Abidjan, C ocirc;te d rsquo;Ivoire, January 19, 2017 ndash; People affected by the earthquake which hit the Kagera region, in northwestern Tanzania, in September last year will get some relief from a humanitarian emergency grant approved by the African Development Bank Group rsquo;s Board last week. The assistance will help to meet urgen ...
Franceville (Gabon) (AFP) - Senegal put a string of disastrous Africa Cup of Nations campaigns behind them Thursday by beating Zimbabwe 2-0 and becoming the first qualifiers for the 2017 quarter-finals. The Group B match was all but over as a contest after only 13 minutes in Gabonese city Franceville after Liverpool star Sadio Mane and Henri Sai ...
Franceville (Gabon) (AFP) - Liverpool star Sadio Mane scored as Senegal defeated Zimbabwe 2-0 in Franceville Thursday to become the first qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. The Senegalese Teranga Lions burst out of the blocks in the southeastern Gabonese city to score twice within 13 minutes through Mane and Henri Saiv ...
19 January 2017 ndash; IFAD is joining forces with the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), the Brookings Institution and the University of Warwick to host an international conference in Rome aimed at advancing global efforts to end extreme poverty and hunger by 2030 through greater investments in rural development and innovative fina ...
The contrast was striking. While Donald Trump has promised a retreat of the United States from the world stage, China made a bold statement here at Davos that it rsquo;s willing to fill the void left by Washington when it comes to globalization. President Xi Jinping was the first Chinese President to address the World Economic Forum, a ga ...
Franceville (Gabon) (AFP) - Tunisia scored twice in the second half to beat Algeria 2-1 in Franceville Thursday and haul themselves back into contention for an Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals place. An Aissa Mandi own-goal broke the deadlock and Naim Sliti converted a penalty as the Tunisians atoned for a 2-0 defeat by Senegal in their open ...
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - With the world still reeling from outbreaks of deadly Ebola and baby-deforming Zika, governments and charities launched a $460-million (431 million-euro) initiative Thursday to outsmart infectious epidemics. The goal is to develop vaccines with which to contain outbreaks before they become global health emergencies, ...
Bamako (AFP) - More than 70 people died in a suicide bomb attack in Mali targeting militia groups committed to restoring peace in the African country, according to an updated toll Thursday. The update came as Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keà ta travelled to Gao in the troubled north to visit injured survivors and relatives of the dead, the ...
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - As the world still reels from outbreaks of deadly Ebola and baby-deforming Zika, governments and charities on Thursday launched a $460-million initiative to outsmart infectious epidemics. The goal is to develop safe vaccines to contain outbreaks before they become global health emergencies, the creators of the Coali ...
Africa is a priority for German government in 2017 as it holds G20 presidency There is much consensus for building trade relations; Africa is world rsquo;s fastest growing region and German companies need to find new markets Frankfurt, January 19, 2017 -- This year, Germany will host the fi ...
Gao (Mali) (AFP) - A suicide bombing targeting militia groups committed to restoring peace in Mali left around 50 people dead and struck a fresh blow at long-running efforts to stabilise the troubled north. The car bomb attack on Wednesday in Gao, the region's biggest city, targeted a camp housing former rebels and pro-government militia who are ...
Rabat (AFP) - In France it slipped into legend after delighting long-haired teenagers in the seventies and eighties, but in Morocco the tireless moped spurts on despite an invasion of cheaper Chinese scooters. The Peugeot 103 has been around for so long in the North African country that most Moroccans do not notice it. But with its rounded ha ...
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