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Kenya : AfDB supports efforts to feed 1 million children a day by 2027
A champion in the fight against malnutrition in Africa, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has…
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Sierra Leone’s diamond miners struggle in poverty and harsh conditions, urge regulation
Miners in Sierra Leone are struggling for crumbs in the $250 million annual diamond industry. Working through harsh weather conditions…
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Tanzania declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak
The Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania is officially over, according to a March 13 declaration by Tanzanian health officials, marking…
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Africa : AMCE medical centre to open in June 2025
On December 7, 2021, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) officially launched the project to build the African Medical Centre of…
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Africa : Reeta Roy to leave Mastercard Foundation
On February 13, 2025, Reeta Roy, President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation, announced her decision to leave the organisation.…
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Seychelles – fight against corruption : The archipelago climbs to 18th place globally
In its tireless efforts to uphold the values of integrity, justice, transparency and accountability, the Republic of Seychelles ranked 18th…
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Morocco : Parliament adopts law on right to strike
The Moroccan authorities had been thinking about regulating the right to strike in a transparent way for several years, but…
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Uganda : Vaccine trials launched against Ebola
Uganda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak in…
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Cameroon : 2,800,000 people face food crisis
In Cameroon, during a conference held in Yaoundé on 12 December, Gabriel Mbairobe, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Minader),…
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Africa – Fight against racism : Cuba embroiled in global struggle
The International Conference on the Decade of Afro-descendants, being held in Havana, Cuba, from 9 to 13 December 2024, under…
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