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USA
South Sudan crisis forces girls out of school
Source: Plan Country: South SudanIn times of food crisis, many families keep girls at home to do housework or help them to find food. It is also common for them to be sold into early marriages in exchange for cattle.Around 76% of primary school aged girls in South Sudan are not ...
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USA
Millions of bednets reach remote and high-risk areas of Chad as rainy season looms
Source: UN Development Programme Country: ChadThe mass bed net campaign to reach the most vulnerable to malaria has included distributing nets across more than 4000 sites and 2 million households.New York, 25 April —13 million people will soon receive long-lasting insecticide treated bednets in some of the hardest to reach and ...
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Etiopia
Renewed fighting causes thousands to flee from Jonglei, South Sudan
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: South Sudan, UgandaAs government offensive swept through multiple villages in the second week of April, preliminary estimates indicate up to 100,000 people displaced, many of whom were previously displaced in February. HIGHLIGHTS • Humanitarian Coordinator calls on armed actors to uphold their responsibilities ...
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Etiopia
Central Bank Fair Game for Its Fallout With Native Ethiopians
[Addis Fortune] I am an Ethiopian by origin with a different nationality now. Despite my interest, I have no investment so far in any of the financial institutions in Ethiopia, which were instructed by the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) to auction shares held by Ethiopians of foreign nationalities.
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Turchia
May 1 celebrations to be held in Istanbul’s Bakırköy instead of Taksim Square
May Day celebrations in Istanbul will be held in the city’s Bakırköy district this year after authorities again refused to heed workers’ demands to use Taksim Square, the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK) said on April 26.
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Turchia
Turkey hopes for major defense export deal with Saudi Arabia: Defense minister
Turkey hopes to sign a major defense export deal with Saudi Arabia, Defense Minister Fikri Işık said on April 26, describing the potential deal as one of the biggest for the country’s defense industry.
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Turchia
Turkey’s Ford Otosan secures 150 million-euro EBRD loan
Turkey’s automotive maker Ford Otosan has signed a 150 million-euro loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to finance projects in the near future.
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Turchia
Turkey-EU Customs Union update to be a plus for both sides: Zeybekci
An updated Customs Union agreement between Turkey and the EU would benefit both sides, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said on April 25.
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Turchia USA
Turkey-US discuss Turkish airstrikes in Iraq-Syria
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held a phone conversation late on April 25, after the latter criticized Turkey for bombing Iraq’s Sinjar region and northeastern Syria earlier on the same day.
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Slovacchia
Jadro EÚ aj so Slovenskom
Slovensko sa ide zaradiť ku krajinám, ktoré môžu inkasovať viac európskych zdrojov. A to pri hlbšej integrácii v EÚ.