[ad_1] The World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are partnering to provide electricity access to at least 300 million people in Africa by 2030. This was disclosed following the meeting of World Bank President, Ajay Banga, and his AfDB counterpart, Dr Akinwumi Adesina on Wednesday. It was revealed that the World Bank Group […]
[ad_1] Workers carrying bags of fertilizer at a warehouse in Njombe, Tanzania. ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 18 April 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-Global Affairs Canada(link is external) has provided $7.3 million in funding to the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) to enhance sustainable agricultural productivity and smallholder farmer livelihoods, particularly women and youth across Africa. The financing will aid the […]
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[ad_1] SAO PAULO (AP) — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday announced the creation of two new Indigenous territories for Brazil, bringing the total number of new reserves during this term to 10. The Cacique Fontoura reserve will be in Mato Grosso state and the Aldeia Velha territory will be in Bahia state. […]
[ad_1] Dr Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the avian influenza virus – which is also known as H5N1 – has had an “extremely high” mortality rate among the several hundred people known to have been infected with it to date. To date, no human-to-human H5N1 transmission has been […]
[ad_1] Biden is for pushing de-escalation—but Israel could still go rogue. Ad Policy Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugs US President Joe Biden upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) On Sunday, NBC News carried a remarkable report on Joe Biden’s contradictory […]
[ad_1] Twelve jurors and one alternate have been sworn in to serve in the criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, as the third day of his New York court proceedings concludes. Thursday saw Trump return to court after Wednesday’s weekly break. There, lawyers for both the defence and prosecution continued to haggle […]
[ad_1] The United States blocked the U.N. Security Council on Thursday from moving forward on a Palestinian bid to be recognized as a full member state at the United Nations, quashing an effort by Palestinian allies to get the world body to back the effort. The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, had […]
[ad_1] April 15, 2024 Despite all the bluster about how the Paris 2024 Olympics would be different, they’re looking a lot like the Games of recent years. And we’re only 100 days out. Ad Policy Seven years ago, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife welcomed former president Nicolas Sarkozy to an event celebrating the […]
[ad_1] Mr Zelensky is known to have flown out of Rzeszow-Jasionka on foreign visits. In December 2022, he flew back to the airport after a visit to Washington. Other foreign dignitaries, such as US President Joe Biden, have transited via the airport on their way to Ukraine. [ad_2]