Latest CoronaVirus News & Updates from Benin
Africa in the news: Burundi, Benin, South Sudan, and COVID-19 updates
1d | Brookings InstitutionElections in Burundi and Benin, violence and COVID-19 on the rise in South Sudan, and some economies open up while others ...
Read moreBenin to hold contentious local polls despite coronavirus threat
8d | Al Jazeera EnglishCritics have called on voters to boycott polls over ballot absence of key opposition parties and coronavirus risks.
Read moreBenin votes in controversial poll despite virus
7d | YAHOO!Benin staged local elections minus key opposition parties on Sunday with authorities pushing ahead despite the coronavirus ...
Read moreBenin votes in controversial elections despite Covid-19 threat
7d | France 24Benin staged local elections minus key opposition parties on Sunday with authorities pushing ahead despite the coronavirus ...
Read moreBenin pushes ahead with polls despite coronavirus
6d | YAHOO!Counting is underway in Benin following elections devoid of several leading opposition parties amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreIMF Executive Board Approves a US$125 Million Disbursement Under Benin’s ECF-Supported Arrangement
9d | International Monetary FundThe Executive Board decision allows an immediate disbursement of US$125.1 million to Benin to address the urgent financing ...
Read moreBenin set for controversial local poll despite virus
9d | YAHOO!Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties Sunday as the authorities push ahead with the vote ...
Read moreBenin appeals court shortens journalist Ignace Sossou’s jail term
5d | Cpj.orgIn response to today’s decision by a Beninese appeals court to shorten journalist Ignace Sossou’s sentence to six months’ ...
Read moreBenin votes in controversial poll despite coronavirus
7d | VanguardBenin staged local elections minus key opposition parties on Sunday with authorities pushing ahead despite the coronavirus ...
Read moreBenin votes in controversial local polls despite COVID-19 threat
6d | Al Jazeera EnglishCritics warned health risks were too high for a vote opposition insisted should not be happening in the first place.
Read moreCoronavirus: Edo govt trains youths on production of medical facemasks to meet market demand
18h | VanguardWe want our youths IN Edo to acquire the right skillset to cash in on the opportunity in the health consumables value chain ...
Read moreBenin set for controversial local poll despite virus
9d | YAHOO!Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties Sunday as the authorities push ahead with the vote ...
Read moreIMF Executive Board Approves a US$125 Million Disbursement Under Benin’s ECF-Supported Arrangement
9d | International Monetary FundThe Executive Board decision allows an immediate disbursement of US$125.1 million to Benin to address the urgent financing ...
Read moreBenin appeals court shortens journalist Ignace Sossou’s jail term
5d | Cpj.orgIn response to today’s decision by a Beninese appeals court to shorten journalist Ignace Sossou’s sentence to six months’ ...
Read moreOxfam Withdraws Operations from 18 Countries Amid COVID-19 Related Financial Pressures
3d | TimeThe international development organization Oxfam announced on Wednesday that it will withdraw its operations in 18 countries ...
Read moreJittery, and partly maskless, reopening for Benin schools
13d | YAHOO!Schools reopened on Monday in the West African state of Benin, but many students and their parents worried that mask-wearing ...
Read moreCOVID-19: Edo govt tests 1,367 residents, extends case search in over 542 communities
1d | VanguardWith the rise in a number of confirmed cases of c (COVID-19) in Edo State, the state government has revved up Active Case ...
Read moreWest and Central Africa Region COVID-19 Situation Report No. 3
8d | ReliefWebEnglish Situation Report on Benin and 22 other countries about Coordination, Health, Children, Women, Epidemic and more; ...
Read moreOPINION - Amid COVID-19, communities continue fight against other pandemics
13d | Thomson Reuters FoundationThat same urgency, resilience and action by communities are also saving lives in many low- and middle-income countries as the ...
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On the Front Lines: Responding to COVID-19
9d | ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on World and 16 other countries about Health, HIV/Aids, Children, Women and Epidemic; published on 14 May 2020 by Global Fund ...
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On the Front Lines: Responding to COVID-19
9d | ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on World and 16 other countries about Health, HIV/Aids, Children, Women and Epidemic; published on 14 May 2020 by Global Fund ...
Read moreCoronavirus cuts off U.S.-China back channels
3d | PoliticoChina tensions have further eroded the unofficial talks that have so often underpinned relations since the two sides restored diplomatic ties decades ago. “The pandemic has cut off personal meetings.
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Amid COVID-19, Communities Continue Fight against Other Pandemics
11d | ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on World and 6 other countries about Disaster Management, Health, Epidemic and more; published on 12 May 2020 by Global Fund ...
Read moreFACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 5.15 million, death toll tops 333,700
2d | Thomson Reuters FoundationMore than 5.15 million people have been reported to have been infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 333,702 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than ...
Read moreGilead licenses remdesivir for Covid-19 to generic companies for sale in 127 countries
11d | MedCity NewsFive generic companies will have the right to manufacture and sell generic versions of the drug in mostly lower-income ...
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ReliefWeb launches regional COVID-19 Topics pages
11d | ReliefWebHowever, there is already evidence of incomes plummeting and jobs disappearing, food supplies falling and prices soaring, and children missing vaccinations and meals." Since ReliefWeb launched the ...
Read moreArt Industry News: This Tech CEO Thinks France Should Sell the Mona Lisa to Pay for Coronavirus Relief + Other Stories
5d | ArtnetHamburg’s Museum Am Rothenbaum (MARKK) is behind the database, called Digital Benin, which seeks to track how the corpus was ...
Read moreWCAPS Releases Report on 'Voices of Peace Corps COVID-19 Evacuees'
10d | WFMZ-TVWomen of Color Advancing Peace, Security & Conflict Transformation (WCAPS) teamed up with Peace Corps Volunteers and Trainees ...
Read moreCOVID-19 disruption will lead to 28 million surgeries cancelled worldwide
10d | EurekAlert!Over 28 million elective surgeries across the globe could be cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic -- leading to patients facing a lengthy wait for their health issues to be resolved, a new ...
Read moreUtah’s international students are facing new challenges because of coronavirus
12d | The Salt Lake TribuneMarlene Aniambossou just graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and coaching ...
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