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The UN unveils 2025 International Year of Cooperatives logo
BRUSSELS, October 22, 2024 – The International Cooperative Alliance is pleased to announce that the United Nations [UN] has released the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives [IYC2025] logo today. Organisations wishing to use…
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Uganda Martyrs honoured at Vatican celebration
ROME, October 22, 2024 – President Yoweri Museveni has praised the impact of Christianity on Uganda while marking the 60th anniversary of the canonisation of the Uganda Martyrs. In a speech delivered…
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Afreximbank to double Creative Africa Nexus funding to US$ 2bln to boost Africa’s creative economy
ALGIERS, October 21, 2024 — President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank, Pro. Benedict Oramah, has announced that Afreximbank will increase its funding to the Creative Africa Nexus [CANEX]…
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Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement partners with China to use solar energy in cooperatives
BRASILIA, October 20, 2024 — João Pedro Stedile, leader of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement [MST, in Portuguese], was in China to talk with institutions and companies that have already started partnerships…
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EPRC survey finds gaps in the implementation of revised O-level curriculum
KAMPALA, October 18, 2024 — A new survey has highlighted significant gaps in the implementation of the revised lower-level secondary curriculum at the time when the first cohort of students sit for…
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How rural women in Morocco have ventured forth with vinegar
RABAT, October 19, 2024 — In the mountains of central Morocco, apple farming is a way of life. But post-harvest losses and food wastage have brought economic troubles to rural communities. Twenty-four-year-old…
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New Cooperative Bill to reform and boost sector growth
NAIROBI, October 19, 2024 — The Cooperative Bill 2024, which the Kenyan Parliament is presently scrutinising, aims to tackle the persistent governance and management issues afflicting the cooperative sector, according to Wycliffe…
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Small-scale farmers take to the screens of cinema theatres worldwide
Rome, 17 October 2024 — In recognition of World Food Day, the Global Cinema Advertising Association [SAWA] and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD] yesterday launched a global cinema campaign…
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EU Council agrees to delay EUDR implementation by one year
BRUSSELS, October 17, 2024 — The European Council has agreed to support the Commission’s proposal to postpone the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation [ EUDR ] by one year. This postponement…
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AfDB supports Biashara Africa 2024 Business Forum
KIGALI, October 16, 2024 — The African Development Bank has lent support to the Biashara Africa 2024 Business Forum or AfCFTA Business Forum, held recently in Kigali, Rwanda. The meeting, organised by…
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