UN Appeals for $254 Million to Assist Victims of Violence in Mozambique

https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–12/000_8WX7X2.jpg?imwidth=800GENEVA — The Unit­ed Nations is appeal­ing for $254 mil­lion to pro­vide life-sav­ing assis­tance for 1.1 mil­lion peo­ple caught in a dev­as­tat­ing cycle of vio­lence and abuse in Mozambique’s Cabo Del­ga­do province.  U.N. agen­cies report a sharp esca­la­tion in

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Figure of the week: Africa’s visa openness continues to improve

http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/-/640387842/0/brookingsrss/topics/subsaharanafrica.jpgThe COVID-19 pan­dem­ic has sub­stan­tial­ly reduced cross-bor­der trav­el as coun­tries place restric­tions on move­ment to man­age the health cri­sis. How­ev­er, the costs of these restric­tions are clear, with impacts on the glob­al econ­o­my, sup­ply chains, and indus­tries such as tourism