Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen launched today a Regional Teachers’ Initiative in Africa and for Africa, a €100 million investment from the EU budget in empowering the world’s fastest growing youth population through qualit…
Day: January 26, 2023
WFP welcomes major donation of €65.5 million from the European Union in Eastern and Southern Africa to address the unprecedented global food crisis in eleven countries
An essential and timely contribution of €65.5 million from the European Union, received through its Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), has been immediately put to work by WFP to address the unprecedented needs caused by the global effects of the war i…
Africa emerges from holiday travel season with low number of COVID-19 cases
Brazzaville, Africa is emerging from the New Year travel season without a significant upsurge in COVID-19 for the first time since the start of the pandemic.A total of 20 552 new cases were recorded in the first three weeks of January 2023, a 97% slump…
African Leaders Discuss Path to Food Security at Dakar Summit
African heads of state and development partners will discuss ways to increase Africa’s agricultural production at a summit in progress in Senegal. Climate change, soaring inflation, and the effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine have combined to make food …