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11 March 2019
https://allafrica.com
United Nations staff in Ethiopia gathered today at the UN Conference Centre for a minute of silence and a flag lowering ceremony in memory of the 19 United Nations personnel killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 Sunday. The solemn gathering was led by the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Aeneas Chuma.
10 March 2019
https://punchng.com
The United Nations has expressed profound shock and dismay over the crash of Ethiopian Airlines plane on Sunday morning. The global body stated this in a statement issued by the Communications Section of Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on behalf of Ms Vera Songwe, the executive secretary of ECA.
10 March 2019
https://noticieros.televisa.com
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) expresó este domingo su tristeza por la muerte de los 157 pasajeros del accidente aéreo de Etiopía, entre los que había varios trabajadores de la organización internacional cuyo número aún no se ha concretado.
10 March 2019
https://www.thenational.ae
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has declared Monday a day of mourning after dozens of aid workers, doctors, UN officials and World Food Programme staff were killed in a plane crash minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa airport.
10 March 2019
www.lavanguardia.com
Naciones Unidas expresó este domingo su tristeza por la muerte de los 157 pasajeros del accidente aéreo de Etiopía, entre los que había varios trabajadores de la organización internacional cuyo número aún no se ha concretado.
10 March 2019
www.infobae.com
El accidente aéreo ocurrido este domingo en Etiopía dejó un saldo de 157 muertos. Diecinueve personas que trabajaban para varias agencias u organizaciones afiliadas a la ONU se encuentran entre las víctimas.
10 March 2019
www.thisdaylive.com
The United Nations (UN) has expressed profound shock and dismay over the crash of Ethiopian Airlines plane on Sunday morning.
10 March 2019
www.railwaysafrica.com
Africa has to innovate if the continent is to create sufficient decent jobs for its growing youthful population, Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe.
10 March 2019
www.thisdaylive.com
The United Nations (UN) has expressed profound shock and dismay over the crash of Ethiopian Airlines plane on Sunday morning.
8 March 2019
www.itnewsafrica.com
Africa will not fully develop if hundreds of millions of its people continue to live without electricity, Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said Thursday.
8 March 2019
www.newsghana.com.gh
African experts and policymakers on Thursday urged African countries to further expand investment in electricity production so as to drive the continent’s development.
8 March 2019
www.agenceafrique.com
Une table-ronde organisée par la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et la Banque mondiale sur les emplois et la transformation économique en Afrique, s’est tenue cette semaine à Addis-Abeba, en Ethiopie.
Cette rencontre s’est penchée sur trois domaines prioritaires à savoir, la transformation numérique, le commerce et les chaînes de valeur mondiales et le capital humain pour l’emploi.
8 March 2019
www.infoafrica.it
AFRICA – “L’Africa non si svilupperà mai pienamente se centinaia di milioni di persone continueranno a vivere senza accesso all’elettricità”: così ha detto la segretaria esecutiva della Commissione economica per l’Africa delle Nazioni Unite (UNECA), Vera Songwe.
8 March 2019
www.wakatsera.com
L’Afrique doit innover pour créer suffisamment d’emplois décents pour sa population jeune et croissante, déclare ce mardi, la Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe.
8 March 2019
fr.allafrica.com
L'Afrique doit innover pour créer suffisamment d'emplois décents pour sa population jeune et croissante, déclare ce mardi, la Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe.
7 March 2019
www.cope.es
El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, UE y Cooperación, Josep Borrell, ha inaugurado este jueves en Addis Abeba la conferencia de embajadores españoles en el continente africano para presentarles el recién aprobado III Plan África, que enmarca la estrategia española para la región.
7 March 2019
www.africanews.com
Africa will not fully develop if hundreds of millions of its people continue to live without electricity, Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said Thursday.
7 March 2019
reussirbusiness.com
Avec la croissance démographique de l’Afrique, estimée à 1,7 milliard d’habitants d’ici 2030, un taux de croissance de plus de 8% par an est nécessaire pour créer au moins 120 millions d’emplois pour les jeunes entrant sur le marché du travail d’ici à 2030, a soutenu la Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe.
7 March 2019
www.devdiscourse.com
Addressing a Res4Africa business-to-government high-level workshop on accelerating the renewable energy transition in Ethiopia, Ms Songwe said energy was at the heart of development and access to electricity would lift productivity within and across sectors.
6 March 2019
https://allafrica.com
Strategic logistics are an important consideration in the long term planning and development of Africa’s regional transport infrastructure. Big data analysis show that seven key African corridors represent 3% of land, yet account for 20% of the population and 17% of all economic activity on the continent. These same corridors account for two-fifths of consumers, one-third of youth and of those...
6 March 2019
www.politicalanalysis.co.za
Africa has to innovate if the continent is to create sufficient decent jobs for its growing youthful population, Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, said.
6 March 2019
allafrica.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Bank on Tuesday hosted a Roundtable Workshop on Jobs and Economic Transformation to further the dialogue on employment creation and economic transformation in Africa as part of the International Development Association (IDA) replenishment process.
6 March 2019
www.financialafrik.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et la Banque mondiale ont organisé ce mardi, une table ronde sur l’emploi et la transformation économique dans le but d’approfondir le dialogue sur la création d’emplois et la transformation économique en Afrique en tant que processus de reconstitution de l’Association internationale de développement (IDA).