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Fishing on Lake Albert: Congolese fishermen get back confiscated fishing gear
BULIISA, July 5, 2024: Congolese fishermen whose fishing gears were impounded by the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unity [FPU] have a reason to smile after government returned their fishing gear. Major Frank Kanzira,…
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Digital Earth Africa announces major advancement in the observation and monitoring of Africa’s waterbodies
JOHANNESBURG, June 16, 2024 – Digital Earth Africa has the launch of its innovative Waterbodies Monitoring Service. This service is a world-first developed in – and for – the African continent. The…
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African economies to grow by 3.4 percent in 2024-report
KAMPALA, April 9, 2024 – Increased private consumption and declining inflation are supporting an economic rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the recovery remains fragile due to uncertain global economic conditions, growing debt…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kenya: Coffee cooperatives urged to list their debts
NAIROBI, April 2, 2024, Kenya’s Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development has asked coffee cooperative societies in the country to list and verify their debts to help the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Saudi Arabia signs international coffee agreement 2022
LONDON, February 20, 2024 – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made history by signing the International Coffee Agreement [ICA] 2022 at the International Coffee Organisation [ICO] headquarters in London. This is…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Partners pledge to transform global coffee sector in joint declaration
BERLIN, 19 January 22, 2024 – Set against the vibrant backdrop of Berlin’s Grüne Woche, the International Coffee Organisation [ICO], Global Coffee Platform [GCP], and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and…
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Africa
Commonwealth launches e-learning course to help African countries access billions in climate finance
DUBAI, December 13, 2023 – A new Commonwealth e-learning course launched yesterday will improve the ability of African countries to access billions of dollars in climate finance. The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland…
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Africa
COP 28: AfDB’s US$1bln insurance facility to protect millions of farmers in Africa
DUBAI, December 4, 2023 – The African Development Bank [AfDB] has presented its planned US$1 billion facility to provide insurance to more than 40 million farmers across the continent against severe impacts…
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International
World Bank: Conflict in Middle East could bring ‘dual shock’ to global commodity markets
WASHINGTON, October 30, 2023 – Although the global economy is in a much better position than it was in the 1970s to cope with a major oil-price shock, an escalation of the…
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