NEW DELHI – ─ The Government of India and the World Bank today signed a $250 million credit agreement under the Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project for reconstruction and recovery support in flood-affected areas in which public infrastructure and livelihoods were impacted severely. It… Read More ›
Sierra Leone– The government of Sierra Leone is due to face its second cycle review on its human rights records during the 24th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) holding in Geneva. The country was first successfully reviewed in… Read More ›
by Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group Africa needs a new deal on energy, and now it has one. US President Roosevelt’s post-Depression New Deal of the 1930s focused on ‘Relief, Recovery and Reform’. For Africa’s New Deal on… Read More ›
Cameroon — At its regular meeting in Abidjan on Wednesday, January 20, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a €89.291-million loan to finance the development of an Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (AVC-DP) in Cameroon…. Read More ›
Sierra Leone — “Today, there are over 10 000 survivors of Ebola virus disease. A number of medical problems have been reported in survivors, including mental health issues. Ebola virus may persist in some body fluids, including semen. Ebola survivors… Read More ›
By Alpha Bedoh Kamara Poor economies, unstable political atmosphere, unemployment and poverty are forcing Africans to travel en masse to Saudi Arabia to embrace further social injustice, abuse and violations in the hands of Saudi nationals who still believe nationals… Read More ›
The United Nations Secretary- General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon has urged governments to incorporate everyone in the new era of global sustainability. “If the landmark Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were a pact between donors and recipients, the 2030 Agenda must become must… Read More ›
