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World Bank grants Egypt $9.13 M to expand the greater cairo air pollution management and climate change project

Egypt has secured $9.13-million grants from the World Bank for the expansion of the management of e-waste and healthcare waste under Greater Cairo pollution reduction project, the country’s Ministry of International Cooperation said in a statement. The grant would reinforce the original project’s environmental benefits, both locally and publicly, by improving e-waste and healthcare waste […]

Sweden strengthens African development through strategic capital markets investment

Sweden has joined the Netherlands and Luxembourg in making a significant contribution to Africa’s financial development, pledging 50 million Swedish crowns ($4.8 million) to the African Development Bank’s Capital Market Development Trust Fund (CMDTF). This investment, channeled through Sweden’s International Development Agency, aims to strengthen and integrate Africa’s regional financial markets. The initiative serves multiple […]

AU ‘extremely concerned’ over security situation in DRC as Rwandan ambassador expelled

The African Union (AU) has said it was worried about the deteriorating security situation in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where rebels have made fresh gains and the country’s authorities responded by expelling the Rwandan Ambassador in Kinshasa, accusing Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels. In a joint statement, AU Chairman Macky […]