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1 April 2020
www.africa-newsroom.com
African Ministers of Finance held a second virtual meeting Tuesday, against the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases in Africa which could spiral out of control unless measures are put in place now to curtail its spread. 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...
1 April 2020
www.socialnews.xyz
African Ministers of Finance held a second virtual meeting Tuesday, against the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases in Africa which could spiral out of control unless measures are put in place now to curtail its spread. 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...
1 April 2020
www.financialafrik.com
Les ministres africains des finances se sont réunis ce mardi pour la deuxième fois par visioconférence, dans le contexte de l’augmentation des cas de COVID-19 en Afrique, susceptible d’être incontrôlable si les mesures ne sont pas mises en place maintenant pour en limiter la propagation. La réunion a été organisée par Vera Songwe, Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique,...
1 April 2020
www.bloomberg.com
It may take three years for African economies to recover from the slowdown brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the continent’s finance ministers.
1 April 2020
www.bbc.com
African finance ministers have appealed for $100bn (£80bn) in emergency financing, with debt relief from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and European Union.
1 April 2020
allafrica.com
The second online meeting of the African Ministers of Finance took place on 31 March 2020 in the context of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa. The first meeting of the African Ministers of Finance took place on 19 March 2020. At that time, based on data contributed by 35 African countries, 633 cases of the virus were confirmed, with 17 deaths. As at 31 March 2020, that number had risen to...
COVID-19 | Les ministres africains des finances réclament un financement de 100 milliards de dollars
1 April 2020
lapresse.tn
Les ministres africains des finances réunis mardi, à Addis-Abeba, en visioconférence, ont réclamé, un financement d’urgence de 100 milliards de dollars pour combattre le COVID-19.
1 April 2020
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
After a second virtual meeting held Tuesday March 31, 2020, African Ministers of Finance say the continent urgently needs $100 billion to fight the coronavirus disease sweeping across the world.
1 April 2020
www.ladiplomatiquedabidjan.com
Les ministres africains des finances se sont réunis ce mardi pour la deuxième fois par visioconférence, dans le contexte de l’augmentation des cas de COVID-19 en Afrique, susceptible d’être incontrôlable si les mesures ne sont pas mises en place maintenant pour en limiter la propagation. La réunion a été organisée par Vera Songwe, Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique,...
1 April 2020
www.devdiscourse.com
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.
1 April 2020
theexchange.africa
In the last meeting organized by UNECA, African ministers called for a $100 billion stimulus package, including a suspension of debt service payments.
1 April 2020
www.dandc.eu
African policymakers must rise to several daunting challenges, argues Vera Songwe of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Crosscutting trends matter very much.
1 April 2020
expressodasilhas.cv
1 April 2020
www.africanews.com
African Ministers of Finance held a second virtual meeting Tuesday, against the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases in Africa which could spiral out of control unless measures are put in place now to curtail its spread. 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...
1 April 2020
www.euractiv.com
African finance ministers want the European Union, International Monetary Fund and World Bank to support a multi-billion debt relief programme for the continent amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
1 April 2020
www.reuters.com
African finance ministers want International Monetary Fund, World Bank and European Unions support for bilateral, multilateral and commercial debt relief, according to a statement from the UN Economic Commission for Africa.
1 April 2020
www.devex.com
Ekaterine Skhiladze, deputy public defender for the nation of Georgia, started advocating for legal action on preventing and prosecuting sexual harassment in 2015, suspecting that the problem was underreported across the country.
1 April 2020
www.diariolibre.com
África intenta a la desesperada movilizar fondos y lograr el alivio de su deuda para amortiguar el desastre económico ocasionado por la crisis sanitaria del coronavirus, que ya ha causado más de 5.900 contagios y 200 muertes en el continente.
COVID-19 : Les ministres africains des finances réclament un financement de 100 milliards de dollars
1 April 2020
www.tap.info.tn
Les ministres africains des finances réunis mardi, à Addis-Abeba, en visioconférence, ont réclamé, un financement d'urgence de 100 milliards de dollars pour combattre le COVID-19.
1 April 2020
www.dostor.org
وحذر الوزراء الأفارقة، خلال اجتماع عبر الفيديو كونفرانس نظمته فيرا سونجوي، السكرتيرة التنفيذية للجنة الاقتصادية لإفريقيا التابعة للأمم المتحدة، وترأسه وزيرا مالية جنوب إفريقيا وغانا، من أن الفيروس قد يخرج عن السيطرة إذا لم يتم اتخاذ الإجراءات اللازمة للحد من انتشاره في إفريقيا.
1 April 2020
https://ara.reuters.com
جوهانسبرج (رويترز) - قالت اللجنة الاقتصادية لأفريقيا التابعة للأمم المتحدة إن وزراء المالية في القارة يريدون دعما من صندوق النقد والبنك الدوليين والاتحاد الأوروبي لتخفيف أعباء الديون الثنائية ومتعددة الأطراف والتجارية في ظل أزمة فيروس كورونا.
1 April 2020
https://al-ain.com
قالت اللجنة الاقتصادية لأفريقيا التابعة للأمم المتحدة إن وزراء المالية في القارة يريدون دعما من صندوق النقد والبنك الدوليين والاتحاد الأوروبي لتخفيف أعباء الديون الثنائية ومتعددة الأطراف والتجارية في ظل أزمة فيروس كورونا.
1 April 2020
www.ethiopianreporter.com
በርካታ አገሮች በኮሮና ቫይረስ ወረርሽኝ ምክንያት የመጣባቸውን አደጋ ለመመከት የአደጋ ጊዜ የፋይናንስ በጀት እየመደቡ ነው፡፡ አሜሪካ 2.2 ትሪሊዮን ዶላር የአደጋ ጊዜ በጀት በመመደብ ኢኮኖሚዋን ከአደጋ ለመታደግ መታጠቋን አስታውቃለች፡፡ ኮሮና እ.ኤ.አ. የ2003 የአልቃይዳ ሽብር ጥቃትን እያስታወሳት የምትገኘው አሜሪካ በቀናት ልዩነት በታማሚዎች ብዛት የዓለም ቁንጮ በመሆን ከ165 ሺሕ በላይ ተጠቂዎችን አስመዝግባለች፡፡
1 April 2020
http://conjonctureseconomiques.com/index.php/2020/04/01/pour-combattre-le-covid-19-lafrique-reclame-durgence-un-financement-rapide-de-100-milliards-de-dollars/
Pour la seconde fois en l’espace d’une semaine, les ministres africains des Finances se sont réunis ce mardi 1er avril 2020, par visioconférence, pour contrer l’expansion du COVID-19 à travers le continent.