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La Mauritanie et la Banque africaine de développement signent deux accords de don de plus de huit millions de dollars pour l’investissement, l’emploi…

Elwin Mandowa,
La Mauritanie et la Banque africaine de développement signent deux accords de don de plus de huit millions de dollars pour l’investissement, l’emploi des jeunes et la gouvernance | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– African Development Bank Group Read More
Development Health Advice 

WHO guidance on Artificial Intelligence to improve healthcare, mitigate risks worldwide 

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“Like all new technology, artificial intelligence…can also be misused and cause harm”, warmed Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World health Organization (WHO).  To regulate and govern AI, WHO published new guidance that provides six principles to limit the risks and maximize the opportunities intrinsic to AI for health.  Artificial Intelligence (#AI) holds enormous potential for improving the health of millions of people around 🌎🌍🌏, but only if ethics… Read More
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African Development Bank 2021 Annual Meetings: Investment in healthcare will help prepare for the next pandemic

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa’s ability to respond to future pandemics will depend on making investments in health and education, and governments must immediately intensify efforts to avoid further crisis. “Ebola was a signal,” John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told participants in a virtual session on healthcare held during the African Development Bank’s 2021 Annual Meetings. “We… Read More
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African Development Bank 2021 Annual Meetings: Members show support for plan to tackle Covid-19

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group’s shareholders have shown strong support for the Bank’s proposals to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, and this as the continent faces the possibility of a third wave of infection amid poor vaccine access. This emerged from the 56th Annual Meetings of the Bank Group. The three-day event, which ended on Friday, included the 47th meeting of… Read More
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En Tunisie, Souk At-Tanmia libère le potentiel des entrepreneurs et renforce leur résilience face à la pandémie de Covid-19.

Elwin Mandowa,
Le regard tourné vers l’horizon, Sondos Bannouri est plongée dans ses pensées. Sur les hauteurs de la montagne de Bargou, elle contemple le tracé des collines de sa région natale, Siliana. Au nord-ouest de la Tunisie, ce site historique regorge de vestiges antiques, témoins de l’une des batailles puniques les plus importantes : celle qui a opposé le roi Syphax… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19 Delta variant has potential to make ‘epidemic curve exponentially’ 

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World health Organization (WHO) told journalists at a regular briefing that delta has been identified in at least 85 countries and is “spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations”.  “As some countries ease public health and social measures, we are starting to see increases in transmission around the world”, he said.  There’s a lot of concern about the #COVID19 Delta variant –… Read More
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Governments must protect those who help torture victims, say human rights experts

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In a statement to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Saturday, three Human Rights Council-appointed independent experts insisted that “people who have endured the ordeal of torture…have an enforceable right to fair and adequate compensation”, including rehabilitation.  Follow the Convention  They upheld that the Convention against Torture (CAT) provides for reparations for blatant human rights violations and to restore dignity.  “It is particularly important that Governments respect and uphold the right to… Read More
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African Development Bank 2021 Annual Meetings – Building resilient economies in post-Covid-19 Africa: African women crucial to the journey to recovery

Elwin Mandowa,
Women and gender-focused policies have a pivotal role in African recovery programs following the Covid-19 pandemic, affirm some of the continent’s top development leaders. In a multimedia series released to coincide with the African Development Bank’s 2021 Annual Meetings, four of the institution’s experts in gender-based finance, human capital and youth, agriculture, social development and industrial trade, share perspectives on… Read More
Development Health Advice 

91 countries now offer COVID-19 vaccinations to refugees, says UNHCR

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“Beyond the moral imperative, this is in our collective self-interest”, said Ann Burton, Chief of UNHCR’s Public Health Section. “As long as the pandemic remains out of control somewhere, it is threat for everyone everywhere.” To date, refugees and asylum-seekers have begun receiving vaccinations in 91 of the 162 countries that UNHCR has been monitoring. But it warned that countries… Read More
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Mozambique: African Development Bank and Italian Technical Cooperation Fund extend €990,000 grant to boost agricultural value chains

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank, with financing from the Italian Technical Cooperation Fund, has provided a €990,000 grant to help smaller agro-processing enterprises boost production and quality control. The project will enable the businesses to better tap into national and regional markets and capitalize on the opportunities created by the African Continental Free Trade Area. The Confederation of Business Associations of… Read More
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