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Malawi Cyclone Freddy death toll hits 447, over 362,000 displaced

whilevisitingcumulative death toll from Cyclone Freddy in southern Malawi hit 447 as of 700 p.m. local time 1700 GMT Saturday while the number of displaced people

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COVAX is our best chance to beat COVID-19

A local resident receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Zomba, Malawi, March 11, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note: Oyeronke Oyebanji is a public-health professional and a 2021 Aspen New Voices Fellow, St

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Coronavirus: Africa's infections surpass 4 million mark

A local resident receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Zomba, Malawi, on March 11, 2021. /Xinhua The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,025,390 as of Sunday evening, the Afr

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1 in 6 children not in school, COVID-19 is making things worse: UNESCO

About 17 percent of children globally are not in school, whether because of poverty, gender, race, disability or a myriad other factors and despite international pledges to tackle such inequalitie