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7 April 2020
https://allafrica.com
The appeal Africa's ministers of finance made to bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners after their online conferences of March 19 and 31, 2020, for the alleviation of their debt, has begun receiving positive responses.
7 April 2020
www.africanreview.com
The Bureau of the sixth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) has met and adopted an action plan establishing important priorities for implementing crucial messages
7 April 2020
www.regionalcommissions.org
Over 41 African countries are now hit with the Coronavirus. The numbers have gone from below 70 people affected ten days ago, to over 1,200 as of March 22, 2020. Recognizing the impact that the COVID-19 is having and is going to have on African economies, an African Ministers of Finance web conference hosted and organized by the Economic Commission for Africa, to discuss its COVID-19 impact on...
6 April 2020
https://fr.allafrica.com
L'appel lancé par les ministres africains des finances lors de leurs réunions par visioconférence des 19 et 31 mars 2020, organisées par la Commission Economique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA), pour l'allègement de leur dette auprès des partenaires bilatéraux, multilatéraux et commerciaux commence à enregistrer des échos positifs.
5 April 2020
punchng.com
A former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has supported the call by African ministers of finance to seek for debt relief from bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners to cushion the negative impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economies of countries within the region.
5 April 2020
www.independent.co.uk
Africa is facing the “complete collapse of economies and livelihoods” unless the spread of coronavirus can be contained, UN official Ahunna Eziakonwa has warned.
5 April 2020
www.dtnpf.com
Some of Uganda's poorest people used to work here, on the streets of Kampala, as fruit sellers sitting on the pavement or as peddlers of everything from handkerchiefs to roasted peanuts.
5 April 2020
www.capitalethiopia.com
African Ministers of Finance held a second virtual meeting, against the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases in Africa. The meeting was hosted by Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, and co-chaired by Ministers Tito Mboweni of South Africa and Ken Ofori-Atta of Ghana.
4 April 2020
fr.cameroonmagazine.com
Les 11 grandes économies africaines, en l’occurrence le Nigeria, l’Afrique du Sud, l’Egypte, l’Algérie, l’Angola, l’Ethiopie, le Kenya, la Cote d’Ivoire, le Ghana, la Zambie et le Mozambique, feront face à des déficits budgétaires énormes, selon la Commission économique africaine (CEA) de l’ONU. Ces prévisions interviennent alors que le nombre des infections du Covid-19 en Afrique continuent d’...
4 April 2020
southerntimesafrica.com
Coronavirus hit African economies may get relief as multilateral and bilateral financial institutions are considering availing US$100 billion to counter devastating effects of the plague.
4 April 2020
www.batimes.com.ar
Some of Uganda's poorest people used to work here, on the streets of Kampala, as fruit sellers sitting on the pavement or as peddlers of everything from handkerchiefs to roasted peanuts.
4 April 2020
news.aniamey.com
Il n’est pas resté insensible devant la crise à coronavirus qui décime l’humanité et menace l’Afrique, son continent. L’ex-patron de Crédit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, œuvre à sa manière pour contribuer à freiner cette pandémie, notamment sa propagation dans les pays africains.
4 April 2020
www.foxnews.com
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed also warns of ‘existential threat’ to way of life
Africa is facing the “complete collapse of economies and livelihoods” unless the spread of coronavirus can be contained, UN official Ahunna Eziakonwa has warned.
3 April 2020
www.marketscreener.com
Signed by 52 African countries, the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), judging by the number of participating countries, is the most important trade agreement since the creation of the World Trade Organisation.
2 April 2020
www.webmanagercenter.com
” L’économie africaine est confrontée à un ralentissement profond et synchronisé et ne pourra s’en remettre qu’au bout de trois ans “. C’est ce qu’estiment les ministres africains en charge de l’Economie et des Finances, réunis à Addis Abeba par visioconférence, mardi 31 mars 2020.
2 April 2020
www.press.et
The outbreak of COVID-19 is having impact on Ethiopia’s investment activities and import-export trade, Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) said.
2 April 2020
www.wsws.org
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the African continent as of Wednesday was 6,261 with over 200 fatalities.
2 April 2020
www.china.org.cn
African ministers of finance have urged immediate emergency financing of 100 billion U.S. dollars to deal with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on the continent.
2 April 2020
thenationonlineng.net
AFRICAN Ministers of Finance have launched a coordinated attempt to secure $100 billion debt relief following the economic impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the continent.
2 April 2020
https://afriquinfos.com
Sous l’égide de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA), les ministres africains des finances ont tenu mardi une visioconférence où il était question de l’urgence de débloquer des fonds pour riposter contre le Covid-19 alors qu’il s’étend sur le continent.
2 April 2020
www.leconomistemaghrebin.com
Les ministres africains des Finances se réunissaient mardi, à Addis-Abeba, en visioconférence. Ils réclament un financement d’urgence de 100 milliards de dollars pour combattre le COVID-19.
2 April 2020
http://northafricapost.com
African finance ministers have requested the support of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Union for bilateral, multilateral and commercial debt relief amid the coronavirus crisis.
2 April 2020
www.thetidenewsonline.com
Ministers of Finance in Africa have called for debt relief from bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners to ensure that African countries get the fiscal space required to deal with the COVID-19 crisis.
2 April 2020
www.thisdaylive.com
Ministers of Finance from Nigeria and other African countries have called for debt relief from bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners, due to the ravaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has plunged the world into an economic crisis.
2 April 2020
www.press.et
አለማችን ልትፋለመው አቅም ባነሳት ‹‹ኮሮና›› የተሰኘ ገዳይ ወረርሽኝ ክፉኛ መፈተኗን ቀጥላለች። ቀናት አልፈው፣ ሳምንታት ቢተኩና ወራት ቢፈራረቁም ወረርሽኙን በተመለከተ እያደር አስደንጋጭ፣አሳዛኝና ተስፋ አስቆራጭ እንጂ በጎና አስደሳች ዜና መስማት አልሆነላትም።
ከቻይናዋ ውሃን ግዛት የተነሳው ወረርሽኝ በአሁን ወቅት ሰው ከማይኖርበት አንታርክቲክ ውጪ ሁሉንም የዓለማችንን አህጉራት በማዳረስ የምድራችን ዋነኛ የጤና ስጋት ሆኗል።