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Dec 17, 2024 | 
un.org | Kingsley Ighobor
Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, one of Africa’s celebrated novelists, created a stirring moment at a conference of African academics and policymakers at the United Nations headquarters on 3 December by delivering his keynote address in Kikuyu, his native language from Kenya.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Kingsley Ighobor
-- Renowned development economist, Carlos LopesEconomist and former Executive Secretary for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, is contributing to proposals for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, to be held in Seville, Spain in 2025.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
un.org | Kingsley Ighobor |Carlos Lopes
Economist and former Executive Secretary for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, is contributing to proposals for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, to be held in Seville, Spain in 2025.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
un.org | Kingsley Ighobor
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Claver Gatete, discusses the implications of Africa’s rising debt, strategies to address it, and priorities for the upcoming Financing for Development Conference in Spain in 2025. The following are excerpts from Part 1 of his interview with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor: What are the implications of the rising debt for African countries and what solutions would you propose? Our debt goes up after each major shock.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
fr.allafrica.com | Kingsley Ighobor
Les appels se multiplient pour que les pays assouplissent les restrictions à la circulation des personnes afin de stimuler la mise en oeuvre de la ZLECAf et l'intégration régionale.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
un.org | Kingsley Ighobor
At the annual Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) event, tagged #UnstoppableAfrica and held in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly last September, Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, shared how, despite investing over $600 million in a certain African country, he still needed a visa to enter.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
un.org | Kingsley Ighobor
Wawira Njiru, Founder and CEO of Food for Education, is on a mission to feed millions of schoolchildren across Africa. Currently, her organization provides 450,000 meals daily to over 1,200 schools across Kenya. Ahead of World Food Day on 16 October, the award-winning Ms. Njiru spoke with Kingsley Ighobor about her ambitions, the importance of nutritious meals for children, the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity, and more. Below are excerpts from the interview.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
un.org | Kingsley Ighobor
At most international forums, including the annual UN General Assembly high-level debate, Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio consistently highlights the injustices of the global system, particularly Africa’s absence in the permanent category and underrepresentation in the non-permanent category of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
ipsnews.net | Kingsley Ighobor
Africa, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Featured, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Reprint| | Print|UNITED NATIONS, Aug 6 2024 (IPS) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was founded in 1975 to promote economic integration in the region.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
fr.allafrica.com | Kingsley Ighobor
Entretien avec l'Ambassadeur Abdel-Fatau Musah, Commissaire de la CEDEAO pour les Affaires politiques, la paix et la sécuritéLa Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO) a été fondée en 1975 pour promouvoir l'intégration économique dans la région. Quarante-neuf ans plus tard, le bloc régional peut se targuer de succès significatifs en matière d'intégration, de paix et de sécurité et de bonne gouvernance, mais il doit également faire face à certains défis.
