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The African Union Commission (AUC), NEPAD Agency, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and African Development Bank (AfDB) gathered on November 12 at a high-level meeting in Johannesburg, to make the vision of Agenda 2063 a reality. The main objective was to get input from RECs into Africa’s strategic development framework over the next 50...

As consultations on Agenda 2063 – Africa’s vision and blueprint for economic, human and social development – are reaching a crucial point, the year 2015 will prove key as continental actors are expected to define how to implement the vision.

Associated Press: U.N. commission asks for Ebola debt forgiveness “…The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa said Monday that it is crucial that the current Ebola health crisis not be a catalyst for financial distress in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. Carlos Lopes, a U.N. under secretary general and the executive secretary of the U.N.…More

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) recommended to creditors on Monday to cancel the outstanding debt of the three West African countries worst affected by the deadly Ebola epidemic, highlighting that even if those most affected were to register zero economic growth, the impact on Africa as a continent would be minimal.

La Commission économique des Nations unies pour l'Afrique (Cea) a lancé un appel pour une annulation de 2,6 milliards de dollars de la dette des pays les plus touchés par l'épidémie d'Ebola et a averti que les promesses d'aide extérieure pourraient entraîner une crise de la dette en Guinée, en Sierra Leone et au Liberia.

Addis Ababa, Dec 16 (IANS/EFE) The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, called Monday for creditors to cancel the outstanding debt of the three West African countries worst affected by the deadly Ebola epidemic.

La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA) a publié lundi à Addis Abeba un rapport sur l'impact socioéconomique du virus Ebola, à savoir la Guinée, le Liberia et la Sierra Leone.

FREETOWN. Die Vereinten Nationen haben die Geberstaaten zum Erlass aller Schulden für die von der Ebola-Epidemie in Westafrika am schlimmsten betroffenen Staaten aufgefordert.

Die Ebola-Epidemie hält die Welt in Atem: Die WHO hat inzwischen gut 15.000 Ebola-Fälle registriert. Mehr als 6000 Menschen sind bereits gestorben. Und den am stärksten betroffenen Ländern in Westafrika drohen durch die Seuche schwere wirtschaftliche Folgen.

Die ersten in Würzburg ausgebildeten Helfer des Roten Kreuzes, die in Ebola-Krisengebieten in Westafrika eingesetzt waren, sind zurück in Deutschland. Dies hat der Sprecher des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes, Dieter Schütz, gegenüber unserer Zeitung bestätigt. Laut Schütz handelt es sich um 13 Helfer, die in Liberia und Sierra Leone gearbeitet haben. Nach ihrer Rückkehr seien die Ebola-Helfer von...

15 December 2014 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today recommended that creditors should seriously consider debt cancellation for the countries worst-hit by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and also projected that even if those most affected were to register zero economic growth, the impact on Africa as a continent would be minimal.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A U.N. commission is asking for more debt cancellations for the three West African nations hardest hit by the Ebola virus.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) called for US$2.6 billion debt cancellation to countries worst affected by the Ebola outbreak and warned that foreign aid pledges could spark a debt crisis in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

It is an audacious US$4.8bn 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 export.

itting before a parliamentary oversight committee last month, two top executives from Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp. declined to reveal details of billions of dollars in gas contracts that the state company had signed with foreign investors. Parliamentarians had a sharp riposte: They called the police.

Addis Abeba, Etiópia (PANA) - A Comissão Económica das Nações Unidas para África (CEA) lançou um apelo para a anulação de dois biliões e 600 milhões de dólares americanos de dívida dos países mais afetados pela epidemia de Ébola e advertiu que a promessa de ajuda externa poderá provocar uma crise da dívida na Guiné-Conakry, na Serra Leoa e na Libéria.

Adís Abeba, 15 dic (dpa) – La ONU pidió hoy la condonación de toda la deuda a los países de África occidental más afectados por la epidemia de ébola.

Abuja - The stigma emanating from the recent Ebola outbreak in Nigeria and neighbouring countries will affect the growth of local economies, a senior United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said.

O número de mortos na epidemia de febre hemorrágica do ebola aumentou para 6.841 entre os 18.464 casos registrados desde o início do ano, anunciou nesta segunda-feira (15) a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS).

África.- La Comisión Económica de Naciones Unidas para África (UNECA, en sus siglas en inglés) ha pedido hoy la cancelación de la deuda exterior de Liberia, Guinea y Sierra Leona, los tres países más afectados por la epidemia de ébola, para contribuir a su recuperación económica.