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, and read on for how COVID-19 has accelerated learning poverty, where African stimulus money is going, and what’s happening to military spending.
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Through the cracks: Half the world’s 10-year-olds can’t read and understand a simple sentence. ONE, Save the Children, and the Global Partnership for Education launched a new tool this week called the Lost...
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Think back to when you were 10. Imagine if you had not been able to read and understand a simple story at that age. Where do you think you would be today?
Age 10 is the age at which children should be switching from learning to read to reading to learn. This critical milestone sets children up for a lifetime of learning. It increases their ability to earn, innovate, improve their own opportunities, and contribute to their societies, including becoming...
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 here, and read on rising cases, variants, and vaccines — plus why vaccine policy is climate policy.
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“Aid for climate change should be given separately and not be part of official development assistance.”
— Cyril Ramaphosa at the Leaders Climate Summit
Africa’s youngest president: Idriss Déby was reportedly wounded and killed in the line of fire...
Facts from our Africa COVID-19 Tracker
Total population: 86,790,567
Percentage of population living in extreme poverty: 77.2%
People with insufficient food intake: 33.6% (latest: 3 March 2021)
Children (under 5) with acute malnutrition: 8.1%
Children (under 5) with chronic malnutrition: 42.7%
Country situation
Over the past 25 years, The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been challenged by armed conflict, widespread displacement, and many other crises. Militia, such as the Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have operated in the eastern region...
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Squeezing the middle: The global middle class shrank by 150 million people in 2020 as the pandemic ravaged the global economy, the first decline in nearly three decades. South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were hit the hardest. 1 in 3 Nigerians is out of work and the number of fully employed has decreased by half since 2015, a trend exacerbated by the pandemic. One-third of employed Nigerians live in extreme poverty, according to ONE’s Employment Dashboard.
Temporary infusion? The...
Megan Gieske is a storyteller and photographer based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Behind the Table View police station in Milnerton, Cape Town, the Community Intervention Centre, painted a dazzling white, shines as a beacon of hope for women fleeing gender-based violence. Two women, Tam and Duduzile, sit in the welcome area. They are champions of women’s empowerment who are retelling their stories to anyone feeling trapped in the same circumstances they faced.
The mission of the Community Intervention Centre (CIC) is...
Mrs. Shaibu recently went to a primary health centre (PHC) in the Federal Capital Territory with her very sick infant child. Her baby was running a temperature and was refusing to eat. After consultations with a doctor, the baby was diagnosed with malaria and Mrs. Shaibu was given a prescription for urgently needed medications.
Instead of heading to the pharmacy to buy the drugs and start treatment, she remained seated in front of the doctor and begged to be given...
Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, BHCPF is a federal and state funded initiative,it is a component of the National Health Act of 2014, which called for better investment within the health sector. It was signed into the 2019 fiscal budget by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018.
BHCPF will provide free minimum basic healthcare to the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians through accredited Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in each of the 36 states and federal capital territory.
How many steps has your state...
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 here, and read on for ONE’s updated COVID-19 Tracker, who’s taking over the US global pandemic response efforts, and the world’s economic outlook.
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Torn in two: The IMF projects a stronger recovery for the global economy compared to its January forecast, with growth expected to be 6% in 2021. Upward revisions are mainly due...
Facts from our Africa COVID-19 Tracker
Total population: 13.1 million
Percentage of population living in poverty: 55%
Food inflation: 12.2% (latest: 30 December 2020)
People with insufficient food intake: 46.2% (latest: 14 Feb 2021)
Children (under 5) with acute malnutrition: 9.2%
Children (under 5) with chronic malnutrition: 30.3%
Economy
In terms of mineral wealth, Guinea is one of the richest countries in Africa. Nevertheless, 36.1% of the population live in poverty.. The country’s economy relies heavily on mining and agriculture. However,...