The controversy surrounding this year‘s World Cup in Qatar reminds us that it‘s more important than ever to stand up for what is right. The host country has a questionable record of human rights, as well as denying rights to women and more.
That‘s why we‘re standing with footballers who are doing their part off the pitch to make the world a better place. Keep reading to meet 8 footballers who are fighting for a better world.
Sadio Man, Senegal
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A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. Today, Thursday, 12 May, Belize, Germany, Indonesia, Senegal, and the US co-host the Second Global COVID-19 Summit. In this special edition, we take stock of where we are in the pandemic. Spoiler alert: The world wants to be done with COVID, but the virus is far from done with us.
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A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week, we look at progress on a TRIPS waiver, a brewing global economic storm, efforts to create an African COVID vaccine, and more.
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A slow TRIPS: A draft TRIPS proposal for COVID vaccines is (finally) before the WTO, a leisurely 18 months after it was originally proposed. ⏳ Despite being heralded as an agreement between the...
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Default tip of the iceberg: Hunger and blackouts are the immediate symptoms of global economic fallouts, which will see growth stall at 3.6% in 2022...
A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week, we look at how the war in Ukraine has impacted 86% of the world economy, the pandemic’s true death toll, and what Sunday’s presidential election in France could mean for Africa.
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Seismic waves: Russia’s war in Ukraine is going to weaken the economies of 143 countries this year — that’s 86% of the world —...
A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter, and read on for a look at the converging crises caused by COVID, climate change, and conflict, including the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on Africa, a hunger emergency, and a dire climate warning.
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Hunger emergency: Amidst a historic drought threatening 13 million people in East Africa with severe hunger, the rise in...
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Bounce back bias: Low-income countries’ GDP would have been more than 5% higher in 2021 if they had been able to access vaccines at the same rates as high-income countries....
A roundup of the latest news, stats, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact in Africa. View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week, we look at the troubling trends of food and humanitarian aid shortages amid dire need. Adding to that: droughts in Somalia, floods in Kenya, and its “lights out” for Nigeria’s electrical grid and South Africa’s COVID-19 restrictions.
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Desperate need: South Sudan is experiencing the worst refugee crisis in Africa. Triggered by floods, famine, and...