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The WTO chief has called on African countries to create trading opportunities and increase investment in agriculture to address food security in Africa, as the head of the African Federation of Women Entrepreneurs (AFWE) stressed the need for improved infrastructure and the removal of tariffs to facilitate intra-African commerce. In a speech read on her […]
Senegal’s Foreign ministry has announced the decision to temporarily close its general Consulates around the world, after the missions reportedly came under attacks. In a statement, the ministry indicated the move came after Senegalese Embassies and Consulates in Paris, Milan, Bordeaux and New York were targeted by recent aggressions. “These acts caused serious damage, particularly […]
The United Nations has provided Congo around $1 million for agriculture projects under the supervision of the World Food Program (WFP) bureau in the central African country. The financing, over two years, was announced by Dima Al-Khatib, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). “This is a project for which we’re going […]
The Ivorian Government inked Tuesday three Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth $450 million for three projects to increase sustainable economic growth, job creation and private sector development, Anadolu news agency reports, citing a communique issued by national steering Committee for public-private partnerships. The agreements were signed on the sidelines of the Africa CEO Forum held […]
As the world marked the 50th United Nations World Environment Day on Monday June 5, the Ivorian environment minister announced the upcoming implementation of a new environmental code against plastic pollution, while South Sudanese environmental activists called on the government to formulate policies and laws to curb plastic waste in the country. “Any importer of […]
The Hague-based United Nations war crimes court has ruled that the 90-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is “no longer capable of meaningful participation’ and thus ‘unfit’to stand trial. While ‘unfit’ to stand trial, the judges still decided that the aging Rwandan genocide suspect should still go through a stripped-down legal process, the UN war […]
The United Nations and African Union have called for calm in Senegal after at least 15 people were killed in an outbreak of violence following the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. The sentencing of opposition politician Sonko for two years in jail on charges of ‘corrupting youth’ sparked some of the deadliest violence in […]
West African leaders have affirmed their commitment to accelerate investments and reforms to make fertilizers more accessible and affordable during the recent high-level roundtable jointly organized by the World Bank, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Togolese government. During the event (31 May), held in Togo’s capital, Lome, industry leaders […]
Burkina Faso has one of the fastest-growing internally displaced populations in the world, now totaling more than 2 million people, while at least three million people in Cameroon are facing acute food insecurity, according to government data from both countries. Violence linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group has increased the number of displaced […]
Royal Moroccan Armed Forced and the U.S. army launched this Monday the “African Lion-2023“, one of the major annual exercises organized in Africa to strengthen cooperation and training, enhance interoperability, and promote the exchange of military experiences. A ceremony marking the start of this military exercise was organized at the HQ of the General Staff […]