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Côte d’Ivoire to set up $500 mln green fund

Côte d’Ivoire will set up a $500 million green financing fund to support sustainable growth initiatives and enhance climate action, the IMF said. This new facility will be part of the African Green Banks Initiative, aiming to create a $1.5 billion ecosystem of green investment facilities across the continent by 2030. The facility will be […]

Senegal reports first Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever fatality

Senegal Sunday registered the first death of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. The ministry of Health in a statement indicated that a patient who tested positive to the virus causing hemorrhagic fever, died at a local hospital on outskirt of capital Dakar. The […]

Tunisia exempts Polish, Czech tourists from covid-19 PCR test to boost arrivals

Tunisia Thursday lifted the required covid-19 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for holidaymakers from Poland and the Czech Republic in a move to boost tourism arrivals in the North African country. The tourism ministry ordered the exceptional move after consultation with the health ministry, Tunis Webdo reports. The European countries are however placed in the […]