African countries have responded swiftly to the threat of COVID-19 by implementing various measures to contain its spread. Most of the continent is in lockdown or under curfew, or a combination of both.
Social Sciences
May 04, 2020
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According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the world's food systems and disrupting regional agricultural trade and value chains. The FAO has warned that food shortages are ...
Environment
Apr 22, 2020
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With lockdowns ordered to contain the COVID-19 pandemic—that has reached 183 countries, infected over 1.7 million people and caused over 100,000 deaths—there are fears of food shortages caused by panic buying and supply ...
Environment
Apr 13, 2020
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More than 230 million people in China faced mobility restrictions during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic amid the largest quarantine in human history.
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2020
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The heads of three global agencies warned Wednesday of a potential worldwide food shortage if authorities fail to manage the ongoing coronavirus crisis properly.
Environment
Apr 01, 2020
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Deaths due to famine have fallen precipitously in recent decades, but undernutrition, which affects one in five children worldwide, remains rampant. Now, researchers are using satellite imagery and social media to detect ...
Environment
Dec 24, 2019
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Floods in southeast Niger have forced 23,000 people to flee their homes since early October, officials said Saturday, threatening a new humanitarian crisis in a region already wracked by Boko Haram Islamist violence.
Environment
Oct 20, 2019
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South Korea confirmed its fourth case of African swine fever on Tuesday, as Pyongyang was yet to respond to Seoul's request to make joint efforts to tackle the deadly animal disease.
Veterinary medicine
Sep 24, 2019
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"That's it, time to go!" As a rising swell of muddy water creeps towards his house in Niger's capital Niamey, Mamoudou Barkire is finally leaving.
Environment
Sep 04, 2019
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A calf struggles neck-high in the stew-like mud, kicking frantically to make its way across the mire.
Environment
Aug 30, 2019
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