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ADF STAFF Nations across the globe are warning that they face a stark choice between caring for their people and paying back international debt. In a much-anticipated move, the G20, World Bank and International Monetary Fund have…

ADF STAFF As COVID-19 continues to spread across Sudan, the U.S. government has sharply increased its financial support to help that nation combat rising numbers of infections. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)…

ADF STAFF A 57-year-old shrimp dealer at a wet market in Wuhan, China, started out thinking she had a cold, but she became one of the first people known to contract SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in December 2019. Doctors…

ADF STAFF As he struggled to explain to his young son why he could not go outside to play during the global pandemic, Nigerian film director Niyi Akinmolayan turned to a powerful tool: animation. The result, a 93-second animation…

ADF STAFF The U.S. government announced plans to send 729,000 protective masks to South Africa’s National Department of Health to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The respirator masks meet European Union standards and are…

ADF STAFF Could the world’s most illegally trafficked animal be linked to the coronavirus? Two groups of viruses similar to the one causing the human pandemic have been identified in Malayan pangolins smuggled into China, the BBC…

ADF STAFF The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has embedded infectious disease experts in 10 emergency operations centers across Ethiopia to train local health officials to treat COVID-19 while keeping themselves safe in…

ADF STAFF The United States ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) personally delivered supplies to assist five hospitals in Kinshasa that are fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. On May 16, Ambassador Mike Hammer visited…

ADF STAFF In the fight against COVID-19, Morocco has taken to the skies. Across Morocco, remote-piloted drones have become the eyes, ears — in some cases, the voices — of government agencies working to enforce social distancing, make…

ADF STAFF China has received a slew of debt-relief requests from African nations related to the sprawling One Belt, One Road (OBOR) project as COVID-19 damages economies across the continent. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the…