Will fighting COVID 19 overshadow the battle against Malaria?
Medical experts marking World Malaria Day tomorrow are concerned the fight against the COVID 19 pandemic will overshadow the battle against the mosquito-borne parasite that threatens nearly three-and-a-half-billion people in 108 countries. Malaria last year killed 380 million people – mostly in Africa. In the first 14 years of this century, the number of malaria […]
Human Rights Watch urges probe of six killings by Kenyan police enforcing curfew
Washington-based Human Rights Watch is pressing Kenyan authorities to bring to book police who killed at least six people enforcing the dusk to dawn curfew designed to slow the COVID 19 pandemic. It is further alleged police extorted money and stole food in addition to using excessive force. The victims include a 13-year-old boy shot […]
Holding back COVID 19 has a price for the Great Lakes
The United Nations Security Council has heard that while the Great lakes region is holding back the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic, the economic impact of the sweeping measures this requires threatens the hard won gains on the road back to peace and stability. Special envoy of the United Nations Secretary General to the […]