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#AIS2018: Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), will join the Africa Innovation Summit from the 6th to 8th of June, 2018 at Kigali, Rwanda

Vera Songwe is currently Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. She is also, since 2011, a non-resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institute: Global Development and Africa Growth Initiative. From 2015 to 2017, she worked at the International Finance Corporation as Regional Director for Africa

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#AIS2018: Samba Bathily, Founder & CEO of Africa Development Solutions (ADS), will join the Africa Innovation Summit from the 6th to 8th of June, 2018 at Kigali, Rwanda

Samba Bathily a national of Mali and a global African entrepreneur and pioneer in sustainable clean energy and solar solutions. He is Founder of [Africa Development Solutions](http://adsglobalcorp.com/) (ADS) (http://ADSglobalcorp.com), Co-Founder and CFO of Akon Lighting Africa and CEO of [Solektra International](http://solektra-international.

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#AIS2018: Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic Advisor of Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative, will join the Africa Innovation Summit from the 6th to 8th of June, 2018 at Kigali, Rwanda

Obiageli Ezekwesili (popularly known as Oby Ezekwesili) is Senior Economic Advisor to the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative. She was a co-founder of Transparency International, serving as one of the pioneer directors of the global anti-corruption body based in Berlin, Germany. She served as Federal Minister of Solid

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#AIS2018: Hamadoun Toure, CEO of SMART Africa, will join the Africa Innovation Summit from the 6th to 8th of June, 2018 at Kigali, Rwanda

Dr. Hamadoun Toure, a national of Mali was appointed as Founding Executive Director of SMART Africa Alliance and he took office in January 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. He was Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to information and communication technologies

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Déclaration attribuable au porte-parole du Secrétaire général sur le meurtre d’un Casque bleu de la MINUSC A en République centrafricaine

Déclaration attribuable au porte-parole du Secrétaire général sur le meurtre d’un Casque bleu de la MINUSCA en République centrafricaine : Le Secrétaire général condamne le meurtre d’un Casque bleu rwandais ainsi que les blessures infligées à huit autres membres de la Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations Unies pour

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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the killing of a MINUSCA peacekeeper in the Central African Republic

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the killing of a MINUSCA peacekeeper in the Central African Republic: The Secretary-General condemns the killing of a Rwandan peacekeeper and the wounding of eight others of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic

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Seychelles: First Ambassador to the Republic of Columbia Accredited

The first Ambassador to the Republic of Columbia to the Republic of Seychelles, H.E. Ms Maria Eugenia Correa, presented her credentials to President Danny Faure at State House today. President Faure congratulated the new Ambassador and said that he is confident that this accreditation will give impetus to the

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Press Statement by Heather Nauert, Department Spokesperson: Presidential Proclamation Lifts Travel Restrictions for Chad

Press Statement by Heather Nauert, Department Spokesperson: Presidential Proclamation Lifts Travel Restrictions for Chad: President Donald J. Trump announced today April 10, 2018) the lifting of travel restrictions for Chadian nationals following a period of review in which the Government of Chad improved their identity-management and information sharing practices.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation condemns killing of six guards in Virunga National Park

The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, today (April 10, 2018) condemed the deadly attack perpetrated on 9 April against the staff of the Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, during which six guards and their driver lost their lives. “I condemn this deadly attack on six guards

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La Mission de maintien de la paix des Nations Unies au Mali prête à appuyer les autorités maliennes pour mener des enquêtes indépendantes et transparentes suite aux dernières allégations de violations des droits de l ’homme dans le centre du Mali

Suite à l’annonce le 6 avril, de la Direction de l’information et des relations publiques des armées faisant état de 14 personnes tuées par les Forces armées maliennes lors d’une présumée tentative d’évasion, à Dioura (région de Mopti), le ministère de la Défense et des anciens

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Pursuing peace and stability in the Great Lakes region

Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region: Thank you very much indeed Mr President. I wanted to take the floor because we are at an important point in this region, but I also wanted

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Les services du Fonds monétaire international achèvent une visite au Niger

– Un accord a été convenu avec les autorités, au niveau des services du FMI, sur des politiques économiques et financières susceptibles d’appuyer la conclusion de la deuxième revue du programme. – L’activité économique a progressé de 4,9% en 2017, avec une croissance de 5,2% attendue pour 2018.