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22 October 2018
www.lejecos.com
Prenant la parole lors d’une réunion de représentants permanents africains basés à Addis-Abeba, Songwe indique que la plupart des pays africains sont confrontés à des problèmes similaires dans un contexte mondial de plus en plus difficile.
22 October 2018
www.aise.it
Mercoledì, alle 9, si terrà alla Farnesina la conferenza “La transizione alle energie Rinnovabili in Africa: quali implicazioni?”.
22 October 2018
www.esteri.it
Mercoledì 24 ottobre 2018, alle ore 9.00, si terrà alla Farnesina la conferenza “La transizione alle energie Rinnovabili in Africa: quali implicazioni?”.
22 October 2018
www.maghrebemergent.info
Accra, Ghana, le 18 octobre 2018 (CEA) – Les ministres et hauts fonctionnaires responsables de la population en Afrique se sont réunis les 4 et 5 octobre 2018, à Accra, au Ghana et ont approuvé un rapport continental sur l’examen quinquennal de la mise en œuvre de la Déclaration d’Addis-Abeba sur la population et le développement (AADPD).
22 October 2018
www.bizcommunity.africa
Ratifications are moving ahead, if slowly, on the newly signed African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) - the world's largest free trade agreement (with the most member countries) since the founding of the World Trade Organization.
21 October 2018
Capital (local newspaper)
20 October 2018
www.afriqmax.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) s’efforce de devenir un groupe de réflexion de premier plan sur lequel l’Afrique peut compter pour relever certains de ses défis sociaux, économiques et environnementaux, a déclaré jeudi à Addis-Abeba, sa secrétaire exécutive, Vera Songwe.
19 October 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Vera Songwe on Thursday called on African countries to rely on the ECA as a premier think tank to address some of the continent's social, economic and environmental challenges.
19 October 2018
swahili.cri.cn
Katibu mtendaji wa Kamati ya uchumi wa Afrika ya Umoja wa Mataifa ECA Bibi Vera Songwe ametoa wito kwa nchi za Afrika kuichukulia kamati hiyo kama mshauri bingwa katika kukabiliana na changamoto za kijamii, kiuchumi na kimazingira.
19 October 2018
www.ippmedia.com
This came on Wednesday at a seminar held under the theme, "Working towards a New Era of China-Africa Cooperation in the Spirit of Unity, Cooperation and Common Development," in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. The event was focusing on China-Africa all-round cooperation in light of its flourishing development over the past years.
19 October 2018
www.namibian.com.na
This is according to the latest statistics provided by Charles Abugre, a non-executive board member of the Tax Justice Network, on Wednesday.
19 October 2018
www.prensa-latina.cu
Addis Abeba, 19 oct (PL) La secretaria ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica de Naciones Unidas para África (ECA), Vera Songwe, resaltó hoy que la unidad de los países de la región es clave para abordar los desafíos de crecimiento.
19 October 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
President Paul Kagame on Thursday reshuffled the cabinet, making broad and major changes in a trimmed cabinet, in which women comprise 50 per cent.
19 October 2018
encomium.ng
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is working hard to ensure it becomes a premier think tank that Africa can rely on to address some of its social, economic and environmental challenges, Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said, Wednesday.
19 October 2018
www.busiweek.com
Ministers and senior government officials-in-charge of population in Africa met in Accra, Ghana, from 4 to 5 October 2018 and endorsed a continental report of the five-year review of the implementation of the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development (AADPD).
19 October 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
African officials have reiterated that the recent summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held last month in Beijing, China, and its outcomes show the commitment by China and Africa to continuously enhance their partnership in the new era, based on win-win and shared benefits.
19 October 2018
www.businesspost.ng
“For my administration, fighting corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in Nigeria is non-negotiable,” President Muhammadu Buhari has assured former President of South Africa and Chair of the AU/ECA High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki.
19 October 2018
amediaagency.com
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is working hard to ensure it becomes a premier think tank that Africa can rely on to address some of its social, economic and environmental challenges, Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said, Wednesday.
18 October 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
Diplomats accredited to the African Union in Addis Ababa on Wednesday held a one-day retreat with staff members of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), which aimed at strengthening the collaboration between the AU and the United Nations entity.
18 October 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
African officials have reiterated that the recent summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held last month in Beijing, China, and its outcomes show the commitment by China and Africa to continuously enhance their partnership in the new era, based on win-win and shared benefits.
18 October 2018
www.china.org.cn
African officials have reiterated that the recent summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held last month in Beijing, China, and its outcomes show the commitment by China and Africa to continuously enhance their partnership in the new era, based on win-win and shared benefits.
18 October 2018
http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/10/africa-remains-resolute-heading-cop-24/
In December 2015, nations of the world took a giant step to combat climate change through the landmark Paris Agreement. But African experts who met in Nairobi, Kenya at last week’s Seventh Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA VII) say the rise of far-right wing and nationalist movements in the West are threatening the collapse of the agreement.
18 October 2018
www.africanews.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is working hard to ensure it becomes a premier think tank that Africa can rely on to address some of its social, economic and environmental challenges, Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said, Wednesday.
18 October 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) s’efforce de devenir un groupe de réflexion de premier plan sur lequel l’Afrique peut compter pour relever certains de ses défis sociaux, économiques et environnementaux, a déclaré jeudi à Addis-Abeba, sa secrétaire exécutive, Vera Songwe.S’exprimant lors d’une réunion de représentants permanents africains basés à Addis-Abeba, Mme Songwe a déclaré que...