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5 June 2020
www.challenge.ma
La facture du confinement engendré par la pandémie du coronavirus en Afrique est plutôt salée. Selon les données disponibles, les Etats africains ont perdu plus de 100 milliards de dollars de recettes fiscales pendant le confinement.
5 June 2020
www.economist.com
It is almost a law of nature. Just as the female praying mantis eats her mate after copulation, so too can borrowers and lenders fall swiftly out of love. One minute they are sweetly wooing each other to consummate a deal. Then, the moment it is done, they are at each other’s throats.
5 June 2020
www.lepoint.fr/
Le Pnud et le gouvernement ivoirien publient une enquête de terrain riche d'enseignements sur les effets de la pandémie sur les ménages.
5 June 2020
www.mapexpress.ma
Le coût du confinement en Afrique s’élève mensuellement à 09 milliards de dollars, a affirmé la Secrétaire Exécutive de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA) des Nations Unies, Mme Vera Songwe.
4 June 2020
https://afriquinfos.com
Extrême pauvreté en Afrique | Selon ses projections, la COVID-19 pourrait pousser 29 millions de personnes dans la pauvreté extrême en Afrique selon la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) a fait savoir mercredi que la pandémie actuelle de pourrait selon ses projections.
4 June 2020
https://africa.cgtn.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday projected that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could push 29 million people into extreme poverty across Africa.
4 June 2020
www.xinhuanet.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday projected that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could push 29 million people into extreme poverty across Africa.
4 June 2020
http://french.peopledaily.com.cn
La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA) a fait savoir mercredi que la pandémie actuelle de COVID-19 pourrait selon ses projections pousser 29 millions de personnes dans la pauvreté extrême en Afrique.
4 June 2020
www.aa.com.tr
Africa has reported 108 COVID-19 related deaths over the past 24 hours taking the total death toll to 4,609, an update released by the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said.
4 June 2020
www.businessdailyafrica.com
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on May 11 suggested that there are three ways the Covid-19 pandemic could actually spark a better future for Africa. The three sparks that could light a flame include: strengthening the health sectors, rethinking social protection for the vulnerable and industrialisation.
3 June 2020
www.aa.com.tr
La secretaria ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para África de Naciones Unidas, Vera Songwe, resaltó que los países africanos deberían centrarse más en las pruebas y menos en los confinamientos.
3 June 2020
www.mapexpress.ma
La Secrétaire générale adjointe de l’ONU et Secrétaire Exécutive de la Commission des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA-ONU), Mme Vera Songwe, a souligné la nécessité de «placer dès maintenant les jalons de la reprise post COVID-19» dans le Continent.
3 June 2020
https://fr.allafrica.com
« Nous ne savons pas encore combien de temps la crise du COVID19 va durer, mais il est nécessaire de placer, dès aujourd'hui, les jalons de la reprise », a indiqué mardi 2 juin Vera Songwe, Secrétaire général adjoint de l'ONU et Secrétaire Exécutive de la CEA à l'occasion d'un webinaire organisé sous le thème « Repenser l'économie et son enseignement en Afrique post-...
3 June 2020
https://allafrica.com
"We are yet to know how long the COVID-19 crisis will last, but we need to set the milestones for recovery now" said UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ECA Vera Songwe on Tuesday June 2, at a webinar on "Rethinking the economy and academic paradigms in post-COVID19 Africa".
2 June 2020
www.trthaber.com
Birleşmiş Milletler Afrika Ekonomi Komisyonu Genel Sekreteri Vera Songwe, konuya ilişkin yaptığı açıklamada, kıtadaki karantina uygulamalarının büyüme oranını düşürdüğünü ve yoksulluğu artırdığını söyledi.
2 June 2020
www.aa.com.tr
The novel coronavirus has impacted Africa in at least three ways: the loss of an estimated $69 billion since the lockdown started, a drop in the growth forecast and a deepening of poverty, the executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.
2 June 2020
https://en.haberler.com
The novel coronavirus has impacted Africa in at least three ways: the loss of an estimated $69 billion since the lockdown started, a drop in the growth forecast and a deepening of poverty, the executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.
28 May 2020
www.un.org/africarenewal
Leading experts on Africa’s development have said that the speed and scope of the continent’s post-COVID-19 recovery will depend on the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA).
28 May 2020
https://lanation.dj/
Comme dans plusieurs contrées du globe, les pays d’Afrique assouplissent progressivement les mesures de confinement pour arriver à un déconfinement total dans les semaines ou mois à venir. Alors que la pandémie avance toujours, des experts en débat à l’initiative de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) appellent à des stratégies efficaces tant sur le plan social qu’économique pour...
26 May 2020
www.ansa.it
La Farnesina celebra oggi, in tempi di coronavirus, la Giornata dell'Africa, anniversario della nascita dell'Organizzazione dell'Unità Africana (oggi Unione Africana) e l'amicizia e la solidarietà fra Africa e Italia, con una maratona virtuale di video. Il programma della giornata, su impulso della vice ministra Emanuela Del Re, d'intesa con il ministro Luigi Di Maio,...
26 May 2020
https://allafrica.com
"It is the willingness of ordinary people across Africa to step up and do the right things--from social distancing to new sanitary habits--that has kept the virus contained."
25 May 2020
www.modernghana.com
The Transformation Leadership Panel (TLP), an initiative of the Africa Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), will meet on the 27th of May to review COVID-19 interventions in Africa, share lessons from their own institutions and consider new avenues for more collaborative action in support of Africa’s governments.
22 May 2020
https://afrique.latribune.fr/
Mardi 19 mai, le New York Forum Institute (NYF-Institute) organisait une table-ronde virtuelle qui a rassemblé 5 présidents africains. Entre résilience, dette et inquiétudes du monde post Covid-19, les Chefs d'Etat en appellent à un « nouvel ordre mondial » reposant sur davantage de solidarité, dans un plus strict respect de l'environnement.