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Food Tank (www.FoodTank.com), in partnership with the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau, Farm-to-Fork Program, and the University of California, Davis, are excited to launch Farm Tank—a new, two-day summit exploring key issues that impact our global food system on Thursday, September 22, 2016, and
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Bengaluru, India
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, May 31, 2016 – The African Development Bank and the Government of the Republic of Malawi signed a grant agreement for a humanitarian emergency assistance to mitigate the effects of the 2015 floods and El Niño in 2016. The signing ceremony was hosted by Kapil Kapoor, AfDB
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The multinational oil giant Shell must not be allowed to palm off its responsibility to clean up decades of oil pollution which continues to blight the Niger Delta, said Amnesty International ahead of the Nigerian government’s long overdue clean-up of Ogoniland, due to begin on 2 June. Scores
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Today’s judgment convicting former Chadian president Hissène Habré marks a significant moment for international justice and a huge relief for the tens of thousands of victims who have waited for this day for over 25 years, said Amnesty International. Following a trial which began in July last year, the
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Bengaluru, India
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Lusaka, Zambia, May 27, 2016 – Africa’s share of manufacturing in GDP is less than half of the average for all developing countries. On Thursday, May 26, a panel discussion, “Africa – Workshop of the World”, was held during the African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB) Annual Meetings in Lusaka. The
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Lusaka, Zambia, May 27, 2016 – The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) unveiled a new resource handbook titled Understanding Power Project Financing, on the sidelines of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings, in Lusaka, Zambia. The handbook addresses the challenges and strategies of private financing of a power project with a
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Kigali, Rwanda, May 27, 2016 – On Monday, May 16, 2016, the African Development Bank (AfDB) participated in the inauguration of the 25 MW first phase of KivuWatt Methane Gas to Power complex located at the Lake Kivu in Western Rwanda, 130 kilometres from the capital Kigali. Lake Kivu, at the
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Lusaka, Zambia, May 27, 2016 – Members of the Partnership on Illicit Finance (PIF) met alongside the African Development Bank at the Bank’s Annual Meetings in Lusaka, Zambia, to publish national action plans to combat illicit finance, review member countries’ priorities for addressing illicit finance stemming from corruption and other
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Lusaka, Zambia, May 27, 2016 – In Lusaka during this week’s African Development Bank (AfDB) 2016 Annual Meetings, the Bank and the Earth Journalism Network (EJN), environmental program of the media development NGO Internews, hosted a Journalist Training Program for a selected group of African journalists. With the Annual Meetings
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Lusaka, Zambia, May 26, 2016 – The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has pledged the Bank’s support to African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), noting that its advocacy has become critical in the light of the Bank’s accountability and transparency culture. “Civil society has to