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The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) remains strong with growing operating revenues and allocable income generated since 2010 reaching $2.5 billion, the Bank Group’s Treasurer, Hassatou Diop N’sele, stated on Thursday. In 2018, the Bank earned $214 million in allocable income, 48% of which has been
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Plusieurs ministres des Finances et de l’Énergie africains ont plaidé, jeudi, pour un développement accéléré des projets d’intégration énergétique régionaux en Afrique afin de produire et distribuer une électricité de qualité, durable et plus sûre à l’échelle du continent. Les dirigeants, pour la plupart gouverneurs de la
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Toni Blackman et Polaryss, deux rappeuses américaines, ont effectué une tournée de quinze jours au Bénin dans le cadre d’un programme dénommé « Rhyme like a Beninese Girl » (Rimer comme une Jeune Béninoise, en Français). A l’occasion de cette tournée organisée par l’Ambassade des Etats-Unis près le Bénin,
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EUR 1.6 billion support for private investment, including for women and rural communities; upgrading thousands of schools and expanding long-term care provision; financing renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean transport. The European Investment Bank (EIB) approved a total of EUR 4.5 billion of new financing that will tackle
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The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of the Government of the Swiss Confederation (SECO) and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Thursday signed two agreements to fund African initiatives on the sidelines of the Bank’s 2019 Annual Meetings. SECO contributed 3 million Swiss francs to the Entrepreneurship
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The meeting came as a part of the Minister’s first official visit to Egypt, and presented an opportunity to reaffirm the strength of the UK’s defence relationship with Egypt and deepen the longstanding strategic partnership between the two countries. The Chief of UK Defence Staff’s Senior Advisor
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Three cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Uganda, resulting in one death. This marks the first cases of the deadly disease outside of neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the ongoing outbreak began in August 2018. USAID is monitoring the situation and will continue to work alongside
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Responding to the confirmation of Ebola cases in Uganda, International Development Minister and Minister for Africa, Harriett Baldwin, said: “It is devastating to hear that cases of Ebola have now been confirmed in Uganda and tragically a child has lost their life”. “The UK government has been the leading donor
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Les trois hauts responsables des Nations Unies[i] condamnent l’attaque inqualifiable du 9 juin 2019 contre le village de Sobanou-Kou, dans la région de Mopti, dans le centre du Mali, au cours de laquelle des dizaines de civils ont été tués, dont une vaste majorité de femmes et d’
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The three senior UN Official[i] condemn the unspeakable attack of 9 June 2019 against the village of Sobanou-Kou in the Mopti region of central Mali in which dozens of civilians have been killed, the vast majority being women and children. They deplore the high number of civilian casualties in
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By Dr John Murton, British Ambassador to DRC Welcome to the Queen’s Birthday Party here at the British Embassy in DRC. Today we celebrate the birthday of the world’s longest serving Head of State: our Queen for more than 67 years. To avoid this being misconstrued as an
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The Department has appointed Ambassador Donald Booth as Special Envoy for Sudan. Ambassador Booth will lead U.S. efforts to support a political solution to the current crisis that reflects the will of the Sudanese people. The Special Envoy is accompanying Assistant Secretary Tibor Nagy to meetings in Khartoum and