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The Gambia: Statement by an IMF Mission for Negotiations of a New ECF Arrangement
An IMF mission led by Mr. David Dunn visited The Gambia during February 22-March 6, 2012, to negotiate a macroeconomic and financial program that could be supported by the IMF under its Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The mission met with...

New report finds women and girls still face widespread discrimination in sexist laws
Equality Now research finds that while some countries have made progress in strengthening women's legal rights, there has been alarming backsliding elsewhere. NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, March 4, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new global report...

Statement by an IMF Mission to The Gambia
An IMF mission led by Mr. David Dunn visited The Gambia during October 18-November 1, 2011, to conduct discussions for the 2011 Article IV consultation. The mission met with Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Mambury Njie, Governor of the...

Africa: African Women Entrepreneurs Travel to United States for International Exchange
Media Note Washington, DC September 16, 2011 Working to strengthen economic partnerships between the United States and Africa, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that 43 African women business...

The Gambia: Statement by an IMF Staff Visit
Mr. David Dunn, International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief for The Gambia, issued the following statement today in Banjul: “An IMF mission visited The Gambia during May 18–31, 2011 to initiate negotiations on a policy framework that could be...

The Gambia: Statement by an IMF Staff Mission
Mr. David Dunn, International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief for The Gambia, issued the following statement in Banjul on March 17: “An IMF team visited The Gambia during March 4–17, 2011 to review recent economic developments and discuss with...

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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian’s Regular Press Conference on April 30, 2024
At the invitation of Gambian President Adama Barrow, President Xi Jinping’s Special Representative and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zheng Jianbang will travel to the Gambia from May 4 to 5 to attend the...

Birmingham Humanitarian honoured with UK Volunteer of the Year Award 2024
Head of FGRF UK, Syed Muhammad Faisal Sami has been awarded the ‘UK Volunteer of the Year 2024’ by Charity Today. PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, October 18, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Birmingham-based Syed Muhammad Faisal Sami,...

Four UPG Sustainability Leaders from Europe compete for votes to reach Hurricane Island, USA
Four UPG Sustainability Leaders from across Europe compete for your vote to win a place on the Journey To Hurricane Island (USA). Voters will win prizes! GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, January 31, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Four #UPGSustainability leaders...

ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN: Spain asks Frontex to patrol West African coasts ― Senegal to receive € 30 million from the EU to curb migration ― Spain states opposition to migration centres outside the EU; plans to regularise thousands of undocumented peop…
The Spanish government has asked the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) to try to secure permission to patrol the coasts of several West African countries in order to support the latter’s own migration management efforts. The...

Ambassador Hugues Sanon pays tribute to famous fashion designer Prashant Goyal during New York Fashion Week
Ambassador Hugues Sanon also presents to Prashant Goyal an official certificate on behalf of Honorable Senator George Borrello of the 57th Senate District NEW YORK , NY, UNITED STATES, September 10, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On Saturday,...

ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN: 89 Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Mauritania ― Spain’s Main Opposition Proposes Military Deployment for Border Management ― Hundreds Protest Migrant Arrivals on Canary Islands ― 68 Rescued from Boat in Distress in Atlantic
At least 89 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania. The spokesperson for Spain’s main opposition party has suggested that the Spanish government should use all the means at its disposal, including the deployment...

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Regular Press Conference on July 5, 2024
At the invitation of Premier Li Qiang of the State Council, Prime Minister Charlot Salwai of the Republic of Vanuatu will pay an official visit to China from July 7 to 12. At the invitation of Premier Li Qiang of the State Council, Prime Minister...

Applications open: Basic Training Course on Ocean Acidification
Dates: 9-13 September 2024 Location: Monrovia, Liberia Deadline for receipt of applications from the nominating national authority: 26 July 2024 Introduction This Basic Training Course on Ocean Acidification will provide participants with the...

African Development Bank’s Adesina highlights Africa as the world’s best investment destination at BADEA’s 50th anniversary
Africa’s human, land, mineral resource and cross-border trade endowments combine to make it the world’s most promising investment destination, now and well into the future, African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina said....

Scam Centres and Ceasefires: China-Myanmar Ties Since the Coup
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...

U.S. Border Patrol makes over 250 apprehensions in less than 13 hours
IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif., – U.S. Border Patrol Agents assigned to the San Diego Sector Imperial Beach Station encountered 290 individuals illegally crossing into the U.S., from over 30 different countries, in less than 13 hours. At approximately 7...

Amidst the Biden-Africa Summit-195 Years Later
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, December 15, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In 1788, Africa was indeed entering the second century of the effect of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, when an African prince, Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori...

Book Review: I Feel No Peace: Rohingya Fleeing Over Seas and Rivers
Kaamil Ahmed’s documentation of the Rohingya’s plight details their trauma, death, and despair. The book’s telling of their human longing for peace and a better life should enjoy a wide readership. Kaamil Ahmed has covered the plight of the...