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AfDB Approves US $73 Million for Irrigation and Road Projects in Malawi
LILONGWE, Malawi, March 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group (http://www.afdb.org) approved, on March 13, 2013, grants and loans amounting to US $73 million to finance irrigation and road rehabilitation projects in Malawi. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/african-development-bank.jpg The grants, amounting to US $39.98 million from the Global…
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Africa's Information Highway: The African Development Bank Launches Open Data Platforms for 20 African Countries
TUNIS, Tunisia, March 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched Open Data Platforms (www.afdb.org/statistics) for the following 20 African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Republic of Congo, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan,…
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Troika welcomes agreements between Sudan and South Sudan
LONDON, United-Kingdom, March 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UK, US and Norway welcome agreements between Sudan and South Sudan and urge rapid implementation A joint statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague: “We welcome the…
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SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING SUDAN UPDATES TRAVEL BAN, ASSETS FREEZE LIST
NEW YORK, March 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On 11 March 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan approved the updates, as underlined below, to the four existing entries on its List of Individuals Subject to the Travel Ban and Assets Freeze. LAST…
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THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: ‘FOREVER FREE – CELEBRATING EMANCIPATION' TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN SERIES OF ACTIVITIES AT HEADQUARTERS
NEW YORK, March 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The sixth annual commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade will be observed at United Nations Headquarters under the theme "Forever Free — Celebrating Emancipation", from Monday, 18 March to Monday,…
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Aggreko to Supply 122 MW of Cross-Border Power to Mozambique and Namibia
LUANDA, Angola, March 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Aggreko (http://www.aggreko.com) is pleased to announce that it has signed Tri-Party Power Purchase Agreements (TPPA) with Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), the Mozambique power utility and NamPower, the Namibian power utility, to provide 122 MW of gas-fuelled power from the Aggreko interim…
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Central African Republic: The violence has ended but…...
PARIS, France, May 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Serge St-Louis has returned from nine months as MSF's head of mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). He was in the field in late 2012, when Seleka, a new coalition of Central African rebel groups, took control of several towns…
