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In a major move to support Africa’s fight against COVID-19, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged an additional $150 million. This move was made in response to the African Union’s plea for more international assistance, indicating the necessity of an estimated $100 billion to overcome the destructive impacts of the health and economic crisis instigated by the pandemic.

A heart-wrenching tale has been resurrected as a bereaved mother, Helene Groenewald, shared her poignant memories and never-ending sorrow just a decade after the deadly collapse of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) building in Lagos, Nigeria. The edifice succumbed to structural failure on September 12, 2014, resulting in the tragic loss of 116 lives, of whom the majority were South African nationals visiting the church led by Prophet TB Joshua.

Continuing a worrying trend from last year, Africa is home to the ten most underreported humanitarian crises across the globe again this year, according to a recent report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). The report shines a glaring spotlight on the lack of media attention devoted to devastating crises in sub-Saharan countries, such as Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia.