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Face aux Urgences Humanitaires, 1,2 million de personnes ont besoin d’assistance au Burkina Faso

Le Burkina Faso fait face à des urgences humanitaires sans précédent du fait de la persistante de l’insécurité dans les régions du Centre-Nord, de l’Est et du Nord. Alors que 1,2 million de personnes ont urgemment besoin d’assistance, le Gouvernement et la communauté humanitaire ont

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Facing a Humanitarian Emergency, 1.2 Million people need assistance in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is facing an unprecedented humanitarian emergency caused by persistent insecurity in the Centre-Nord, Est and Nord regions. With 1.2 million people in critical need of assistance, the Government and the humanitarian community today launched an Emergency Plan appealing for $100 million to provide food, water, shelter,

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UN women’s rights committee to review Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Botswana, Colombia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Serbia, and the United Kingdom

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from February 18 to March 8 to review women’s rights in the following countries: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Botswana, Colombia, Ethiopia, Serbia, and the United Kingdom. On Friday, February 22 from 15:00-18:

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L’Agence de presse Anadolu a fait mention, à tort, d’une grève qui aurait eu lieu au port d’Alger et f ait référence à la Concession de DP World Djazair

Alger, Algérie 14 février 2019 : Le 13 février, l’Agence de presse Anadolu a fait mention, à tort, d’une grève qui aurait eu lieu au port d’Alger et fait référence à la Concession de DP World (www.DPWorld.com) Djazair. Un porte-parole de DP World a déclaré

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Prime Minister Abiy receives further support for reforms in latest whistle-stop tour of Europe

Prime Minister Abiy led an Ethiopian delegation on a three-nation European Tour, in Italy where they met the President and the Pope, Davos where the Prime Minister addressed global leaders at the World Economic Forum and Brussels for meetings with the European Union Commission. Abiy’s last European tour

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Launch of the first ever Africa Protected Areas Congress

This year’s Valentine day was marked on Thursday with special African flavour that saw the launch of the first-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) ([www.APA-Congress.org](http://www.apa-congress.org)) at Nairobi National Park’s historic Ivory Burning Site. Kenya’s Principal Secretary – State Department

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African Private Sector leaders take the lead to rewrite Africa’s healthcare narrative with support from African Heads of State

GBCHealth (www.GBCHealth.org), Aliko Dangote Foundation (www.Dangote.com/foundation) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (www.UNECA.org) jointly held the inaugural Africa Business: Health Forum ([www.AfricaBusinessHealthForum.com](http://www.africabusinesshealthforum.com/)) on the margins of the 32nd African Union Summit. It brought together leaders from

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Des leaders du secteur privé africain prennent l’initiative de transformer les soins de santé en Afrique, av ec l’appui de chefs d’État africains

GBCHealth ([www.GBCHealth.org](http://www.gbchealth.org/)), la Fondation Aliko Dangote (www.Dangote.com/foundation) et la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique ([www.UNECA.org](http://www.uneca.org/)), ont organisé conjointement le premier Forum Africa Business: Health Forum ([www.AfricaBusinessHealthForum.com](http://www.africabusinesshealthforum.com/

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DHL Global Connectedness Index: Globalization hits new record high

International flows of trade, capital, information and people all intensified significantly for the first time since 2007; ÂMauritius is sub-Saharan Africa’s most connected country; ÂMozambique named as one of the countries where international flows most exceed expectations DHL (www.DHL.com) released the fifth edition of the DHL

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U.S. Embassy brings DEA to workshop with Namibian Drug Enforcement Division officials

The U.S. Embassy Regional Security Office and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently offered a workshop to the Namibian Police Force-Drug Enforcement Division which included a regional overview and a discussion of drug trafficking trends. The DEA also provided drug testing kits to the Drug Enforcement Division.

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A Embaixada de Portugal, na sua condição de representação local da União Europeia (UE) em São To mé e Príncipe, informa que a UE reforçou a sua cooperação com São Tomé e Príncipe

O Comissário Europeu para a Cooperação Internacional e o Desenvolvimento, Neven Mimica, e o Primeiro-Ministro santomense, Jorge Bom Jesus, assinaram um reforço complementar ao Programa Indicativo Nacional (PIN), no valor de 7 milhões de Euros. Referida assinatura teve lugar no âmbito da 32ª Cimeira da União Africana, que decorreu

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UNHCR delighted as major human rights award presented to a Sudanese refugee

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is delighted that Mr. Abdulaziz Muhamat has received the 2019 Martin Ennals Award at the ceremony in Geneva today. Recognized as a true leader, human rights and humanitarian advocate, Mr. Muhamat has tirelessly cared for fellow refugees, and eloquently drawn the world’s attention to