Africa: The Time For Action on African Adaptation is Now: [allAfrica] Climate change is already having a catastrophic impact on Africa compared to the rest of the world. The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years, leaving 22 million people at risk of starvation according to the World Food Programme, and seven out of the 10 countries worst hit by the effects of climate change are in Africa, even though we contribute only around four percent of global emissions as an entire continent. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Curbing Maternal Mortality in Côte d’Ivoire: [WHO-AFRO] Botro, Cote d’Ivoire — It is vaccination day, baby cries fill the courtyard of the Botro General Hospital, about 400 kilometres north of Abidjan. Henriette Ouattara, who gave birth a few months ago at the maternity hospital in Botro, has come to have her baby vaccinated. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Needed Global Financial Reforms Foregone Yet Again: [IPS] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Calls for more government regulation and intervention are common during crises. But once the crises subside, pressures to reform quickly evaporate and the government is told to withdraw. New financial fads and opportunities are then touted, instead of long needed reforms. – AllAfrica News: Africa
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