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Africa needs to tackle inequalities during the COVID-19 recovery process
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Brazzaville, 03 March 2021 (ECA) -The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light inequalities that have been around for a while in the African continent. Women, youth and vulnerable populations including refugees, migrants, indigenous people, older persons, the disabled and children still remain at risk of various inequalities.
One of the major challenges in the world is poverty and inequalities. During a parallel meeting, SDG 10 on “Reduced Inequalities” was seen to have linkages to SDG 1 on “No Poverty”, SDG 2 on “Zero Hunger”, SDG 3 on “Good Health and Well-being”, SDG 4 on “Quality Education”, SDG 5 on “Gender Equality”, SDG 8 on “Decent Work and Economic Growth” and also Aspiration 1 of African Union’s Agenda 2063 which calls for “A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development”. This was shown in a presentation by Ms. Phumza Manqindi, Migrat
AU to take a cue from Africa CDC on whether a physical summit would be possible - January 7, 2021
The African Union (AU) is yet to decide whether it will hold its 2021 heads of state and government summit physically or virtually with the majority of the leaders supporting a meeting in Addis Ababa. A 24 December 2020 meeting that President Ramaphosa had chaired, supported a physical meeting amid the pandemic.
Other leaders, however, feel it is not advisable.
AU summits often held the organisation’s headquarters in Addis Ababa are characterised by a big crowd mainly from delegations of the 55 member states. But this year, the heads of state will take advice from the Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on whether it would be possible to meet in Ethiopia’s capital.
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