The Intergovernmental Group of 24 on International Monetary Affairs and Development (G24) has announced the appointment of Dr. Iyabo Masha, as its Director.
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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has signed three separate trade financing agreements totaling $280 million in favour of the Republic of Tunisia, to support energy security and revitalize the industrial sector, in addition to the agreement to support trade and exchange experiences between Tunisia and African countries, in cooperation with the technological pole of the pharmaceutical sector in Tunisia.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Regional Forum on Sustainable Development has called on African nations to redefine and develop their economic models by integrating the protection of natural resources.
The National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), has said that life expectancy in Africa has improved by 11 years. sen
The Tanzanian government has revealed that at least 9,011 schoolgirls were impregnated in the country in 12 months. Omary Kipanga,…
The civil war in Ethiopia has resulted in the death of some 600,000 civilians, a staggering estimate for a conflict that has lasted only two years and has been focused on a single region, Tigray, of around six million inhabitants. However, in the absence of official counts, the calculations of the European Union, international organizations, and experts concur on a devastating mortality rate in a war the Ethiopian government has deliberately tried to shield from international public opinion. The first to put these figures on the table was Jan Nyssen, professor emeritus of geography at the University of Ghent in Belgium. “Hunger was used as a weapon of war,” he says.
Stocks for cholera vaccines are reportedly running short as Malawi’s worst epidemic in decades has sparked massive demand, a local…
According to the Interparliamentary Union (IPU), which keeps track of representation in national parliaments throughout the world, women currently make up 12 percent of Sierra Leone’s Parliament.
Flocks of white, black and brown ducks hunt for snails and bugs as they patrol the grapevines at a vineyard in South Africa’s winemaking town of Stellenbosch.
Local media on Friday reported that Kenyan police have discovered the body of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner stuffed inside…