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State Auditor announces audit of the City of Joplin
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African Development Bank and African Solidarity Fund seal strategic partnership
The African Development Bank and the African Solidarity Fund (ASF) have signed a letter of intent to strengthen the two institutions’ working relationship and synergy. The partnership was ratified by Aida Ngom, Director of the Private Sector...
The 2024 Annual General Assembly of AICEP and XXXI AICEP Forum
MACAU, May 10 - The 2024 Annual General Assembly of the International Association of Portuguese-Speaking Communications (AICEP) and XXXI AICEP Forum were held at the Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel on 9th and 10th May respectively. It is co-organized...
Itafos Reports Strong Operational and Financial Q1 2024 Results
HOUSTON, May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Itafos Inc. (TSX-V: IFOS) (the “Company”) reported today its Q1 2024 financial and operational highlights. The Company’s financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis for the quarter ended...
What Turmoil in ECOWAS Means for Nigeria and Regional Stability
A string of coups in the central Sahel continues to reverberate in West Africa. On 28 January, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – where military officers seized power in a series of putsches beginning in 2021 – announced that they were exiting the...
Itafos Files and Announces Results of Updated Itafos Conda Technical Report, Increasing Mineral Reserves and Successful Mine Life Extension Through 2037
HOUSTON, April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Itafos Inc. (TSX-V: IFOS) (“Itafos” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce today that it has filed an updated technical report for Itafos’ Conda project (the “Conda Technical Report”), a...
2024 Annual Meetings: African Countries Urged to Define Common Position for Reform of the Global Financial Architecture
"The problem of financing will remain unresolved so long as the rules and practices of global economic and financial governance obstruct access for our countries to sizeable resources on sustainable terms." The above pronouncement by Senegalese...
From Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution,’ Democracy Blooms
04/22/2024 By Ed Brennen On April 25, 1974, military officers staged a peaceful coup in Portugal, ending four decades of authoritarian rule by the Estado Novo regime. In a show of solidarity, civilians placed carnations in soldiers’ rifles, a...
WCO collaborates with Expertise France to increase awareness of gender equality in Customs and Tax Administrations in the West and Central Africa Region
From 16 to 18 April 2024, the WCO participated in a workshop on gender equality organized by Expertise France in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The workshop benefitted Customs and Tax Officers from nine French-speaking countries in the West and Central...
The Open Finance African Group launched in Central and West Africa
MOROCCO, April 18, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As global adoption of Open Banking and Open Finance continues to progress, an industry initiative is poised to revolutionize the financial landscape in Central and West Africa. With the establishment...
African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings 2024: the need for responsible, innovative solutions for African debt management
It is essential to find innovative solutions for managing the debt of African countries, taking proactive measures to secure development financing for Africa, according to members of the panel speaking in Nairobi on Tuesday at a side event during...
Lingyun Xiang has been appointed as Financial and Economic Advisor to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Beijing, China, May 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On May 15, 2024, on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and China,Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda, OFR, the minister...
Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: CPUT Africa Day Commemoration
Address by Mr Alvin Botes, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, at the CPUT Africa Day Commemoration held on 27 May 2024, at the CPUT Hotel School in Granger Bay, Cape Town Professor Chris Nhlapo, Vice Chancellor and...
Việt Nam boosts cooperation with Netherlands, African countries
VIETNAM, September 24 - NEW YORK — Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh had bilateral meetings with the Dutch Prime Minister, and Foreign Ministers of Sierra Leon, Guinea-Bissau and Malawi in New York on September 23 on the sidelines...
MPU International Students Experience the Beauty of Chinese Traditional Culture
MACAU, February 22 - In order to help international students to experience the Spring Festival atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, the Student Affairs Office of the Macao Polytechnic University organised Spring Festival activity. International...
Small Island Developing States at a Crossroads: Towards equitable energy access in least-electrified countries
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) account for less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and yet they are home to some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable populations, making action to mitigate global heating urgent. Renewables hold...
6th Ministerial Conference of Forum Macao to be held in Macao in April
MACAU, March 25 - The 6th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), known as Forum Macao, will be held in Macao from 21 to 23 April inclusive. The three-day...