Tag: Sub-Saharan Africa
8m women face coronavirus-induced poverty in 2021 – UN
The United Nations (UN) has said that the impact of the ravaging COVID-19 may lead to eight million more women than men sliding into...
Report says 1.9m stillbirths recorded globally in 2019
An estimated 1.9 million babies were stillborn at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later in 2019, according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates...
Nigeria replaces India as world capital of under-five child mortality
The 2020 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) mortality estimates show that Nigeria has taken over from India as the world capital for under-five deaths.
I...
COVID-19 latest: 3, 800 dead, 110, 000 infected
The number of people infected with coronavirus has topped 110,000 while more than 3, 800 have died across the world.
According to a Reuters tally...
Nigeria takes 85th position on Global Happiness list
As the world marks the International Day of Happiness,
Nigeria is ranked 85 out of 156 countries and second in sub-Saharan Africa.
This is according to...
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