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In 2022, it is estimated that around 1.67 million children under the age of five will suffer from acute malnutrition, including around 335,000 severe cases in the areas analysed. For the purposes of the analysis, a total of five provinces and 52 departments in Chad were analysed. Between October and December 2021, a slight decrease in cases of acute malnutrition is estimated when compared with the last IPC analysis for the same period in 2020, with two provinces and 16 departments classified as Serious (IPC Phase 3) as well as two provinces and 11 departments classified as Critical (IPC Phase…

Legislative changes in Greece and a relocation programme have helped hundreds of unaccompanied refugee children get off the streets. Abed was just 11 years old when he left his parents and siblings in Iran and began the long and dangerous journey to Europe. His family had fled to Iran from Afghanistan, their homeland, but they lacked residence permits and lived in constant fear of deportation. Without documentation, they could not access basic services like education for Abed and his siblings. Initially, he travelled with an uncle. They walked after nightfall, and at one point were forced to run for their…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the FIFA ranking for January, will be used to determine the seeded teams for the 2022 World Cup play-offs. This means Nigeria for instance, could drop off the top five, in which they are currently included. CAF reached this decision at its Extraordinary General Assembly held in Cairo, Egypt on Friday. It was announced that the play-off draws would be held on January 26. The top five countries will be seeded and will face the non-seed teams in the two-legged fixtures. The first leg fixtures will take place at the lower-ranked…

The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, David McLachlan-Karr, today expressed his outrage following a new attack by an armed group on a site hosting internally displaced people in Hivo, near to the Drodro site in Ituri province. Several people, including women and children, were killed and others injured in a violent incursion in the early morning of Sunday 28 November 2021. “I am shocked, outraged and deeply saddened by these repeated attacks on civilians who are forced to leave their homes to seek safety from the violence. It is imperative to protect these populations. I reiterate…

Akon has partnered with Baanx to officially launch a crypto debit card for his digital asset platform and cryptocurrency, Akoin (AKN). In an Instagram post on Wednesday (November 24), Akon announced the completion of the development of the AKOIN card, which will allow shoppers to pay for their merchandise directly with the AKOIN cryptocurrency they own in stores of their choice that accept MasterCard. “It’s Done,” the Konvict Music CEO touted in the post’s caption. “The official AKOIN Card!!! This allows you to now spend your AKOIN (AKN) where ever master card is excepted. I’m sure you can’t freely spend…

Ghana Premier League side, Berekum Chelsea have announced the appointment of Benard Amofa Jantuah and Gifty Oware Mensah as President and Vice President of the club respectively. The club announced the appointments on their social media handles today. “ ‘ . .” A statement on the club’s official handle read. Football administrator, Nana Kwame Nketiah was the President of the club until when the announcement was made. Benard Jantuah and Gifty Oware are expected to bring their vast knowledge acquired over the years to help the club achieve great things. Juantuah, is into the Ocean and Air freight business and…

Ghanaian born American fashion designer, Virgil Abloh, has died of cancer at the age of 41. Virgil Abloh, the founder of Off-White and the Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton’s death was confirmed by his Instagram this afternoon. “We are devastated to announce the passing of our beloved Virgil Abloh, a fiercely devoted father, husband, son, brother, and friend,” the post reads. “He is survived by his loving wife Shannon Abloh, his children Lowe Abloh and Grey Abloh, his sister Edwina Abloh, his parents Nee and Eunice Abloh, and numerous dear friends and colleagues. For over two years, Virgil valiantly battled a rare, aggressive form…

Popular Musician Drake has paid tribute to the legacy of his friend Virgil Abloh who died Sunday after a battle with cancer. The rapper took to Instagram on Sunday to share some photos of himself alongside Virgil, hours after it was announced that the artistic visionary died at age 41 following a private battle with cancer. View this post on Instagram A POST SHARED BY CHAMPAGNEPAPI (@CHAMPAGNEPAPI) “My plan is to touch the sky 1000 more times for you,” Drizzy wrote to his late friend alongside photos of them together and an OVO jet that Alboh had worked on, “love…

Cargill has completed a US$13 million expansion of its cocoa processing facility in Tema, expanding the company’s cocoa-grinding capability to match growing consumer demands for cocoa powder. In recognition of the achievement, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo attended the ceremony as the Special Guest of Honour and was received by an executive team led by Harold Poelma, President of Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate. The multi-million-dollar investment took sixteen months to complete and increased the plant’s grind capability by 20%, bolstering its annual production capacity to 90,000 tonnes. The initial nameplate capacity of 65,000 tonnes was pushed to 75,000 tonnes through…

The Chief Executive Officer of Send Ghana and Chief Party, People for Health (P4H) project Saphia Kamara has urged the Ghana Health Service and Ghana AIDS Commission to sustain the gains made during the implementation of the Peoples for Health project to increase public education on HIV. HIV population in the country as of the end of 2020 stood at 346, 120 with a prevalence rate of 1.68%. Figures from the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC) revealed that out of the 18,928 new HIV infections in 2020, a total of 5,211 are young people between the ages of 15 and 24.…