Reports

An Op-ed first published on Project Syndicate by Abebe Aemro Selassie. African governments urgently need additional external financing to help them mitigate the pandemic's economic impact. And with global interest rates as low as they are now,…

Situation Overview On 21 March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Angola announced the first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country. As of 21 May, Angola has reported 60 confirmed cases of COVID-19, all of them…

HIGHLIGHTS With Lesotho confirming on 13 May its first case of COVID-19, all countries in Southern and Eastern Africa have now been affected by the pandemic. South Africa confirmed that over 19,000 people contracted COVID-19 so far. Numbers are rising in…

M'banza Kongo - At least 1.2 million square metres of land plot are being demined since last April, in the Municipality of Soyo, northern Zaire Province, for the construction of a future gas production plant. According to…

HIGHLIGHTS With Lesotho confirming on 13 May its first case of COVID-19, all countries in Southern and Eastern Africa have now been affected by the pandemic. South Africa confirmed that over 16,000 people contracted COVID-19 so far. Numbers…

Bulletin 5: SADC Regional Response to COVID-19 This Bulletin No. 5 of the SADC Regional Response to COVID-19 (BULLETIN 5-SADC Regional Response to COVID-19) provides an overview of the global, continental and regional overview of the pandemic.…

Reporting Period: 1 - 13 May 2020 Regional Highlights ● All 23 countries in the region have reported confirmed COVID-19 cases, with Lesotho's first confirmed case on 12 May. South Africa has highest number of new cases in…

HIGHLIGHTS With Lesotho confirming on 13 May its first case of COVID-19, all countries in Southern and Eastern Africa have now been affected by the pandemic. South Africa, the first country in the region to report a imported…

Angola among the countries which responded positively to UN Secretary-General’s call on countries to prioritize basic social services for children LUANDA, 8th May 2020 - More than 160 Member States responded positively to the appeal made by…

HIGHLIGHTS With Lesotho confirming on 13 May its first case of COVID-19, all countries in Southern and Eastern Africa have now been affected by the pandemic. South Africa, the first country in the region to report a imported…