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Shelter workers have begun the construction of a quarantine facility in Pulka where 56,014 IDPs live in camps and host communities.

Nigeria: IOM builds quarantine shelters as conflict-affected Borno State records first COVID-19 cases

It is clear that the novel coronavirus has led to physical confinement in many parts of the world but enterprises which leverage the power of digital and innovative technologies continue doing business

Innovative tech and connectivity key to fighting COVID-19 in Africa

UNAMID peacekeepers provide protection to local women in Aurokuom village, Zalingei, Central Darfur.

UN ‘fully mobilized’ to support the Sudanese people, Security Council hears

Shelter distribution for displaced families in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique incorporates social distancing, hand washing and other COVID-19 precautions.

One year after Cyclone Kenneth, Northern Mozambique faces challenges Including COVID-19

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Social mobilisation team broadcasting messages from a van and giving out materials on COVID-19 prevention in Hararghe Ethiopia.

Local leaders mobilised to fight against COVID-19 in Ethiopia

Africa COVID-19

Women Rise for All

Women leaders rise in solidarity to save lives and protect livelihoods

Africa COVID-19

Staff at the Lodwar Hospital Wellness Centre...

Fighting the ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women & children during COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

Ahunna Eziakonwa, director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa

UNDP working to help African countries recover from COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

-Ahunna Eziakonwa, director of UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa

CCHub and the AfricaCDC are working together to counter COVID-19

CcHUB, Africa CDC and GIZ support 8 African companies using smart ways to counter misinformation on COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammad

A new normal: UN lays out roadmap to lift economies and save jobs after COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

Contact tracers are urgently being recruited, trained and deployed to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the challenges they face are similar to those in the earlier Ebola epidemic, including mistrust and misinformation.

Learning from Ebola experience, Liberia deploys contact tracers to break COVID-19 transmission

IOM and returnees demonstrate hygiene measures and handwashing to migrants in transit and displaced persons in Niger.

IOM steps up risk communication and community engagement in response to COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

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