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Associated Press:WHO Chief: World’s worst health crisis is in Ethiopia

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Views: 3 GENEVA (AP) — As much of the world’s attention is focused on the bloodshed in Ukraine, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday there’s ”nowhere on earth where the health of millions of people is more under threat” than Ethiopia’s Tigray region.© Provided by Associated Press FILE – World Health Organization director-general […]

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Delayed release of World Bank funds affects Kabarole projects

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Views: 0 MPs on the committee on National Economy on an oversight visit in Kabarole. District chairman, Rwabuhinga (R) looks on The Committee on National Economy Committee which is  monitoring the performance of a US$150 million World Bank loan under the Agricultural Cluster Development Project (ACDP) have discovered that  Kabarole District has not received funding

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Associated Press:COVID-19 cases more than double in China’s growing outbreak

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Views: 1 BEIJING (AP) — China’s new COVID-19 cases Tuesday more than doubled from the previous day as the country faces by far its biggest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. © Provided by Associated Press A medical worker takes swab sample from a resident for COVID-19 test in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang

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Reuters: Australia nears living with COVID like flu – PM Morrison

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Views: 3 Australia nears living with COVID like flu – PM Morrison SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the nation’s political leaders want to move to a new phase of living with COVID-19 as though it were the flu, but would consult health experts. © Reuters/STRINGER Australia’s PM Morrison speaks to the media

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Makerere University launches Public Investment Management Centre of Excellence

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Views: 13 By Julius Mugaga/ KMA Updates. Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda: Makerere University with a grant from the United Kingdom to a tune of 1 Million USD through the World Bank with recommendation from Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development has put up a Public Investment Management (PIM) Centre of Excellence expected to bridge the

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Associated Press: 1 million children leave behind lives, friends in Ukraine

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Views: 1 ZAHONY, Hungary(AP) — After bombs started falling in her hometown of Kharkiv, Annamaria Maslovska left her friends, her toys, and her life in Ukraine and set off on a days-long journey with her mother toward safety in the West. © Provided by Associated Press Annamaria Moslovska, a ten-year-old from Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, smiles in

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to derail Iran nuclear talks

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Views: 3 VIENNA — Fears mounted Monday that the Iran nuclear deal may become collateral damage in the Ukraine war as Russia pressed its demand to be exempted from U.S. sanctions in any future business dealings with Iran. © Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, right, welcomes Rafael Mariano Grossi, director of the International Atomic

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MTN Foundation to set up facility to skill 400 girls annually.

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Views: 1 The classroom block that is going to be renovated by MTN Foundation to create a conducive learning environment for the girls at Smart Girls Foundation.   MTN Foundation in partnership with Smart Girls Foundation has today embarked on the construction of a skilling facility with the capacity to train 400 girls annually in

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Moderna to build a state of the art mRNA facility in Kenya

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Views: 3 President Uhuru Kenyatta  today in State House, Nairobi witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Kenya and Moderna to establish the first mRNA manufacturing facility in Africa. The state-of-the-art mRNA facility in Africa is expected to produce up to 500 million doses of vaccines each year.   The Company anticipates investing

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FG seeks states’ commitment to end open defecation

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Views: 2 The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has called for more commitment from state governments to eliminate open defecation in the nation. According to the ministry, having only 76 open defecation-free local government areas in the nation is a far cry from its target. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, said

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