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Statement by the President of the Security Council on Libyaâ: The Security Council reaffirms its endorsement and full support for the United Nations Action Plan for Libya, reiterates its call for all Libyans to work together in a spirit of compromise in the inclusive political process under the leadership of
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Ms. Eziakonwa will succeed Abdoulaye Mar Dieye of Senegal, who has assumed the role of Director for UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. The Secretary-General is grateful to Mr. Mar Dieye for his dedication and commitment to the Organization during his term as Assistant Administrator and Director
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Distributions of World Food Programme rations have begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s Ebola-hit Equateur Province as part of an effort to support those directly affected by the latest outbreak of the deadly virus and limit risky population movements. Families of Ebola patients discharged from treatment
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It is imperative to invest in productivity improvement for the competitiveness of small businesses. This is a sector that the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has targeted for broadening economic participation. This was said by the Deputy Director-General of Special Economic Zones and Economic Transformation at the
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Statement by the President of the Security Council on Libyaâ: The Security Council reaffirms its endorsement and full support for the United Nations Action Plan for Libya, reiterates its call for all Libyans to work together in a spirit of compromise in the inclusive political process under the leadership of
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The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), is hosting the first Continental Conference for Mandela Washington Fellows in Johannesburg, South Africa June 12 – 13, 2018. Over 400 promising young leaders from 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa will gather
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Rwandans would like to wean themselves from American hand-me-downs, and the United States wants to punish them for it. Last week, the Trump administration suspended duty-free access to U.S. markets for Rwandan clothing. This may sound like inconsequential news, compared with the prospect of a trade
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Ms. Eziakonwa will succeed Abdoulaye Mar Dieye of Senegal, who has assumed the role of Director for UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. The Secretary-General is grateful to Mr. Mar Dieye for his dedication and commitment to the Organization during his term as Assistant Administrator and Director
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This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are his personal views and do not reflect those of his former employers. Returning from an early autumn vacation in Acadia National Park last year, we exited
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Leading hospitality firm, the Golden Tulip Accra Hotel pledged to further support Ghana Rugby (http://GhanaRugby.org) at a function in Accra on 5 June 2018. General Manager (GM) of Golden Tulip, Paul Kavanagh made this known when the Ghana Rugby Eagles that won the 2018 Rugby Africa Bronze Cup
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The African Development Bank ([www.AfDB.org](http://www.afdb.org/)), together with partners – The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook – launched the Coding for Employment Program at the African Innovation Summit ([www.AfricaInnovationSummit.com](http://www.africainnovationsummit.com/)) in Kigali, Rwanda. By training youth in demand-driven Information and Communications
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Agri SA remains optimistic on the agricultural sector’s contribution to the South African economy, despite a notable statistical decrease of 24,2% in the first quarter of 2018, following an increase of 37,5% in the fourth quarter of 2017. In the report Statistics South Africa said: Agriculture’s