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USA Nigeria
UN Secretary-General's report details “unspeakable horrors” suffered by Nigerian children under Boko Haram control
Source: UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, NigeriaThe report covers the period from January 2013 to December 2016 and highlights trends and patterns pertaining to six grave violations against children in the context of the conflict in the north-eastern region of the country.New ...
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Serbia Turchia USA Bulgaria Grecia Slovenia Macedonia
Delayed family reunification process causing psychosocial distress to refugee children - UNICEF
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, WorldIn 2016, nearly 5,000 family reunification requests, 700 from unaccompanied and separated children, were made from Greece, with only 1,107 applicants reaching their destination country by the end of the year.NEW YORK / GENEVA, ...
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Brasile USA Ghana Kenya Etiopia Nigeria
How a multi-pronged approach could defeat fall armyworm in Africa
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, WorldTackling the pest and avoiding economic hardship for smallholders across Africa requires coordinated action, a massive awareness campaign, ...
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Sudafrica
Africa: Invest in Agriculture, Continent Urged
[The Herald] Durban -AFRICAN governments should invest in agriculture, giving particular attention to the small scale farmers on whom the sector and the continent's economic transformation are premised. Speaking during a debate here yesterday on leadership in an era of disruption, Oxfam International Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said it was ...
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Algeria
Après ENI, Statoil s’intéresse à l’Algérie
La perspective d’un nouveau partenariat dans l’offshore avec la Norvège fait suite à celle concrétisée entre Sonatrach et le groupe italien ENI via un contrat d’exploration signé au mois de mars dernier en vue de la prospection au large des côtes algériennes. Sonatrach et Statoil envisagent un partenariat d’exploration pétrolière ...
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Bolivia
Le nombre des importateurs stagne
Le secteur du commerce extérieur comptait 43 418 opérateurs en 2016 composés de 41 788 importateurs et de 1630 exportateurs, dont le nombre a augmenté de plus de 31% par rapport à 2015, relèvent des statistiques obtenues par l’APS auprès du Centre national du registre du commerce (Cnrc). Sur les ...
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Etiopia Regno Unito
Fiscal, Monetary Policies Mismatch to Blame for Forex Woes
[Addis Fortune] Last week, Ethiopia got a vindication of a sort of its gains over the years in its pursuit of economic growth. A London-based magazine, "World Finance", has joined the foray listing it second in the five fastest growing economies in the world, next to Bhutan's 11.1pc. Neither is ...
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USA
U.S. President Warned On Cut to African Foreign Aid
[Addis Fortune] US president Donald Trump risks stoking extremism in Africa and provoking a further exodus of migrants heading for Europe if he goes ahead with plans to cut funding to the continent, according to the head of the African Development Bank.
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Egitto Kenya Etiopia Yemen
Exporting Energy - Exemplary Move to Socio-Economic Development
[Ethiopian Herald] Exporting electricity, for Ethiopia, is surely becoming a profitable business and helps to establish itself as a major power hub in Africa. Since 2014, the country has provide prime attention towards exporting electricity to neighbouring countries such as Djibouti, Kenya and Sudan. It is also establishing grid links ...
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Etiopia
Coffee Value Chain Up for Major Reforms
A bill, which will paralyse the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) in the coffee export value chain, was finalised last week and sent to Ministry of Agriculture & Natural Resources and…