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The Economic Community of West African States has initiated efforts to address the thorny issue of marketing authorisation for veterinary medicines in region. Given that the liberalization of the veterinary medicine sector in the West Africa has sometimes had negative consequences and therefore revealed the need for regional intervention to regulate their marketing and guarantee their quality, a workshop has been organized on the operationalization of the regional marketing authorization system for veterinary medicines. The workshop, which opened in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on June 20, 2023 was organised by the Regional Animal Health Center (RAHC), through the “Improvement of animal…

   A 14-member delegation of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, led by its President, Honorable Edward Amoako Asante is in Arusha on a five day working visit to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights that will culminate in the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between both courts towards strengthening their collaboration in deepening respect for human rights in Africa.    The new MOU to be signed by the delegation, which includes the five judges of the Court, Directors, Registrars and Heads of Department of the Court, will replace the inaugural MOU signed between both courts…

On June 22-23, 2023, France hosts an international Summit for a New Global Financing Pact. Theme: Building a new consensus for a more inclusive international financial system.

For the next two days, France will be host to an international Summit for a New Global Financing Pact set to run Jun 22-23 at the Palais Brongniart in Paris, France. Initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron, the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact fits into an international context marked by the cascading consequences of concurring climate, energy, health and economic crises, particularly in the most vulnerable countries. With the theme: Building a new consensus for a more inclusive international financial system, the two next days will be useful to take things forward. Taken together, these steps are aimed…

East African Community (EAC) countries project overall national government spending in the sub-region to rise in the financial year from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Finance ministers from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda are to present their annual 2023/2024 budgets under a common theme before their respective parliaments on Thursday June 22 — this is in line with the EAC Treaty. The exemptions are Burundi, South Sudan and latest entrant the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These four EAC member states are to provide details of their spending priorities and how they expect to fund them. Most of…

Ahead of the Sierra Leonean elections, Head of Electoral Observation Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, met with several stakeholders on Wednesday, on preparations for the presidential and legislative elections on Saturday, 24th June in Sierra Leone. He was accompanied by the Deputy Head of Mission Ambassador Ansumana Ceesay, the ECOWAS Resident Representative to Sierra Leone, Ambassador Moussa Harouna, and Ambassador Dr. Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security. At a meeting with the Chief Commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), Mr. Mohamed Kenewui Konneh, in…

Hilda Baci finally received her plaque and certificate from the Guinness World Records on June 19. The celebrity chef was awarded 93 hours out of the 100 she cooked for, making her the record holder for the longest cookathon by an individual. https://www.instagram.com/tv/Ctr_2k7o8U4/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Days after her confirmation as the holder of the record for the longest cookathon by an individual, Hilda Baci officially received her plaque and certificate from Guinness World Records. Hilda, who was supported by millions of Nigerians during the event, shared the unboxing experience with them via her Instagram Live. In the video sighted online, Hilda could…

The grandiose Temple of Quechula was built with the belief that the village of its namesake would boast a large, booming population. Today, the abandoned city hosts schools of fish that feed the livelihood of local fishermen, submerged within the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir, at least partially. Over the past six months, drought in Chiapas, Mexico, has plunged water levels at the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir, built on the Grijalva River, to extreme levels. The church was built in the 16th century under the order of a group of monks led by Friar Bartolome de la Casas in a region inhabited by the Zoque…

The Turkish central bank faces a key test Thursday on turning to more conventional economic policies to counter sky-high inflation after newly reelected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave mixed signals about an approach that many blame for worsening a cost-of-living crisis. It is the bank’s closely watched first interest rate-setting meeting since the longtime leader named internationally respected officials to head the bank and the finance ministry. While a sharp rate hike is expected, it’s not clear if it will be enough to ease market concerns. The appointments were seen as a sign that Turkey would change course and abandon…

Even as hiring slowed worldwide last year, the number of job postings requiring at least one “green skill” continued to skyrocket, according to a new report from LinkedIn. The share of job listings requiring green skills, which LinkedIn says are skills that directly combat the effects of climate change, is higher than ever – growing by some 23% in the past year, the company’s Global Green Skills report 2023 revealed. While the report found that the share of green talent is growing, only one in eight workers currently have green skills, which reflects that demand is growing more quickly than…