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Barkissa Fofana, a young microbiologist from Burkina Faso, is confident that science can help combat climate change and desertification. — courtesy FAO/Gideon Vink
The microscopic creatures helping build Africa’s Great Green Wall
ROME — A young woman scientist in Burkina Faso is researching the role of micro-organisms in fighting desertification in the Sahel Region, as part of a UN program to restore degraded land in Africa.As part of FAO’s Action Against Desertification program, Barkissa Fofana, a young microbiologist from Burkina Faso, is studying to see whether microbes can help plants to grow in some of Africa’s most arid zones.The 30-year-old Barkissa Fofana studies the relationship between acacia trees, and they way they interact with different fungi and bacteria, in the hope that it will help to explain how they resist drought.This kind of research is an important way to build resilience against climate change, and make land in the Sahel green and productive.Fofana’s work is part of Action Against...
January 24, 2021

The microscopic creatures helping build Africa’s Great Green Wall

Africa needs timely access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines. — courtesy WHO/Christopher Black
COVID ‘vaccine hoarding’ putting Africa at risk: WHO
GENEVA — Africa is in danger of being left behind in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as countries in other regions strike bilateral deals, thus driving up prices, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.Although vaccines have been administered in 50 wealthier nations, Guinea is the sole low-income country on the continent to receive doses, with only 25 people being inoculated so far. Meanwhile, Seychelles is the only African country to start a national vaccination campaign.‘We first, not me first’ “We first, not me first, is the only way to end the pandemic. Vaccine hoarding will only prolong the ordeal and delay Africa's recovery.“It is deeply unjust that the most vulnerable Africans are forced to wait for vaccines while lower-risk groups in rich countries...
January 23, 2021

COVID ‘vaccine hoarding’ putting Africa at risk: WHO

MINUSCA peacekeepers on patrol in Bangassou, Central African Republic. — courtesy MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe
CAR: UN mission chief appeals for more peacekeepers
NEW YORK — The top UN official in the Central African Republic (CAR) appealed to the Security Council on Thursday for more peacekeepers and equipment amid escalating violence surrounding elections last month.Mankeur Ndiaye, head of the UN mission in the country, MINUSCA, said this “new security situation” is testing its ability to ensure civilians are protected.An alliance of armed groups, known as the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), launched attacks ahead of the 27 December vote, which saw incumbent President, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, returned to power.Assaults and ambushes have continued, including against UN peacekeepers, seven of whom have been killed in recent weeks.“We need an increase in our capacity in order to respond to this new threat which is destabilizing...
January 23, 2021

CAR: UN mission chief appeals for more peacekeepers


UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in center with sunglasses, visited Ménaka, Mali, where he met with the governor, president of the Interim Authority, armed groups signatories to the peace agreement, civil society and the local commander, among others. — courtesy MINUSMA
Mali in transition: UN peacekeeping chief takes stock of political and security developments
GENEVA — Against the backdrop of a rapidly deteriorating security situation in Mali and the wider Sahel region, the UN peacekeeping chief concluded a visit to the restive northwest African nation on Thursday.With the country in the throes of a political transition, following a military coup and the establishment of an interim government last year, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, took, stock of recent political and security developments, and discussed progress on implementing the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission there (MINUSMA), the most dangerous place to serve as a ‘blue helmet’ in the field.Four peacekeepers were killed, and five others wounded in an attack on their convoy just over a week ago, in the vast Timbuktu region, although a...
January 23, 2021

Mali in transition: UN peacekeeping chief takes stock of political and security developments

Africa needs timely access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines. — Courtesy photo
COVID-19 ‘vaccine hoarding’ putting Africa at risk: WHO
GENEVA — Africa is in danger of being left behind in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as countries in other regions strike bilateral deals, thus driving up prices, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. Although vaccines have been administered in 50 wealthier nations, Guinea is the sole low-income country on the continent to receive doses, with only 25 people being inoculated so far. Meanwhile, Seychelles is the only African country to start a national vaccination campaign.“We first, not me first, is the only way to end the pandemic. Vaccine hoarding will only prolong the ordeal and delay Africa's recovery. It is deeply unjust that the most vulnerable Africans are forced to wait for vaccines while lower-risk groups in rich countries are made safe”, said Dr....
January 22, 2021

COVID-19 ‘vaccine hoarding’ putting Africa at risk: WHO

A sharp uptick in intercommunal violence in Sudan’s Darfur region has forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes in search of safety, including many into neighboring Chad, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Friday. — Courtesy photo
250 killed, over 100,000 displaced as violence surges in Darfur: UNHCR
KHARTOUM — A sharp uptick in intercommunal violence in Sudan’s Darfur region has forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes in search of safety, including many into neighboring Chad, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Friday. According to the agency, 250 people — including three humanitarian workers — also lost their lives in the clashes that started on Jan. 15. in West Darfur province, and spread into South Darfur the next day.Boris Cheshirkov, a UNHCR spokesperson, told journalists at a regular press briefing in Geneva on Friday, that about 3,500 new Sudanese refugees have arrived in eastern Chad. “These refugees — the majority of them women and children — have been hosted in four very remote locations that lack basic services or public infrastructure,...
January 22, 2021

250 killed, over 100,000 displaced as violence surges in Darfur: UNHCR

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by his grand-daughter, signs the Paris Agreement at UN headquarters in April 2016. — Courtesy photo
UN chief welcomes US return to Paris Agreement on Climate Change
NEW YORK — Following the inauguration of United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said he looks forward to an era of new leadership toward accelerating climate action, with the US back inside the landmark Paris Agreement. President Biden signed an executive order at the White House just hours after being sworn in, to reverse the previous administration’s withdrawal from the 2015 accord, which seeks to limit global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “I warmly welcome President Biden’s steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and join the growing coalition of governments, cities, states, businesses and people taking ambitious action to confront the climate crisis”, the UN chief said in a...
January 21, 2021

UN chief welcomes US return to Paris Agreement on Climate Change

A desert locust swarm flies in Kipsing, Kenya. — courtesy FAO/Sven Torfinn
East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’
ROME — Action to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected crops and livelihoods, but funding is needed to sustain operations against new incursions, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.The UN agency is seeking $38 million to continue work in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan. Without this support, 28 aircraft that patrol the skies to spot and spray swarms could be grounded as early as March.No time for complacency Dominique Burgeon, FAO’s director of emergencies and resilience, said the huge desert locust swarms in 2020, some as wide as 60 kilometers, had not been seen in decades, threatening food security in a region where many were already going hungry.Surveillance and response led to 1.6 million hectares...
January 20, 2021

East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’

Ethiopian refugees, fleeing clashes in the country's northern Tigray region, cross the border into Hamdayet, Sudan, over the Tekeze river. — courtesy UNHCR/Hazim Elhag
‘Swift action’ needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns
GENEVA — Two months after conflict forced humanitarian workers to withdraw from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), on Tuesday, stressed the need for “swift action” to restore safe access to “save thousands of lives at risk”.Granted one-time admittance by the Ethiopian authorities to conduct a needs assessment, UNHCR led the first humanitarian mission to Mai Aini and Adi Harush refugee camps since the start of the conflict in November and found Eritrean refugees in “desperate need” of supplies and services, agency spokesperson Babar Baloch told journalists at a regular press briefing in Geneva.“The assessment, which concluded last week, found help is urgently needed for the tens of thousands of Eritrean refugees in northern Ethiopia,” he...
January 20, 2021

‘Swift action’ needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns

File photo shows MINUSCA peacekeepers on patrol in Bangassou, in southern Central African Republic. — courtesy MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio
Two UN peacekeepers killed in an ambush in Central African Republic
GENEVA — Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed after their convoy was ambushed by members of the UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups in southern Central African Republic (CAR), the UN Mission in the country said on Monday.The attack took place some 17 kilometers (about 11 miles) from Bangassou, the capital of the Mbomou prefecture. UN peacekeepers had retaken control of the city on Friday, after it captured two weeks earlier by anti-government armed groups.Mankeur Ndiaye, head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA), strongly condemned the attack and stressed that the Mission “will work with the Central African authorities to ensure that the perpetrators and accomplices of these war crimes are arrested and held accountable for their acts.”The...
January 19, 2021

Two UN peacekeepers killed in an ambush in Central African Republic

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