Tag: EU
EU suspends funding to WHO programmes in Congo after sex scandal
Oct 29, 2021 The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization’s programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to concerns over the U.N. agency’s handling of the sexual abuse scandal. An Oct. 7 letter from the Commission marked “SENSITIVE”, seen by Reuters, informed the WHO of the immediate suspension of financing ...BUHARI TO PARLIAMENTARIANS’ NETWORK: AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS MUST RENEW SOCIAL COMPACT WITH THE PEOPLE
Oct. 28, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has called on African governments to renew their social compact with the citizenry so as to improve governance, development and build institutions that promote inclusive security and prosperity. The President said this in his address on Thursday at the 5th Conference of the Network of African Parliamentarians for Defence ...Pope urges countries not to send migrants back to unsafe countries
Oct. 24, 2021 Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions similar to those in concentration camps. The pope’s appeal at his Sunday blessing came as European Union leaders are struggling to overcome their differences on how ...EU, UNICEF To Address Mental Health Of Over 5,000 Out-Of-School Children In Borno
Sept. 23, 2021 As children continue to bear the brunt of the 12-year conflict in North East Nigeria, the European Union (EU) and UNICEF are working together to provide community-based psychosocial services aimed at improving children’s mental health. This is according to a press statement jointly released by the European Union (EU), and UNICEF. Through ...Covid-19: Pfizer, BioNTech say vaccine is safe, trial generates robust immune response in kids ages 5 to 11
Sept. 20, 2021 Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech has announced results from a Phase 2/3 trial showing a favorable safety profile and robust neutralizing antibody responses in children 5 to 11 years of age using a two-dose regimen of 10 µg administered 21 days apart, a smaller dose than the 30 µg dose used for people ...Less than 3.5 % of Africans vaccinated against COVID – Africa CDC
Sept. 15, 2021 Less than 3.5% of Africans are vaccinated against COVID-19, far short of its official target of 60%, John Nkengasong, director of Africa’s Centers for Disease Control, said on Tuesday. World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the same briefing that the continent was being “left behind by the rest of ...EU To Donate 200 Million More Vaccine Doses To Low-Income Countries
September 15, 2021 The European Union is to donate another 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries, more than doubling its present pledge, the bloc’s chief said on Wednesday. The extra doses announced by European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen come on top of 250 million shots the EU has already promised to ...Don’t allow Yoruba Nation agitators to present their petition – YAF urges UN
Aug. 3, 2021 The Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has urged the UN not to allow the Yoruba Nation agitators to present their petition at its 76th General Assembly. In a statement by its National Coordinator, Chief Adesina Animashaun, on Tuesday in Lagos, YAF said allowing them would escalate insecurity and tension in Nigeria. The 76th ...FG, UNICEF to inaugurate programme to empower 20m Nigerian youths by 2030
July 24, 2021 The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to partner with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) to empower 20 million Nigerian youths by 2030. The initiative tagged: “Generation Unlimited” and set to be inaugurated on Monday in Abuja, is targeted at 20 million persons between the ages of 10 and 24 out ...EU has shipped less than 3% of planned COVID-19 shot donations – Document
July 23, 2021 EU countries have so far donated just a tiny portion of excess COVID-19 vaccines to poor nations, mostly AstraZeneca shots, less than 3% of the 160 million doses they plan to give away in total to help tame the global pandemic, an EU document shows. The European Union has committed to helping ...
