Agencies
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICA joins international community to mark International Day of Argania tree
KAMPALA– The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] will join the international community in marking the Second International Day of Argania, celebrated globally on May 10. The Argan tree (Argania Spinosa), found in the…
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News
EAC ministers adopt 35 percent common external tariff
KAMPALA– East African Community (EAC) ministers of trade and finance have adopted 35 percent as the 4th band of the EAC Common External Tariff (CET), officials say. The Ministers, during a retreat on…
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Cooperatives & Communities
The Co-operators avails cyber-insurance coverage for businesses
ONTARIO– Canadian insurer, the Co-operators, has revamped its cyber insurance offers for business policyholders. The Co-operators, a co-operative group, says the product will protect business owners from unexpected expenses and/or costs of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
US$1mln boost for programme to drive racial equity in credit unions
NEW YORK – Cuna Mutual Group Foundation has committed to invest US$1m in a fund to build equity in credit unions led by or serving people of colour, according to thenews.coop. The money…
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Ugandans among Africans caught up in the horror of the war in Ukraine
KYIV – Africans were among the more than five million refugees who fled the conflict in Ukraine. But even as they attempted to escape the carnage, many Africans were treated like second…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ministry releases data collection template, cooperatives urged to enroll
NEW DELHI– Moving with a sense of urgency, the Indian Ministry of Cooperation has released a draft Data Collection Template for cooperatives across the states to fill up their details in a…
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Organisations
Progress in LDCs stalled by multiple crises-ILO
NEW YORK – Economic and social progress in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have been slowed by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the continuing energy and food crises. According to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
New cooperative policy: Indian states suggest FDI, age limit for board members
NEW DELHI -Allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in the cooperative sector, particularly in Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) to improve infrastructure; fix an upper age limit of 70 years for board members…
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FBI warns US farm co-ops of cyber threats in planting and harvest seasons
US – Cyber attacks on agricultural co-ops are higher in the planting and harvest seasons, the FBI has warned. The US crime agency says ransomware actors will choose these crucial seasons because…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Rwandan Sandra Uwera now global CEO of Fairtrade International
BONN – Fairtrade International, the global label for social justice and sustainability, has appointed Rwandan Sandra Uwera as its global Chief Executive Officer [CEO]. Ms Uwera succeeds Dr Nyagoy Nyong’o, who served as…
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