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Conference on Advanced Regionalization calls for inclusive regional development, reducing territorial disparities.

The first National Conference on Advanced Regionalization held in Agadir Friday and Saturday adopted a set of recommendations, calling, inter-alia for strengthening regions’ capacities in terms of inclusive regional development to reduce territorial disparities.   Participants in the conference stressed the need to strengthen territorial planning mechanisms in accordance with the State’s general policy in […]

Africa: 150 million people driven into poverty by high healthcare bills — WHO report

Most African countries continue to rely heavily on out-of-pocket payments to fund their health services, warns a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional office for Africa, urging governments to reduce the financial strains that high health-care costs place on their population. The report, released on Universal Health Coverage Day, found that over […]

Oil & gas: South Sudan, Kenya seek to boost cooperation

South Sudan and Kenya seek to boost their cooperation in the oil sector.   To this end, South Sudan petroleum minister Daniel Awow Chuang, and his Kenyan counterpart John Munyes met in Juba to discuss ways of enhancing cooperation in the areas of oil infrastructure development and experience sharing, State-owned radio South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation […]