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Covid: Deadly Omicron Should Not Be Called Mild, Warns WHO

  • January 7, 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against describing the Omicron variant as mild, saying it is killing people across the world. Recent studies suggest that Omicron is less likely to make people seriously ill than previous Covid variants. But the record number of people catching it has left health systems under severe pressure, said […]

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China To Appoint Horn Of Africa Special Envoy

  • January 7, 2022

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has announced that Beijing will soon appoint a special envoy for the Horn of Africa. Wang’s announcement during a visit to Kenya on Thursday comes as the U.S. envoy to the Horn heads to Ethiopia, which has been struggling with over a year of war. The region has also seen […]

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WHO Renews Call For World Vaccination Rate Of 70% By July

  • January 7, 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday called on the global community to ensure all nations have at least 70% of their populations vaccinated by July of this year, saying the pandemic will not end until it happens. During a COVID-19 briefing at agency headquarters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also called on wealthy […]

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US Envoy Feltman To Visit Ethiopia Thursday, Meet With Officials

  • January 5, 2022

U.S. Horn of Africa envoy Jeffrey Feltman will visit Ethiopia Thursday for meetings with senior government officials to discuss peace talks, a senior State Department official said, in Washington’s latest push to bring an end to the conflict. The yearlong war between Ethiopia’s government and the leadership of the northern Tigray region, among Africa’s bloodiest […]

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GJA, UNESCO Develops Manual On Migration Reporting

  • January 5, 2022

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), is developing a manual on migration reporting to enhance the work of media practitioners. Aside from the development of the handbook on migration reporting, the GJA, under the project, would also spearhead the setting up of migration desks […]

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Covid: Travel Firms Call For Removal Of Testing Rules

  • January 5, 2022

Travel industry groups have called for all remaining Covid restrictions on travellers to be removed in the latest government review. With data last week suggesting one in 25 people in the UK currently had the virus, airlines say passenger testing is having no real impact. The government said it continued to “keep all measures under […]