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The Australian Government will increase its efforts to support international organisations to respond to infectious disease outbreaks in developing countries. Australia will contribute $4 million to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Contingency Fund for Emergencies to enable quick and effective mobilisation of WHO responses to outbreaks. This commitment will
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– Une amélioration de 25 % des performances portuaires de la région permettrait d’augmenter le PIB des pays d’Afrique subsaharienne de 2%. – 50% des opérateurs portuaires d’Afrique de l’Ouest estiment que les réseaux routiers ne sont pas dimensionnés pour écouler les volumes de marchandises débarquées – 2,2 milliards
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– Policy implementation has been satisfactory and the program is on track. The Board’s decision enables immediate disbursement of US$ 23.5 million to Mauritania. – The economy is recovering, with growth estimated at 3.5 percent in 2017 and projected at 3 percent in 2018. – The outlook is positive, although
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The Portfolio Committee on Communications has resolved to recommend to the National Assembly (NA) that the Minister of Communications, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane, suspends the chairperson of the Independent Communications of South Africa, Mr Rubben Mohlaloga. The recommendation is in line with Section 8 of the Icasa Act, and is made
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The Douala Consensus, a call by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) for the rapid diversification and industrialization of economies of Central African countries, continues to stimulate reflection and action by planners from the countries of the subregion. This is the particular case of Cameroon, which has just benefited
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The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services will tomorrow be briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. The committee will also be briefed on the International Crimes Bill. Details are as follows: Date: Wednesday, 30
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On May 28, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique Jose Pacheco, who arrived in Moscow on a visit following his participation in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. The two ministers discussed a whole range of issues related to the further
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One in four people has been displaced, according to Najat Rochdi, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for CAR, who said that this included areas that were formerly peaceful, such as the north and central zones. Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, Ms. Rochdi warned that severe acute malnutrition in six administrative
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A bilateral consultation by high-level civil servants of the Republic of Rwanda and the Kingdom of Belgium took place this 24 May 2018 in the framework of the permanent political dialogue initiated by the two countries in 2015. This consultation was the first of its kind at that level
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The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has resolved to reschedule an item on the naturalisation of the Gupta Family to tomorrow (30 May 2018) due to time constraints. The Committee was scheduled to receive a detailed report from the Parliamentary Legal Services on the initial information they have gathered and
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A two-day meeting of the High-Level Panel on Migration for Africa (HLPM) kicked off on 28 May in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting, which ends today (29/05), aims to develop recommendations to help build Africa’s case for facilitating safe, orderly and regular migration, and contribute to the
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Forty judges, investigators, prosecutors and social workers countrywide, among them seven women, started a five-day training in Juba – Landmark Hotel – to enhance and upgrade their professional competences in dealing with Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases in South Sudan. The training, funded by the Kingdom of Netherlands, is