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USA Yemen
UN calls for urgent funding to stem cholera outbreak
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Country: YemenIn the last three weeks, authorities have reported over 35,500 suspected cholera cases, a third of whom are children, and 361 associated deaths in 19 of 22 governorates. Sana’a, 24 May 2017 Cholera continues to spread at an ...
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India USA Francia Australia
UN business group calls for resilience
Source: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Country: WorldBuilding resilience should be a 'core business' for the private sector, group says, as key forum on disaster risk reduction gets underway.By Jonathan Fowler CANCUN, Mexico, 23 May 2017 – A UN-backed group of companies working to curb hazard impacts has unveiled a new ...
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Etiopia
Sesame to undergo similar reform as coffee sector
In a similar vein to coffee, sesame will go through reforms in an attempt to improve sales. Recently the government sat down with investors and came up with recommendations to improve coffee production. Now over the past few weeks solutions are being worked over to improve sesame exports through the ...
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Etiopia
Ethiopia establishes legal guidelines for contract farming
The Agricultural Production and Marketing Contracts proclamation has been drafted by the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) to improve relations between traders and producers and establish legal contract farming in the country. Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) raised concerns during a recent meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office. According ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Kano Attracts $200 Million Foreign Investments in 2 Years
[Leadership] Kano -Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, said yesterday that the state government under his watch has attracted $200 million foreign investments and expended over N3 billion in building shops to boost trade and business activities in the state in the last 2 years.
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Kenya Etiopia
Techno Brain Partners With Oracle
[Addis Fortune] Techno Brain, one of the leading ICT Solutions providers, has partnered with Oracle, the second largest software making company in the world, since last week. This has helped Techno Brain to earn a Field Delivery Partner (FDP) status. Headquartered in Nairobi, Techno Brain has a presence in over ...
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Etiopia
The Less Rewarding Trend of Insurance Regulations in Ethiopia
[Addis Fortune] In Ethiopia, the modern insurance business has no deep-rooted history like in most countries of the world. According to many historians and scholars, the emergence of the modern insurance industry traces back to the pioneer, the former Bank of Abyssinia, established by Emperor Menelik II in 1905. Thus, ...
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Etiopia
Govt Takes Plunge to Improve Traceability of Speciality Coffee Beans
[Addis Fortune] Ethiopia, the world's fifth-largest coffee producer and home of Arabica, has overhauled the way it markets the commodity in an effort to increase export earnings and clamp down on a thriving domestic black market.
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Malta
Watch: PN unveils its environmental proposals
Updated 12.41pm A Nationalist government would draft a long-term plan stretching to 2050 for Malta’s environment, create a national agency to manage Malta’s protected parks and introduce parliamentary checks on the development of ODZ land, party leader Simon Busuttil said today. Speaking at a press conference held in Żonqor, where a campus ...
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Malta
Watch: Simon Busuttil says PN will make Malta centre of excellence for diabetes patients
Malta will be made into a 'centre of excellence' for diabetes patients if the National Government is elected, Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil announced today. Dr Busuttil was speaking at a news conference at Mater Dei this morning, where he announced some of the Nationalist Party's health proposals in the ...