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O Governo da Guiné-Bissau distinguiu no domingo mais de 70 personalidades da música, desporto, artes, ciências, cinema, moda e comunicação social, numa iniciativa que o primeiro-ministro do país diz ser para continuar nos próximos anos.

O governo da Guiné-Bissau distinguiu este domingo mais de 70 personalidades da música, do desporto, das artes, das ciências, do cinema, da moda e da comunicação social, numa iniciativa que o primeiro-ministro do país diz ser para continuar nos próximos anos.

O Governo da Guiné-Bissau distinguiu no domingo mais de 70 personalidades da música, desporto, artes, ciências, cinema, moda e comunicação social, numa iniciativa que o primeiro-ministro do país diz ser para continuar nos próximos anos.

O governo da Guiné-Bissau distinguiu este domingo mais de 70 personalidades da música, do desporto, das artes, das ciências, do cinema, da moda e da comunicação social, numa iniciativa que o primeiro-ministro do país diz ser para continuar nos próximos anos.

As we prepare to usher in the New Year, it is my prayer that we do not miss our Kairos moment like I think we did in 2014. Kairos is a Greek word often used in the Bible to denote an opportune moment. It is that strategic moment of opportunity within which success is almost guaranteed.

Luanda — The participation in the summits of African heads of state and governments with the European Union, in April in Brussels ( Belgium ) and with the US president, Barack Obama, in August in Washington DC (USA), topped the agenda of the Angolan vice president, Manuel Domingos Vicente, this year

Pour Carlos Lopes, Secrétaire général de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), les banques ont un rôle clé à jouer dans la transformation de l’Afrique. Le renouveau de l’Afrique suppose des ruptures fondamentales.

IT IS an audacious US$4.8 billion project undertaken by one of the world’s poorest countries. At the construction site in the Benishangul region of Ethiopia near the Sudanese border, some 8,500 workers are labouring tirelessly every day to build the gigantic Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. When completed in 2017, the dam will generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity for domestic consumption and...

Pour Carlos Lopes, Secrétaire général de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), les banques ont un rôle clé à jouer dans la transformation de l’Afrique. Le renouveau de l’Afrique suppose des ruptures fondamentales. “L’Afrique doit s’approprier le récit de son développement et de ses performances, être à tout moment capable de produire des données, des statistiques et des mesures fiables...

Luanda - A participação nas Cimeiras de Chefes de Estado e de Governo de África com a União Europeia, em Abril, em Bruxelas (Bélgica) e com o Presidente norte-americano, Barack Obama, em Agosto, em Washington (EUA), dominaram a agenda do Vice-Presidente da República de Angola, Manuel Domingos Vicente, durante o ano 2014.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) yesterday launched a study on the socio-economic impact of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and its actual costs and effects on growth and development prospects of Africa countries. This report shows that although EVD has high mortality and causes untold suffering among those directly affected, it is not the number one killer among current (or...

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The year 2014 was an interesting year for Africa whereby the continent is still with projection of above 5 percent economic growth despite conflicts in some countries and the Ebola crisis in West Africa, said Dr. Carlos Lopes, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

Conseiller spécial pour la prévention des génocides du SG de l’ONU, Adama Dieng est un juriste sénégalais âgé de 64 ans. Il a succédé, à ce poste, en juillet 2012 au Sud-soudanais Francis Deng. Il a été greffier du tribunal pénal international pour le Rwamda de 2001 à 2009.

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes has called on the international community to consider debt cancellation for Ebola-affected countries as this would create the right conditions for recovery in their post-crisis phase.

ADDIS ABEBA.— The President of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, highlighted the work of Cuban doctors at the forefront of the fight against the Ebola epidemic affecting the continent.

President Mulatu Teshome said Ethiopia is doing what is needed to host the Third United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development in July next year. This was learnt when the President held talks with Dr. Carlos Lopes, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, (ECA) at his office yesterday.

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has said that countries that show resilience in transforming their economies cannot wait for "favourable winds".

Der 12. Umushyikirano wurde in diesem Jahr unter dem Motto „Gemeinsame Vision, Neuer Impuls“ am 18. Dezember 2014 von Präsident Paul Kagame offiziell eröffnet. Eine Besonderheit des Umushyikirano Dialogs ist die breite Beteiligung von Bürgerinnen und Bürger an den Diskussionen und ihr Mitwirken bei der Lösungsfindung durch Wortmeldungen; sei es vor Ort im Parlament oder über die Medien.

Alors que le virus Ebola a fait 6 000 victimes dans la sous-région, et que le Mali est à son tour frappé, la mise au point d’un vaccin, testé dans le pays, suscite de grands espoirs. - See more at: http://magazinedelafrique.com/mali-un-vaccin-contre-ebola/#sthash.kqNs0enq.dpuf

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Carlos Lopes called for the cancelation of national debts of Ebola Affected countries in West Africa. According to Lopes, this will give them a fighting chance at jump-starting their economies.