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This week: world leaders descended on Sharm El-Sheikh for COP 27. Attendees debated who should foot the bill for climate loss and damage. Mia Mottley rebuked rich countries‘ exploitation, environmental degradation, and inaction. The IMF proposed new climate-friendlier lending rules, while Egypt‘s harsh stance on dissenters cast a dark shadow.
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Gas station: Activists are accusing European leaders of treating Africa...
Anne Paisley
Anne Paisley is ONE's Associate Editorial Director. Prior to joining ONE in 2019, she worked at Devex and the Center for American Progress. She holds an MA in International Policy from Georgetown University and a BA in International Affairs and Economics from George Washington University, both with honors.
Explore our new site data.one.org for the latest expert analysis, real-time data, and smart visualisations on the big trends shaping Africa.
This week: violence and desperation in Tigray escalate, Uganda goes into lockdown, Egypt goes greenwashing, and more.
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Every second counts: Up to 100,000 Tigrayans have likely been slaughtered in the past few weeks, the world’s most deadly, yet less covered, conflict. There are reports of dozens of civilian massacres by Ethiopian government forces. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus warned of a “very narrow window” to prevent genocide....
View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week: Putin’s increasing ties to Africa, Somalia on the brink of a famine declaration, South African farmers’ win against Shell, and more.
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Good deal gone bad?: Contracts to purchase wheat climbed to a two-month high after Vladimir Putin threatened a UN-brokered deal on the export of grain from Ukraine’s ports. He called the deal a “scam” benefitting the European Union at the expense of poor countries. A third of...
View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week: the debunking of vaccine hesitancy, the long-term impacts of COVID, presidential election outcomes, and more.
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Debunker mentality: New research has debunked the well-trodden claim that vaccine hesitancy is the primary driver of low COVID-19 vaccine rates in low-income countries. The analysis of 14 countries instead found that “unpredictable vaccine supplies, lack of antiviral treatments and poor funding for health systems” were the main causes of low vaccine rates....
View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week: Kenya’s “bellwether” election, Sierra Leone’s groundbreaking land ownership laws, climate change super-charged pathogens, and more.
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With the grain: Of the fourteen grain-carrying vessels that have finally left Ukraine (as of Thursday), none are destined for African countries. An estimated three million tonnes of grain are already in Ukrainian ports awaiting export, with 20 million tonnes in storage across Ukraine. Experts caution that grain shipments from Ukraine – while welcome –...
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F*** famine: Somalia is on the verge of its fifth consecutive failed rainy season, exacerbating an ongoing hunger crisis that experts warn is at “real risk of famine.” Nearly half of the country’s 7 million people are confronting crisis levels of food insecurity and 1.5 million children are at risk of acute malnutrition. Over 37 million people across the Horn of Africa face acute hunger. Climate change has been a driving factor behind Somalia’s 12 droughts and 19...
View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week: Monkeypox cases doubling every two weeks, mounting violence in northern Nigeria, a new malaria vaccine hitting the streets, and more.
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Deadly plateau: New analysis from ONE shows the considerable strain the war in Ukraine is putting on ODA budgets. Global in-donor refugee costs, which donors can count as ODA, could exceed $42 billion in 2022. That would equal nearly one-quarter of total ODA spent in 2021. Aid...
View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week: African countries taking control of their health destinies, the link between climate change and food security, the building debt crisis, and more.
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Go your own way: African countries are actively applying lessons learned from the pandemic to take greater control over their health systems and bolster the continent’s health security. The African Union’s Executive Board agreed to make the Africa CDC an autonomous body, allowing it increased flexibility...
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Boiling point: Russia’s war in Ukraine has driven 71 million people into poverty in low- and middle-income countries in the past three months. Experts are warning that the uptick in poverty levels, combined with a mounting debt crisis in those countries, increase the risk of social unrest. The UN Development Programme says lower-income countries are in desperate need of international assistance as they try to manage the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, critical debt levels, and the food and energy crisis. A recent drop in commodity...
A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week: the future of African vaccine manufacturing, “horrific” food choices, and more.
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Must read from ONE: Nearly all vaccines administered in Africa are manufactured elsewhere, presenting both a risk and opportunity for the continent. Unequal distribution of vaccine production sites coincides with inequitable access to vaccines. Scaling up African vaccine manufacturing capacity...