When one in five pre-school children is stunted due to chronic undernutrition, it is clear that global diets urgently need to improve and diversify to include more nutrient-rich fruits, vegetables and animal-source foods. Yet with healthy diets out of reach for three billion people worldwide, resulting in insufficient vitamin and mineral intakes and bouts […]
Day: December 11, 2021
USAID Provides Support in Response to Deteriorating Food Security and Nutrition in Angola
For Immediate Release Friday, December 10, 2021 Office of Press Relations [email protected] The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing an initial $100,000 in humanitarian assistance, for southern Angola to help meet immediate needs in communities grappling with the worst drought in 40 years that has led to further food insecurity and […]
Senior White House official Catherine Russell appointed new UNICEF chief
She will succeed Henrietta Fore, who said she was “delighted to hand over to someone with her knowledge, experience, and deep care for children and women”. “Ms. Russell brings to the role decades of experience in developing innovative policy that empowers underserved communities around the world; delivering high-impact programmes that protect women and girls, including […]
South African Doctors See Signs Omicron Is Milder Than Delta
JOHANNESBURG — As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet he hasn’t had to send anyone to the hospital. That’s one of the reasons why he, along with other doctors and medical experts, suspect that the omicron version really is causing milder […]
Benin Opposition Leader Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
DAKAR — A court in Benin convicted one of President Patrice Talon’s main opponents Saturday for complicity in acts of terrorism. Reckya Madougou was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a trial her lawyers denounced as a political hit job. The verdict was announced at about 6 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) following […]
Libya Delays Candidate List as Likely Election Postponement Looms
TRIPOLI, LIBYA — Libya’s election commission said Saturday it would not publish a list of presidential candidates until after it settles some legal issues, leaving almost no time to hold the vote as planned on December 24. While most Libyan and foreign figures involved in the process have continued to publicly call for the […]