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22 August 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said on Wednesday that the African continent is bearing the brunt of challenges attributed to road safety as an estimated over 300,000 people die due to road crashes every year.
22 August 2018
www.unece.org
M. Jean Todt, Envoyé Spécial du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies pour la Sécurité Routière, a présenté aujourd’hui à Yaoundé l’Évaluation de la performance en matière de sécurité routière du Cameroun, qui présente une analyse des progrès et des défis en matière de sécurité routière du pays. C’est le deuxième pays africain à bénéficier de cette expertise après l’Ouganda.
21 August 2018
https://allafrica.com
New SADC chairperson President Hage Geingob says member states were not accountable to the regional body for failure to implement programmes and resolutions taken at summits.
21 August 2018
www.namibian.com.na
NEW SADC chairperson President Hage Geingob says member states were not accountable to the regional body for failure to implement programmes and resolutions taken at summits.
21 August 2018
http://accra.sites.unicnetwork.org
Every year, road crashes are estimated to claim over 300,000 lives in Africa. According to WHO, the African region has 2 per cent of the world’s registered vehicles but a disproportionate 16 per cent of the world’s road traffic deaths. Road traffic fatalities are estimated to be the fourth leading cause of death of persons aged 5 through 44 years.
21 August 2018
www.rnanews.com
L’ensemble des départements du Secrétariat ainsi que des organisations, agences, fonds et entités formant le système des Nations Unies ont joint leur voix au Secrétaire général de l’ONU, António Guterres, pour rendre hommage à son prédécesseur, Kofi Annan, décédé samedi à l’âge de 80 ans.
21 August 2018
www.herald.co.zw
The 38thOrdinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held at Safari Court Conference Centre, in Windhoek, the Republic of Namibia, on 17th and 18th August 2018.
20 August 2018
allafrica.com
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa Vera Songwe has joined the UN family in mourning the passing today, of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
20 August 2018
www.pmnewsnigeria.com
Ms Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has joined the United Nations family in mourning the passing of former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
20 August 2018
www.today.ng
Ms Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has joined the United Nations family in mourning the passing of former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
20 August 2018
newbusinessethiopia.com
She made the remark on Sunday addressing the 38th SADC heads of states summit in Windhoek, Namibia
20 August 2018
elpais.com
Jean Jacques Lumumba, un sobrino-nieto del icónico político congoleño, era un prometedor empleado de banca, hasta que lo arriesgó todo para denunciar una trama que dio origen a un gran escándalo
20 August 2018
neweralive.na
The United Nations Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe, has cautioned SADC leaders to be mindful about the increasing debt trap in financing infrastructure development, saying Africa is slowly creeping into a huge public debt.
20 August 2018
www.pmnewsnigeria.com
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe addressed the 38th SADC heads of states summit today in Windhoek, Namibia.
20 August 2018
newstide247.com
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe, addressed the 38th SADC heads of states summit today in Windhoek, Namibia.
20 August 2018
fr.express.live/
Ant Financial, la branche des paiements et des services financiers du géant chinois du e-commerce, Alibaba, a noué un partenariat avec une agence des Nations unies pour développer l’inclusion financière en Afrique. L’idée est de donner accès à des outils et produits financiers à une population et des entreprises qui étaient jusqu’ici exclues du système bancaire traditionnel.
20 August 2018
http://levenementprecis.com
Le Professeur Albert Tévoédjrè rend un hommage particulier à l’ex-secrétaire général des Nations Unies, Kofi Annan, décédé en fin de semaine.
20 August 2018
www.herald.co.zw
President Mnangagwa has sent his condolences to Ghana following the death on Saturday of former United Nations secretary-general Mr Kofi Annan, who hailed from the West African country.
20 August 2018
www.theglobeandmail.com
Kofi Annan, the soft-spoken and patrician diplomat from Ghana who became the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations, projecting himself and his organization as the world’s conscience and moral arbiter despite bloody debacles that stained his record as a peacekeeper, died on Saturday in Bern, Switzerland. He was 80.
20 August 2018
https://economist.com.na
Leaders of southern Africa have been urged to create a conducive environment to encourage the participation of women and youth in the development of the region.
20 August 2018
https://africabusinesscommunities.com
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe, addressed the 38th SADC summit in Windhoek, Namibia.
19 August 2018
business-et-finances.com
L’atelier est organisé par la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), en partenariat des universités du monde. Il s’agit principalement d’une réunion de travail des partenaires du projet « Genre et exploitation minière […]
19 August 2018
https://fr.allafrica.com
L'ancien secrétaire général de l'Organisation des Nations unies, le ghanéen Kofi Annan est décédé, samedi 18 août 2018, en Suisse des suites d'une courte maladie à l'âge de 80 ans.
19 August 2018
www.kwch.com
Kofi Annan, a charismatic global diplomat and the first black African to become United Nations secretary-general who led the world body through one of its most turbulent periods, died early Saturday at age 80.
19 August 2018
www.bbc.com
L'ancien secrétaire général des Nations unies est décédé samedi dans un hôpital de Berne en Suisse, à l'âge de 80 ans. Les hommages fusent de partout. Il fut un homme d'Etat hors-pair.