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The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are considering the reduction of Nigeria’s debt burden and that of other International Development Association (IDA) countries in view of the coronavirus pandemic. President of the World Bank Group, David Malpass ...

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called for urgent and collective effort to protect and preserve biodiversity. It explained the importance of biodiversity, the threats to it and how it must be preserved, in a set of videos, ...

The United States (U.S.) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are still at loggerheads as the U.S. has shunned global health leaders, private sector partners and other stakeholders at the unveiling of Access To COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. The ACT ...

A former African Union (AU) Ambassador to the United States and president, Africa Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI), Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, and others have kicked against the maltreatment of Africans in China.   ADDI is the umbrella organisation of over 210 million ...

Facebook has announced another step is taking to combat the spread of harmful hoaxes and misinformation about COVID-19 on its platforms. It explained through Facebook’s Newsfeed, that users who interact with harmful COVID-19 claims would receive messages on coronavirus myths ...

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has predicted that global trade would fall between 13 per cent and 32 per cent this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activities and life around the world. It declared yesterday that the ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and other stakeholders on the World Health Day (WHD) April 7, have advocated more support for nurses and midwives, especially those fighting to contain COVID-19. The WHO said April 7, ...

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), under the aegis of Ben Akak Foundation, has donated medical items, including sanitisers and N1 million, to the Cross River State Government in support of the fight against Coronavirus. The organisation also donated sanitisers, hand-gloves and ...

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has insisted that the rights of persons with autism must be taken into account in the formulation of all COVID-19 responses. In his goodwill message to mark the 2020 World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), he ...

In a bid to end violence against women and girls in Cross River, the European Union and United Nations Spotlight Initiative have trained 150 facilitators to teach adult learners in the state. The two international bodies are in collaboration with ...