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13 March 2020
www.thenational.ae
The answer to Africa’s future security may lie in a battle waged 124 years ago.
In that decisive encounter, an emperor not only repelled a colonial force but united, inspired, trained and led his people into battle, ultimately ensuring that they would be the only country on the entire continent to resist conquest by the West.
13 March 2020
www.modernghana.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Friday warned the unfolding coronavirus crisis could seriously dent Africa’s already stagnant growth with oil exporting nations losing up to US$ $65 billion in revenues as crude oil prices continue to tumble.
13 March 2020
www.ena.et
Africa economic growth may decline from the forecast 3.2 percent at the end of 2020 to 1.8 percent due to the recent CODIV-19 pandemic, according to Economic Commission for Africa.
12 March 2020
www.thecitizen.co.tz
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is one of the largest bilateral development cooperation partners in the world, and it has been extending its cooperation through a variety of modalities such as technical cooperation, concessional loans, grant and Japanese volunteers in Tanzania.
12 March 2020
www.inform.kz
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Ethiopia Barlybay Sadykov met with the United Nations Under-Secretary General, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe, the press service of the Kazakh Embassy in Addis Ababa informs.
12 March 2020
https://weetracker.com
By now, the AfCFTA and the 4IR are strong characters in Africa’s economic playbook. While the African Continental Free Trade Agreement is en route to boost trade ties between nearly all countries in Africa, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is knocking at the continent’s rather big door.
11 March 2020
newafricanmagazine.com
How can Africa generate the power it needs to grow and prosper without becoming reliant on unsustainable solutions such as coal? Vera Songwe and Scott Mather introduce the SDG 7 Initiative for Africa, a bold new initiative that aims to add 10,000 MW to Africa’s electricity capacity by 2025, all in the form of clean energy
11 March 2020
www.ena.et
United Nations staff members and families remembered their colleagues who lost their lives on the crashed Ethiopia Airlines Flight ET-302 last year.
11 March 2020
www.barlamane.com
En mars 2010, un Boeing 737 de la compagnie aérienne éthiopienne s’est écrasé à 60 kilomètres à l’est d’Addis-Abeba, la capitale de l’Ethiopie, d’où il avait décollé pour rejoindre Nairobi, la capitale du Kenya. Aucun des 157 passagers n’a survécu à l’accident.
11 March 2020
today.rtl.lu
Ethiopian Airlines on Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the crash of Flight 302, bringing together victims' families for a ceremony and six minutes of silence in memory of the time the jet took to go down.
11 March 2020
www.agenceecofin.com
L’Assemblée des représentants du peuple (ARP) de Tunisie (Parlement monocaméral du pays) a refusé, faute de quorum, l’adoption d’un projet de loi organique relatif à la convention fondatrice de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECAf), lors d’une plénière tenue le 5 mars 2020.
11 March 2020
rnanews.com
La famille des Nations Unies en Éthiopie a organisé ce mardi, une cérémonie commémorative de dépôt de gerbes en l’honneur des 21 membres du personnel des Nations Unies décédés en 2019 lorsqu’un avion d’Ethiopian Airlines s’est écrasé peu de temps après avoir quitté Addis-Abeba tuant les 157 passagers à bord.
11 March 2020
www.adiac-congo.com
La Standard bank group et la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) vont lever cent millions de dollars au profit des femmes africaines, a annoncé l’agence onusienne.
11 March 2020
www.algerie-eco.com
L’Assemblée des représentants du peuple (ARP) de Tunisie (Parlement monocaméral du pays) a refusé, faute de quorum, l’adoption d’un projet de loi organique relatif à la convention fondatrice de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECAf), lors d’une plénière tenue le 5 mars 2020.
11 March 2020
www.ecofinagency.com
The Assembly of the Representatives of the People of Tunisia (ARP) has refuted, for lack of quorum, to adopt a draft organic law relating to the founding convention of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
10 March 2020
www.africanews.com
The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in over 80 countries across the globe.
10 March 2020
www.newtimes.co.rw
The successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could help Eastern African countries reap $1.8 billion and revive the region’s intra trade, a new report from the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) indicates.
10 March 2020
afriquinfos.com
L’Afrique de l’Est espère d’importantes retombées de la mise en œuvre de la ZLECA. C’est ce qui motivé la tenue d’une rencontre à laquelle ont pris part, des experts, des responsables gouvernementaux et aussi des représentants de jeunes et de femmes du Kenya, ...
10 March 2020
www.newtimes.co.rw
Effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) could result in welfare gains amounting to 1.8 billion U.S. dollars for East African economies, while boosting intra-African exports by more than 1.1 billion U.S. dollars and creating more than 2 million new jobs, according to a new United Nations report.
10 March 2020
www.standardmedia.co.ke
Local regulators have for long grappled with firms that have grown too big for oversight and whose success has at times been detrimental to consumers.
10 March 2020
www.mapnews.ma
Une cérémonie commémorative de ce drame qui a coûté la vie à 157 personnes, dont deux Marocains, a été initiée par la Commission économique de l'ONU pour l'Afrique (CEA-ONU) en présence des proches des victimes, des responsables des agences onusiennes et des officiels.
10 March 2020
allafrica.com
Experts describe the new Industrialization and Economic Diversification Masterplan (PDIDE) as the necessary trigger for an economic miracle in this Sahelian country
10 March 2020
www.adiac-congo.com
Suite aux préoccupations sanitaires mondiales liées au coronavirus et au besoin d’une vigilance accrue, la cinquante-troisième session de la conférence des ministres africains des Finances, de la Planification et du Développement économique prévue du 25 au 26 mars vient d’être reportée jusqu’à nouvel ordre.
10 March 2020
infoguerre.fr
L’Afrique concentre 90 % des enfants vivants avec le VIH et 30% des maladies à l’échelle de la planète.