Securing legal identity for all Africans key to sustainable development
Development experts are calling for political support to accelerate investment in effective civil registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems that…
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Ethiopian Airlines launches flight to Warsaw, Poland
Ethiopian Airlines launches a new four times weekly passenger services to Warsaw, Poland via Athens.
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Africa told to invest in science, technology
Africa can build a more prosperous, just, and sustainable future if countries invest in science, technology and innovation, these are…
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Focus on domestic resource mobilization, inflation – IMF told Africa
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse, Washington DC – In the face of cost of borrowing increasing and official development assistance declining,…
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World Bank to expand health services to 1.5 billion people
The World Bank Group today announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, affordable health services to 1.5…
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US allocates $1 billion to strengthen global food security
Today, USAID Administrator Power and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced they will begin to use the $1 billion…
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IMF reflects on Asia economic outlook
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Washington DC, USA – On the sidelines of the Spring meetings of the International Monetary…
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Partnership to connect 300 million to electricity by 2030
The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at least 300…
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Afreximbank invests in Bloom Africa Holdings Limited
The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), Afreximbank’s impact investment subsidiary, has announced its investment into Bloom Africa Holdings…
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WTO adopts recommendations to support members tackle food insecurity
At a special meeting today, the WTO Committee on Agriculture adopted a report containing recommendations on how to help least…
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AfDB inaugurates regional office building in Cameroon
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has inaugurated an ultramodern regional office building in Yaoundé, Cameroon in a move that reaffirms…
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Partners set to respond to worst droughts in southern Africa
The southern African region is experiencing one of its worst drought in decades, and millions are facing extreme food insecurity…
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Indebtedness, conflicts affect growth in North Africa. Middle East
The World Bank’s new Middle East and North Africa Economic Update, entitled Conflict and Debt in the Middle East and…
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UNAIDS report urges to expand HIV services
A new report released today by UNAIDS and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria shows how…
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