foundations join government agencies in funding anti-technology NGOs Paul Driessen The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, anti-development banks, the Agency for International Development (USAID), NGO (non-government organization) pressure groups and other eco-imperialists are properly condemned for using their money, power, and control over trade and lending to keep millions of African, Asian and…

via Financiers of poverty, malnutrition and death – Part 1 — Watts Up With That?

via Fighting blight with GMO potatoes — Genetic Literacy Project

There’s something altogether cynical about well-healed nations forcing the impoverished to embrace expensive and unreliable wind and solar. It is, of course, all done in the name of ‘saving the planet’. [Note to Ed: Not to mention saving the manufacturers of industrial wind turbines and solar panels, who are struggling back home]. As any economist […]

via Hearts of Darkness: Richest Nations Push Unreliable Renewables to Keep Africans Forever Poor — STOP THESE THINGS

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Want to know how important electricity is to modern life? Try living a comfortable and civilised life without it. More than a billion humans struggle through daily life without access to power at all, and two billion more are limited to a meagre trickle, because in developing countries it’s both unreliable and too expensive for […]

via “Juice: How Electricity Explains The World” or ‘Why Economic Development Depends on Reliable & Affordable Power’ — STOP THESE THINGS

Trained teachers: A key to unlocking literacy for the most vulnerable children By Andrew Clucas, Senior Advisor, Quality and Innovation – Education Today, more children around the world are attending school than ever before. However, over 617 million children and adolescents are still not achieving basic literacy and numeracy skills, despite increased access to education.…

via Trained teachers: A key to unlocking literacy for the most vulnerable children — World Vision International