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18 October 2018
allafrica.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).
18 October 2018
foreignpolicy.com
The security guard at Malawi Mangoes’ registered address at an office at the St Louis Business Centre in downtown Port Louis is not sure if we’re in the right place. The staff at the front desk are bewildered by our request to speak to someone from the company. The otherwise modest office block has flat-screen televisions on the walls and glossy magazines with titles like Savile Row and Family...
18 October 2018
reliefweb.int
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.journalducameroun.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, ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said,Speaking at a retreat of African permanent representatives based in Addis Ababa, Ms. Songwe said most African countries were facing similar issues in an ever-more...
17 October 2018
fr.africanews.com
Des institutions internationales dont l’Union africaine, ont félicité ce mercredi 17 octobre, le Premier ministre éthiopien pour avoir nommé une équipe composée autant d’hommes que de femmes. Abiy Ahmed vient de s’affirmer comme un adepte de la parité absolue
17 October 2018
www.voice-online.co.uk
The country’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed announced the changes, which come more than six months after he took up office, to his cabinet yesterday (October 16).
17 October 2018
www.dakarmidi.net
Des institutions internationales dont l’Union africaine, ont félicité ce mercredi 17 octobre, le Premier ministre éthiopien pour avoir nommé une équipe composée autant d’hommes que de femmes. Abiy Ahmed vient de s’affirmer comme un adepte de la parité absolue.
17 October 2018
www.unenvironment.org
Antonio Pedro is Director of the UN Economic Commission for Africa’s Sub-regional Office for Central Africa, and one of the lead authors of soon to be published report titled “Mineral resource governance in the 21st century: Gearing extractive industries towards sustainable development”. UN Environment interviewed Mr. Pedro to find out what mineral resource governance is and why it matters.
17 October 2018
www.tralac.org
Intra-African trade is low (at 16.7% according to 2016 tralac analysis) compared to intra-regional trade in other parts of the world.
17 October 2018
Zambia Daily Mail
16 October 2018
fr.allafrica.com
Abuja, Nigéria, le 11 octobre 2018 - (CEA) - « Pour mon administration, la lutte contre la corruption et les Flux financiers illicites au Nigéria n’est pas négociable », déclare Muhammadu Buhari, Président de la République fédérale du Nigéria, à Thabo Mbeki, ancien Président de la République sud-africaine et Président du Groupe de haut niveau UA / CEA sur les Flux financiers illicites en...
16 October 2018
www.gaboninitiatives.com
Le très actif, Fabrice Ntchango, Coordonnateur Nation du PACJA-Gabon et Directeur des Programmes du Réseau des Organisation de l’Economie Verte en Afrique Centrale (ROSCEVAC), a révélé lors de sa participation le 10 octobre dernier, à Nairobi au Kenya, lors de la 7ème Conférence sur les changements climatiques et le développement en Afrique que ...
16 October 2018
www.coastweek.com
A three-day pan African conference kicked off in Nairobi on Wednesday to explore new ways to boost climate resilience in a continent suffering from the negative impacts of rising atmospheric temperatures.
16 October 2018
amediaagency.com
Ethiopia, October 16, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- “For my administration, fighting corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in Nigeria is non-gegotiable’, This was the statement by Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Thabo Mbeki, former President of the Republic of South Africa and Chair of the AU/ECA High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from...
16 October 2018
fr.allafrica.com
«Pour mon administration, la lutte contre la corruption et les Flux financiers illicites au Nigéria n'est pas négociable», déclare Muhammadu Buhari, Président de la République fédérale du Nigéria, à Thabo Mbeki, ancien Président de la République sud-africaine et Président du Groupe de haut niveau UA / CEA sur les Flux financiers illicites en provenance d'Afrique.
16 October 2018
www.gaboninitiatives.com
Nairobi (Kenya), 16 octobre 2018 (GabonInitiatives) – Le très actif, Fabrice Ntchango, Coordonnateur Nation du PACJA-Gabon et Directeur des Programmes du Réseau des Organisation de l’Economie Verte en Afrique Centrale (ROSCEVAC), a révélé lors de sa participation le 10 octobre dernier, à Nairobi au Kenya, lors de la 7ème Conférence sur les changements climatiques et le développement en Afrique...
15 October 2018
www.geospatialworld.net
UN-GGIM has been playing a pivotal role in making geospatial a true enabler since long. Realizing the gap that exists between the thoughts and actions, and to make the world more aware what all can be achieved through geospatial, it has been incessantly organizing workshops and sessions around the world, and United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) is another such intriguing...
15 October 2018
fr.allafrica.com
Elles constituent des acteurs majeurs de l'économie agricole dans la plupart des pays d'Afrique, mais paradoxalement, elles n'ont pas accès à la terre pour mener à bien leurs activités.
14 October 2018
www.iol.co.za
New research presented at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) / World Bank annual meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia shows that empowering women in the workplace boost the economy more than adding another man to the workplace as females bring a different skill set to the workplace.
14 October 2018
www.businessdailyafrica.com
Ethiopia’s ETV Broadcasting Corporation journalist Demis Mekuriyaw has bagged the African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Award held in Nairobi last Friday.
13 October 2018
alternativeafrica.com
Nairobi, Kenya, October 13, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Africa’s top environmental journalists have been honoured at a glitzy ceremony at the ongoing Seventh Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA – VII) conference in Nairobi.
12 October 2018
www.geospatialworld.net
UN-GGIM has been playing a pivotal role in making geospatial a true enabler since long. Realizing the gap that exists between the thoughts and actions, and to make the world more aware what all can be achieved through geospatial, it has been incessantly organizing workshops and sessions around the world, and United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) is another such intriguing...
12 October 2018
www.channelnewsasia.com
NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Who runs the world? It might soon be women as a crop of female economists join IMF chief Christine Lagarde in top positions at major financial bodies.
12 October 2018
thenationonlineng.net
About 26 million female jobs in 30 countries are at risk of being displaced by technology, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.
12 October 2018
beninecho.com
Sélectionnés parmi plus de 315 candidatures, les 15 finalistes du Prix Africain du reporter sur les changements climatiques (Accer Award) font face à de nouveaux défis.