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On Monday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) launched a new partnership initiative to strengthen the capacity of Africa CDC to prepare for and respond to public health threats in Africa. The four-year project ‘EU for health security in Africa: ECDC for Africa CDC’, funded by the EU, will also facilitate harmonized surveillance and disease intelligence, and support the implementation of the public health workforce strategy of Africa CDC. Commission Vice-President for promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas said: “The coronavirus pandemic has shown…

Within just a few weeks, the financial institution prepared a global COVID-19 emergency health response, working closely with national teams, the WHO, UNICEF and other international partners. Long before the first cases of the virus surfaced in Guinea, the country, with support from the World Bank and the international community, had devised a response strategy. It was therefore equipped with knowledge gained from combating the Ebola epidemic in 2014-2016. For other countries however, COVID-19 brought disruptions in health systems and uncertainty about what would be next. Describing the precautionary measures recommended by health workers, Qamara, a resident in a village west…

Only half of the documented cases of violence against women and girls reported to the justice system reached a primary court, finds a new report by UNAMA and the UN Human Rights Office. Afghan women and girls are being failed by the country’s justice system with their access to justice for crimes of violence remaining tenuous, finds a new report released today by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the UN Human Rights Office. The report, titled, “In Search of Justice for Crimes of Violence Against Women and Girls,” examines the response of the justice system and the…

Parvez Morshed thought he was going to become a tailor in Saudi Arabia, but the Bangladeshi migrant was tricked by a recruiter and ended up working as a builder earning half the promised pay. Unable to support his family and clear the loan he borrowed to get the job, Morshed returned home mid-pandemic to work in a garment factory that ran a program hiring trafficking victims. “The job in Saudi was supposed to be a way out for my family. But it put us in more trouble than before,” Morshed told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone. “It has been…

The Trump administration said Monday it will abide by a court order – for now – to start accepting new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applications, a move that could affect an estimated 682,000 undocumented immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security is already looking to appeal the Friday court ruling, but advocates for immigrants were celebrating the decision that they called critical to the lives of DACA recipients, including thousands in Arizona. “A lot of young people are going to be able to get deferred action so they won’t be eligible for deportation if they follow the rules, they’re going…

The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era DACA program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as youth, complying with a federal judge’s order. The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as youth, complying with a federal judge’s order. The Department of Homeland Security posted on its website Monday that it is accepting new applications, petitions for two-year renewals as well as requests for permission to temporarily leave the U.S. The department said it “may seek relief for the order,” signaling that its concession to the court order…

The National Democratic Congress says it has won 36 parliamentary seats occupied by New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament. Addressing the press on Tuesday dawn, December 8, 2020, Elections Director of the NDC, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah listed a number of constituencies he claimed his party has “flipped”. “This means the seats were taken by NPP in 2016, and we have taken them back,” he explained. “So far, if you look at the flips, if you put them together, we are looking at about 36 seats that have flipped,” Afriyie Ankrah added. In the Greater Accra Region, Afriyie Ankrah said the…

CODEO reports of the arrest of its observer who was stationed at the Open Space Cocoa Shed Polling Station in Kassem in the Asutifi South constituency in the Ahafo Region. It further called on the Election Security Taskforce, particularly the Ahafo Regional Command to facilitate the speedy processing of the CODEO observer, so he can quickly be released to complete his observation assignment. Reported incidents As of 7:00 PM, CODEO had recorded 235 cases of various incidents from all the 4,000 polling stations where it deployed observers. The top five of these reported incidents are intimidation/harassment; violation of COVID-19 health…

The Home Office is facing a fresh deportation row as lawyers seek to block the removal of Channel migrants this week. Migrants from countries including Sudan are due to be flown to Germany, Spain and France on four charter flights. Under EU rules migrants who have already claimed refugee status in another EU country can be returned there. But campaigners say they include suspected victims of trafficking and forced labor. Sarah Teather, director of Jesuit Refugee Service UK, has accused the Government of ‘a complete disregard for human life’ and of ‘rushing’ ahead with the removals ahead of Brexit. AmNews/News Agencies.

Over 80,000 Chinese families of migrant workers have taken part in a program aiming to strengthen their awareness of child guardianship and communication with their kids left behind in the rural areas. The 100th event of this kind this year was held on Saturday, also marking the 300th event since the program was launched in 2018. These events were held in construction sites across 31 provincial regions of the country. Migrant workers at the construction sites can learn about relevant policies and laws, as well as child guardianship, family communication and safety knowledge, by taking part in the publicity program.…