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African Development Bank, Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) and the German Cooperation (BMZ/GIZ) host International Workshop on Africa’s Trade Finance Market

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) (www.MFW4A.org) and the German Cooperation (BMZ/GIZ) held a two-day international workshop in Frankfurt, Germany, to improve participants’ understanding of trade financing in Africa. The workshop, themed: “The Consolidation of International Correspondent Banking Relationships in

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131 refugees evacuated out of Libya to Niger, amidst ongoing conflict in Tripoli

A group of 131 refugees were evacuated last night out of Libya to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger, run by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The evacuees were from Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan, and included 65 children under the age of eighteen. Some of the group were previously

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UNHCR Somalia stands in solidarity with millions forced to flee

On the occasion of World Refugee Day, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Somalia pays tribute to the millions of people forcibly displaced all over the world. World Refugee Day is marked on 20 June each year to highlight the courage and resilience of

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Mozambique: End five-month arbitrary detention of refugees and asylum seekers

Mozambican authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 15 Congolese refugees and asylum seekers and one Ethiopian refugee who have been in detention for nearly six months without any criminal charges filed against them, Amnesty International said today to mark World Refugee Day. The group was arbitrarily arrested on 17 January

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Botswana enters new phase of AIDS response

Botswana has reaffirmed its commitment to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 with the recent launch of two new five-year strategies. The third National Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS and the Multi-sectoral Strategy for the Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases will until 2023 guide the government’

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Rights Activists Adopt New Approach To Help Sexual Violence Survivors

On a cloudy Saturday morning in Mogadishu, 28-year-old Warsan Said Mohamed (not her real name) quietly enters the Hawa Taako 1 Centre in the Zoobe area of the Somali capital. The gender-based violence (GBV) survivor has an urgent appointment with her counselor, Fardowsa Farah, who has been treating her for

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Visite au Secrétariat Permanent du G5 SAHEL de l’Ambassadeur de la République d’Autriche accrédité en Mauritanie

SEM Klaus Kögeler Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire de la République d’Autriche en Mauritanie (avec résidence à RABAT) a effectué une visite de courtoisie au Secrétariat Permanent du G5 SAHEL à Nouakchott. Il a été reçu par M. Mikailou Sidibé (Expert Infrastructures), qui assure l’intérim du Secrétaire Permanent actuellement

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A renewed hope for livestock owners in Sudan

Musa, was one of the scores of livestock owners who brought their cattle to the vaccination centre in Wadaa in North Darfur, to be vaccinated during a vaccination programme organised by the ICRC. It was unusual that he accompanied them to the vaccination site, rather than send one of his

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UNHCR and The British Embassy supporting solidarity with refugees on World Refugee Day

On the occasion of World Refugee Day, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the British Embassy joined forces to honour the achievements and resilience of refugees and asylum-seekers in a reception at the British Ambassador’s residence on Wednesday. The attendees included Egyptian government officials, representatives of donor countries, the

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Quai d’Orsay – Communiqué technique : Sommet des deux rives

M. Jean-Yves Le Drian, ministre de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères, accueillera ses homologues, les 23 et 24 juin prochains à Marseille, à l’occasion du Sommet des deux rives / Forum de la Méditerranée. Ce sommet qui réunira personnalités de la société civile (issues d’entreprises, du monde associatif,

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USAID Administrator Mark Green’s remarks on Prosper Africa at the Corporate Council on Africa Conference

Thank you for that kind introduction, and thank you for your great leadership. And a special thanks to Florie Liser, President of the Corporate Council on Africa for inviting me to join you today. As many of you know, I served as America’s Ambassador to Tanzania, Mozambique’s beautiful

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WHO welcomes Egypt’s support to 14 African countries in their fight against hepatitis C

Egypt has announced that it would be providing hepatitis C testing and treatment for one million peo-ple in 14 African countries. Speaking at the opening of the African Hepatitis Summit 2019, currently underway in Kampala, Uganda, HE Dr Hala Zaid, the Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, stated that the