It targets 64,086 displaced people (including 40,543 women and girls), 5,571 host families (25,000 people) and 25,000 people remaining in affected areas BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), March 19, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- 70.7 million dollars are needed to provide humanitarian assistance and to stimulate recovery for 114,000 people in
Read MoreBetween 1 January 2017 and 31 January 2018, at least 47 people, including women and children, were killed by security services and defence forces in the context of demonstrations GENEVA, Switzerland, March 19, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The right to freedom of peaceful assembly was severely restricted and often violently
Read MoreThe aim of the visit is to support and promote the Swiss private sector in the Nigerian and Ivorian markets, deepen bilateral economic relations with the two countries and to assess the business climate BERN, Switzerland, March 19, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- On 21 March, Federal Councillor Johann N. Schneider-Ammann
Read MorePresident Faure looked forward during the Russian President’s renewed mandate to work together towards further enhancing the friendly relations between Seychelles and Russia VICTORIA, Seychelles, March 19, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Following the re-election of H.E. Vladimir Putin as President of the Russian Federation, President Danny Faure has sent a
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Within less than two decades it will be cheaper to operate robots in US factories than hire workers in Africa, a new report warns. Falling automation costs are predicted to cause job losses as manufacturers return to richer economies. Some analysts say poorer countries could be less impacted by this
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As millers rush to import 6.6 million bags of cheap maize from Uganda, farmers in Rift Valley are stranded with their harvest after the Ministry of Agriculture scaled down purchases, the Daily Nation reports. Farmers now say cross-border trade in cereals is hurting them while favouring millers. They have petitioned
Read MoreBERLIN, Germany, March 19, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Speech by Minister of State Niels Annen to the German Bundestag in the debate on the extension of the UN peace mission in South Sudan (UNMISS): Madam President,Ladies and gentlemen,Fellow members of this House, I expect you feel the same way I
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Barclays Bank Uganda has confirmed leakage of Justine Bagyenda’s account details, saying that it regrets the unlawful act. This is after account details of former Bank of Uganda Executive Director in charge of Supervision leaked to the media, exposing her wealth and weaknesses in banks where she has accounts. In
Read MoreMore than 200 families were transferred by IOM from the EP La Gloire school to Kalunga on Wednesday (14/03), bringing the total number of families helped to relocate to 1,930 KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 19, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in the south-eastern Congolese
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At least 13 Kenyan MPs are receiving cancer treatment in India, news site The Star reports, quoting a lawmaker who has been receiving treatment in the country. MP Francis Munyua Waititu, who is being treated for brain cancer, said he had met several of his colleagues who were secretly receiving cancer treatment
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