YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast, 7 January 2019 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or the “Corporation”), the leading infrastructure development finance institution in Africa, is pleased to announce that in its role as Sole Mandated Lead Arranger it has successfully closed a €577 million debt financing (the “Facility”) for Société
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YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast, 7 January 2019 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or the “Corporation”), the leading infrastructure development finance institution in Africa, is pleased to announce that in its role as Sole Mandated Lead Arranger it has successfully closed a €577 million debt financing (the “Facility”) for Société
Read MoreYAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast, 7 January 2019 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or the “Corporation”), the leading infrastructure development finance institution in Africa, is pleased to announce that in its role as Sole Mandated Lead Arranger it has successfully closed a €577 million debt financing (the “Facility”) for Société
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Banana (commonly known as matooke in Uganda) is one of the major food security crops in Uganda as the crop supplies food to people almost all the time. Besides food, bananas in Uganda and East Africa are used to produce local brew, and these crops also supplement animal feeds. BANANA
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A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is "under control", following an attempted military coup. Guy-Bertrand Mapangou told the BBC that four of the rebels had been arrested by the authorities. A fifth is on the run. The junior officers claimed they
Read MoreNEW-YORK, United-States of America, 7 January 2019,-/African Media Agency/-More than 40 civilians have been reportedly killed during intercommunal clashes this week in northern Burkina Faso, prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to issue a statement on Friday night condemning the violence and “deteriorating security situation” in parts of the West African country. The
Read MoreThis is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA, Switzerland, 7 January 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is supporting local authorities in the Republic of the
Read MoreNEW-YORK, United-States of America, 7 January 2019-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants states that “migration should be a choice, not a necessity”. However, there are countless groups of forced and involuntary migrants, including refugees, stateless persons, people who are trafficked and those internally displaced by disasters and
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is on Monday expected to launch the Mama Ngina waterfront project in Mombasa County together with Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga, who has also camped in Mombasa County since last week, Daily Nation reports. Before launching the KSh460million (UShs18.8bn) project waterfront project, President Kenyatta will
Read MoreLONDON, England, 7 January 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Following further closures of media outlets and a mounting crackdown on internet and mobile messaging in the wake of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes Joan Nyanyuki said: “The
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