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The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and technology firm [Microsoft](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/philanthropies) (https://bit.ly/2LiaqcU) today launched the ‘[Coding for Employment’ digital training platform](https://coding4employment.org/) (https://Coding4Employment.org/), an online tool to provide digital skills to African youth, wherever they are
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, kicked off a three-day visit to the Central African Republic by welcoming 200 refugees newly returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a meeting with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the High Commissioner discussed the efforts needed to create conditions that would facilitate
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Regional Office for West and Central Africa, today unveils a powerful exhibition, Pour Tout l’Or du Monde (‘For All the Gold in the World’), documenting the plight of artisanal gold miners in West Africa. The exhibition, which showcases the harsh living and working
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Nigeria, which signed the landmark African Continental Free Trade Agreement in July, is this week hosting its national AfCFTA Forum on the “Effective Implementation of the AfCFTA for Industrialization and Inclusive Economic Development”. The Forum, which runs from 5-6 December 2019 in Lagos, is being co-organized with the United Nations
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Le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) est en train d’étendre une opération d’urgence déjà importante au Zimbabwe, où la sécheresse, les inondations et l’effondrement macroéconomique ont plongé 7,7 millions de personnes – la moitié de la population – dans une grave insécurité alimentaire. Des fonds sont nécessaires immédiatement pour
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Dans sa dernière édition des Perspectives énergétiques en Afrique pour 2020 (Africa Energy Outlook 2020), la Chambre africaine de l’énergie ([EnergyChamber.org](http://www.EnergyChamber.org)) appelle à des réformes fiscales soutenues pour attirer les capitaux et la technologie dans l’exploration sur le continent. En 2020, des centaines
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In its latest African Energy Outlook 2020, the African Energy Chamber ([EnergyChamber.org](http://www.EnergyChamber.org)) calls for sustained fiscal reforms to attract capital and technology into exploration in the continent. In 2020, hundreds of blocks and acreages will be up for grab across Africa, from Senegal to Nigeria
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The World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly expanding an already sizeable emergency operation in Zimbabwe where drought, flooding and macro-economic meltdown have plunged 7.7 million people – half the population – into severe hunger. Funds are required immediately if WFP is to meet the growing needs of the hardest-hit Zimbabweans. It
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With the goal of increasing sports opportunities and societal acceptance for people with disabilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross is in the midst of a major expansion of its sports programs for people with disabilities. Next year the ICRC will expand its programs into nine new countries*, bringing
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This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for increased protection for aid workers in South Sudan after this
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The Innovation Africa 2019 Summit opens today in Accra, Ghana. The event is an important platform for African decision-makers in education and ICT. The Summit is a key opportunity for Canon to continue to increase its presence on the continent Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) (www.Canon-ME.com), a
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Lux Afrique Boutique (LAB) (https://LuxAfrique.Boutique/), is the first luxury online shopping platform that offers its VIP clients an opportunity to purchase and take delivery of luxury goods anywhere in Africa. Strong ambitions Historically, luxury brands have traditionally been associated with developed nations, as a result of this, it