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Like several countries across the globe, the government of Botswana has had to request a six-month state of emergency, and extend lockdown to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. After being in lockdown for three weeks, which required non-essential workers and citizens to stay home, President Mokgweetsi Masisi found it necessary to further extend the rules to six months due to the rising number of confirmed cases in the region. The country is now taking urgent steps needed to protect the public from the virus, but what that means for hundreds of Zimbabwean nationals is deportation.

To support Botswana in tackling COVID-19, the UAE has deployed five metric tonnes of medical aid—a global effort that will help approximately 5,000 healthcare workers in the country. Mahash Saeed Al Hameli, UAE Ambassador to South Africa, shared his thoughts on how the UAE aims to strengthen the medical capabilities of several friendly countries such as Botswana. He added, “Aid to Botswana will enable the country’s healthcare workers to take the necessary precautions as they work to protect the public from COVID-19.”

Since its outbreak in December in Wuhan, the virus has spread to more than 180 countries. The COVID-19 threat in Botswana is rapidly increasing as its neighboring countries are witnessing more confirmed cases and deaths. Governments around the world are asking that all citizens and residents respect social distancing rules during this global crisis.

The thousands of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Britain has left a shortage of medical equipment as healthcare workers struggle to treat patients. Under the direct orders of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, a shipment of 60 tonnes of medical aid was deployed over the weekend to help assist UK’s National Health Service (NHS) in their fight against the global pandemic. The UK is currently suffering Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreaks.

The cooperation between the UAE and the UK has been praised by Britain’s Middle East Minister, James Cleverly, in tackling the spread of COVID-19, and thanked the UAE for its assistance and support in helping to fund the development of a vaccine. The aid included critical medical equipment and personal protective equipment, such as face masks and protective clothing that will help benefit the health sector.

The UAE continues to show support for other countries in need by providing essential items that will help contain the virus. So far, the country has donated and shipped over 450 tonnes of medical and food supplies to more than 30 countries.

As the COVID-19 pandemic causes border closures and travel restrictions, the World Food Programme (WFP) must find ways to continue saving and changing the lives of the most vulnerable. This includes the millions of children who are no longer receiving WFP-supported school meals due to school closures. In response to the novel COVID-19 pandemic, WFP is already providing support, and adapting its planning to ensure operations can carry on in a highly unpredictable environment.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, discussed with David, Beasley, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, ways of accelerating coordination in getting assistance to those affected by the outbreak. “The entire world is currently facing an unprecedented challenge that entails a coordinated and efficient global response to address its fallout, not only on the health level, but also its repercussion on the economic, social aspects of life and living standards,” Sheikh Mohamed said, adding that key global institutions should play their full part in this regard.

WFP plays an active role alongside other UN agencies, international organizations and NGOs to increase the efficiency of the COVID-19 response across the humanitarian sector. This includes making better decisions collectively. One of the goals of the Supply Chain Interagency Coordination Cell led by the World Health Organization (WHO), is to provide visibility on the demand of critical supplies, such as gloves, masks, protective suits, and clinical equipment.

Dozens of Iranian opposition parties, organizations and personalities under the umbrella of the “Council of Democratic Forces in Iran” met in an expanded conference in Stockholm, the capital of the Kingdom of Sweden, on Saturday afternoon, to discuss ways to unify efforts and possibilities to overthrow the regime in Tehran.

The organizers stated to that delegates from the Swedish parliament, Iranian and international figures, activists and members of Iranian society organizations in the Diaspora will participate in the conference that will present how to support the protests of the Iranian interior and the role of the opposition abroad in communicating with the international community to communicate the demands and aspirations of the Iranian people in salvation From the system of Wilayat al-Faqih, and the formation of a pluralistic democratic system that represents all components of society with a national, cultural, religious and political diversity.

The Council of Democratic Forces in Iran, made up of 13 parties and organizations, is the broadest alliance of all Iranian opposition factions that includes the Persian Nationalist parties represented by the Iranian Democratic Front and the Union of People’s Fedayes and the Liberal Republicans, in addition to the parties and organizations of non-Persian nationalities, which are each of the “Kurdistan Democratic Party, The Ahwazi Democratic Solidarity Party, the Azerbaijani Political and Cultural Center, the Baloch People’s Party, the Iranian Kurdistan Alliance Party, the Turkmen Political Cultural Center, the United Front of Baluchistan, the Bakhtiari and Lorestan Union party, in addition to a number of Syndicates Workers, civil society activists, and independent political figures.

The council has issued invitations to the rest of the opposition parties and organizations whose representatives will attend – according to the organizers – to discuss uniting all opposition forces under a comprehensive umbrella to harness efforts and capabilities to overthrow the Iranian regime.

The meeting will offer to form a broad coalition and a joint program and win sympathy and support for nations, peoples and free and progressive countries in cooperation with international institutions to change the Iranian regime with peaceful popular protests and a smooth transition to democracy.

It is noteworthy that the convening of the conference comes in light of the suffocating international isolation experienced by the Iranian regime because of the nuclear program and the crisis of shooting down the Ukrainian plane with a missile for the Revolutionary Guard and the consequences of the bloody repression of the popular protests in November and January.

The European position, after activating the “trigger mechanism” to settle the nuclear dispute with Iran, is approaching more than the American position on concluding a comprehensive agreement that includes freezing the nuclear and missile programs, stopping the regional regime’s interference and continuing its support for terrorism. See more Latest news on africa .