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Trade and Gender Informal Working Group advances work on gender-responsive trade policies
World Trade Organization
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May 17, 2024
The IWG Co-Chairs — Cabo Verde, El Salvador and the United Kingdom — made a series of proposals to move forward the Group's work, in line with the MC13 Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN(24)/W/12/Rev.1). Some of the proposals related to the...
The WCO supports Sierra Leone in implementing its tariff based on the 2022 version of the Harmonized System
World Customs Organization
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May 16, 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), conducted a technical assistance mission for the benefit of the National Revenue Authority of Sierra Leone for the migration of its...
State Auditor announces audit of the City of Joplin
The Office of Missouri State Auditor
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May 15, 2024
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Advancing simplification and harmonization of Customs procedures: the WCO Multi-regional Workshop on the Revised Kyoto Convention in Abuja, Nigeria deepens understanding across WCA and ESA regions
World Customs Organization
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May 14, 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully delivered a “green” multi-regional workshop (conducted without the use of paper) on the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) in Abuja, Nigeria, from 6 to 9 May 2024, with the financial support of the...
Blancco Wins 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Award
EIN Presswire
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May 7, 2024
Blancco’s victory in the Sustainable Service category recognizes the company for its leadership role in efforts to mitigate the e-waste crisis AUSTIN, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, May 7, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Blancco Technology Group, the industry...
2024 Annual Meetings: African Countries Urged to Define Common Position for Reform of the Global Financial Architecture
African Development Bank
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April 24, 2024
"The problem of financing will remain unresolved so long as the rules and practices of global economic and financial governance obstruct access for our countries to sizeable resources on sustainable terms." The above pronouncement by Senegalese...
Partners, Allies Mark Conclusion of First AMFS/NILS-A Combined Event in Accra, Ghana
U.S. Navy
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May 2, 2024
Over three busy and productive days, conference attendees discussed a wide array of challenges and opportunities in the maritime domain. They found common ground to increase collaboration and mutual understanding in order to tackle maritime...
Africa Road Builders: two African heads of state receive 2024 Babacar Ndiaye Prize
African Development Bank
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April 30, 2024
The “Africa Road Builders” Selection Committee met in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on 18 April 2024 where it awarded the Babacar Ndiaye Prize 2024 to the Presidents of Equatorial Guinea and of the Republic of Congo, Téodoro Obiang Nguema...
Artist Paul Wiersbinski awarded the 2024 World Heritage Residence Scholarship
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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April 30, 2024
This year, 2024, the World Heritage Residence Scholarship goes to German artist Paul Wiersbinski, Berlin, for his project entitled "The Perfect House". The project will connect together the World Heritage sites Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland...
COLIBRI holds Regional Focal Point Meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
World Customs Organization
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April 29, 2024
As part of the COLIBRI Project on General Aviation, implemented by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and funded by the European Union (EU), the first Regional Focal Point Meeting was held from 26 to 28 February 2024 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire....
African Development Bank Executive Director and Sudanese Envoy Discuss Crucial Support Amid Ongoing Conflict
African Development Bank
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April 25, 2024
Ambassador El Gayly Mohamed Abdelhamid, Sudanese Chargé d’Affaires to Cote d’Ivoire, recently paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Rufus N. Darkortey, Executive Director for Sudan at the African Development Bank. The meeting, held on April 4, 2024, at the...
West African Kora Virtuoso Sona Jobarteh Continues 2024 North American Tour with Dates on East Coast and Rocky Mountains
EIN Presswire
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March 26, 2024
Musician and educational pioneer Sona Jobarteh's critically acclaimed 2024 North American tour continues with 11 concerts from New York City to Montana BOSTON, MA, US, March 26, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Legendary kora virtuoso and educational...
UK: Rwanda Bill Approaches Finishing Line as Implementation Obstacles Continue to Grow ― Government Looking to Negotiate Migration Deals with Other Countries ― NGOs Planning ‘People’s Inquiry’ to Campaign for Closure of Accommodation Barge ― Asylum See…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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April 19, 2024
After another week of ‘parliamentary ping-pong’, the final vote on the Rwanda bill is expected to take place within days but issues relating to legal challenges, airlines and housing continue to jeopardise the eventual implementation of the...
Tai Ji Men Hosts Concert of Gratitude and Blessings
EIN Presswire
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April 17, 2024
Co-founder of Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy Honored with President’s Lifetime Achievement Award CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, April 17, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy and five other civil society organizations hosted the "Concert...
At Our Ocean Conference, Global Fishing Watch welcomes international partnerships to enhance ocean management
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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April 17, 2024
ATHENS, Greece, April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Fishing Watch, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing ocean governance through transparency of human activity at sea, has announced three pioneering collaborations...
Worsening hunger grips West and Central Africa amid persistent conflict and economic turmoil
Food and Agriculture Organization
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April 15, 2024
Dakar – Nearly 55 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to feed themselves in the June-August 2024 lean season, according to the March 2024 Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis released by the Permanent Inter-State Committee...
Several Subsea Cables in 10 African Countries are Badly Damaged and Need to be Repaired
EIN Presswire
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March 20, 2024
At least 10 countries in West Africa have experienced network outages since Thursday (14th), with South Africa also affected. DUBAI, UAE, March 20, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Internet outages in at least 10 countries in Africa, many undersea...
What Turmoil in ECOWAS Means for Nigeria and Regional Stability
International Crisis Group
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March 29, 2024
A string of coups in the central Sahel continues to reverberate in West Africa. On 28 January, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – where military officers seized power in a series of putsches beginning in 2021 – announced that they were exiting the...
Scam Centres and Ceasefires: China-Myanmar Ties Since the Coup
International Crisis Group
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March 26, 2024
What’s new? Notwithstanding a recent flurry of diplomacy, China remains unhappy with Myanmar’s military regime and resistant to normalising relations. In late 2023, it gave tacit support to a major rebel offensive in north-eastern Myanmar that...
IPI joins 38 other rights groups calling on Media Freedom Coalition states to take concrete action for the safety of journalists in Gaza
International Press Institute
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March 25, 2024
Coalition: MFC's credibility is on the line A general view shows damaged houses after an Israeli airstrike targeted the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, March 25, 2024. EPA-EFE/HAITHAM IMAD The IPI global network today joined 38 other...