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Faustin-Archange Touadéra officially begun his second term as President of Central African Republic after his election victory was confirmed by the country's Constitutional Court. MINUSCA

Despite increases in the number of women at the highest levels of political power, widespread gender inequalities persist, according to the 2021 edition of the IPU-UN Women Map of Women in Politics. UNIFEED

The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Guinea, Vincent Martin, briefed reporters by video teleconference from Conakry on the two epidemics the country is facing, COVID-19 and Ebola which re-emerged two weeks ago. UNIFEED

With 18 Ebola cases reported, 14 confirmed, and four deaths to date, the West African nation of Guinea is becoming the focus of an urgent public health response involving national health authorities, local communities, the WHO and its partners. An Ebola vaccine has been deployed for the first time in the country, with more than 1,600 people vaccinated so far. UNTV CH

World Health Organization (WHO) shipped on Thursday 11 000 doses of Ebola vaccines to Guinea, where a cluster of Ebola cases was reported by the country’s health officials.WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) shipped on Thursday 11 000 doses of Ebola vaccines to Guinea, where a cluster of Ebola cases was reported by the country’s health officials. WHO

WHO’s Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “the world is moving closer to delivering the promise of vaccine equity.” WHO

Close to 300 Ebola contacts identified in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 109 more in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

The World Health Organization (WHO) listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX. The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India. WHO

The head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Mohamed Ibn Chambas said, “insecurity continues to prevail and to harm innocent lives” in West Africa and the Sahel region, adding that “after the end of the rainy season, militants have again staged audacious and deadly attacks, notably in Niger, where more than 100 people died in just one assault nine days ago.” UNIFEED