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Reports released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in South Sudan show a decline in the number of people in two of the country’s largest displacement hubs: Wau and Bentiu displacement sites. Recent headcounts indicate that 114,330 people are residing in Bentiu UN Mission in South Sudan
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) received a mandate in December 2016 to help rescue vulnerable migrants from Ghana stranded en route to Europe. The plan was to bring 650 men and women home within three years. This week IOM met – and exceeded – that initial target, bringing home its 1001st
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ECA’s Executive Secretary Vera Songwe signed on Wednesday 30 January an agreement in preparation for the organization of the 52nd Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in the Kingdom of Morocco. The signing ceremony was jointly chaired with the Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance
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“We often allow statisticians to sit on their own and make decisions on required data without the involvement of development planners,” said Oliver Chinganya, Director of the Africa Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). “This has always created problems with setting up national development plans
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The Special Representative of the Secretary – General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded on Thursday 31 January a two-week pre-electoral mission to Nigeria. The mission, which took place from 21 to 31 January, included extensive discussions with Nigerian
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Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Représentant spécial du Secrétaire-général et Chef du Bureau des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel (UNOWAS), a achevé, le jeudi 31 janvier, une mission pré-électorale au Nigéria. La mission, qui s’est déroulée du 21 au 31 janvier, a vu la tenue
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The world’s largest thin-film solar power solution company, Hanergy Thin Film Power Group (00566.hk) (en.Hanergy.com) has signed an MOU investment cooperation agreement with Ajlan & Bros on Monday (Jan. 28) in launching the first solar thin-film industrial park in the Middle East region. The total investment
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Vice President Vincent Meriton of the Republic of Seychelles arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, 30 January, 2019 to receive two Wave Rider Inshore Patrol Craft (WRIPC) donated by the Government of Sri Lanka to the Government of Seychelles. The handing over Ceremony of the Patrol Craft will be held
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The Government of Japan and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco will commence negotiations for the tax convention between the two countries. The first round of negotiations will take place from February 4, 2019 in Tokyo. Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/commencement-of-negotiations-for-the-tax-convention-with-the-kingdom-of-morocco?lang=en The Government of
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A country that is a signatory to the UN Convention on International Civil Aviation is obligated to issue the necessary travel documents to its citizens under deportation orders from another country. Under Section 243(d) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act, when a country is determined to be
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Following a productive meeting on the margins of the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in December 2018, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Teodor-Viorel MeleÈcanu, Romania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Romania will supply transport helicopters to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
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À la suite d’une rencontre productive en marge de la réunion des ministres des Affaires étrangères de l’OTAN en décembre 2018, la ministre des Affaires étrangères, l’honorable Chrystia Freeland, et le ministre des Affaires étrangères de la Roumanie, Teodor-Viorel MeleÈcanu, ont annoncé aujourd’hui que la Roumanie