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Women, girls in focus as AU, SADC stress financing gender data for dev’t
Addis Ababa, July 9, 2024 (FBC) – African policymakers, gender experts, and development actors have urged countries and the region to invest and collaborate more to finance the production…
Investing in teachers, school leaders key in keeping girls in school, UN-AU Study Finds
Addis Ababa, July 4, 2024 (FBC) – Investing in teachers and school leaders in Africa is the most important factor in promoting educational opportunities for girls, keeping them in school and…
Education Key to Eliminate Gender Inequality, Gaps in Many Spheres: AUC Deputy Chairperson
Addis Ababa, July 3, 2024 (FBC) - Education is instrumental in eliminating gender inequality and closing the gaps in social, economic and political spheres, African Union Commission Deputy…
Putin awards Congolese leader with Order of Honor for developing bilateral ties – Decree
MOSCOW, June 27 (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso with the Order of Honor for his contribution to the…
AUC chair urges calmness in Kenya, calls for no further violence
Addis Ababa, June 26, 2024 (FBC) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called for calmness over latest situation in Kenya and urged stakeholders…
At least 24 killed by flooding, landslides after heavy rains in Ivory Coast
Addis Ababa, June 25, 2024 (FBC) - Flooding and landslides in Ivory Coast’s largest city of Abidjan have left at least 24 people dead following a week of heavy rains, four times the usual…
AfDB, partners launch $5.2m Project to boost Diaspora investment in 8 African Countries
Addis Ababa, June 16, 2024 (FBC) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have signed a protocol…
South Africa’s two largest parties agree to form government of national unity
Addis Ababa, June 14, 2024 (FBC) - The South African ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, which has lost the parliamentary majority in recent elections, and the opposition…
Rwanda names mew finance, foreign affairs ministers
Addis Ababa, June 13, 2024 (FBC) - Rwanda has named statistics official Yusuf Murangwa as its new finance minister, Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente said, while the foreign minister will be…
AUC Chairperson commends South Africa’s free, fair general elections
Addis Ababa, June 8, 2024 (FBC) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has praised the process and outcome of the General Elections organized in the Republic…