ECOWAS BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTS AND DECISION-MAKERS TO STRENGTHEN REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
As part of the Regional Economic Integration Weeks, the ECOWAS Commission, through its Department of Economic Affairs and Agriculture, is continuing to strengthen dialogue and cooperation with Member States. From 22 to 26 June, Dakar hosted a series of regional meetings bringing together experts, decision-makers, agricultural producers, livestock farmers and technical and financial partners to discuss issues relating to regional integration.
In the presence of the Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Dr Kalilou Sylla, the official joint launch of three regional meetings marked this stage of the Dakar event: the regional consultation workshop for agricultural producers’ and livestock farmers’ organisations on food security stockpiling; the 11th General Assembly of the ECOWAS Community Metrology Committee; and the handover ceremony for equipment to the LACOMEV laboratory at the EISMV. Following the opening ceremony, each agency or directorate continued its technical work with its specific stakeholders and partners.
🇨🇲 Cameroon is modernizing its trade corridors! A massive $1.12 billion World Bank-backed project is transforming the Douala-Bangui economic corridor to boost cross-border trade 🛣️
The Goal: Cut down the current high transport costs of up to $270 per ton and slash long delivery
Known as Nairobi’s “Birdman”, Rodgers Magutha dedicates his life to rescuing injured birds from a Nairobi dumpsite. Using his own resources, he nurses them back to health before releasing them into the wild, inspiring others through his compassion for wildlife.
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We close foreigners' spaza shops but we are not ready to run them. We are waiting for government to give us money to buy stock. They looted the stock and now expect government to bail them. Afrika Borwa is dramatic.
“Everything that is happening…it looks like it's afrophobia.” - Khadijah Suman.
Children born and raised in South Africa are now living in makeshift camps after xenophobic attacks forced their families to leave. With their education disrupted and futures uncertain, many are preparing to return to a country they barely know. @PrincessSazl reports.
Out of all the gbege Tinubu has brought upon Nigerians, NELFUND is barely a drop in the ocean - even though I still don’t agree with that approach.
Going everywhere shouting “NELFUND! NELFUND!” as though it is the defining achievement of this administration is honestly a slap in the face of Nigerians. 😏
How do you celebrate student loans while millions more Nigerians have been pushed into poverty under the same government’s policies?
How do you ignore the skyrocketing cost of food, fuel, rent, electricity, healthcare and transportation, then expect us to clap because students can now borrow money to attend universities that still suffer from poor infrastructure?
That is not the standard we should be aspiring to.
Please, with all due respect, keep that small-mindedness away from me. Nigeria deserves much bigger ambitions than this.
“We are having Zimbabweans all over the world because their government is failing to cater for them while Zimbabwe has all the resources to make sure that it feeds its own people.”
Musa Hlongwa says Zimbabwe's government must improve living conditions, manage national resources responsibly and create an environment where citizens can build their future within the country.
“We need to be more matured to understand that artists are not politicians.”
@TebogoMash73447 says public expectations should recognise that many artists prefer to focus on their music and protect their careers rather than take public positions on political or national matters.
Families of at least 176 people abducted in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State have appealed to the Nigerian Government and Kwara State Government to secure their release after nearly six months in captivity.
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Its human rights office says restrictions on civil liberties are creating fear among opposition supporters, journalists, activists, and civil society groups.
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The Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Professor Tanko Ishaya, has met with security stakeholders following the mob killing of a student accused of stealing an iPhone 12, with discussions focused on preventing similar incidents.
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Prof. Hadiza Nuhu, an associate professor of pharmacy at Ahmadu Bello University, has developed Herb 25, an anti-malaria herbal drug registered by NAFDAC.
The drug, developed after 12 years of research, is described as an enhanced ethnomedical preparation from herbs traditionally used in Nigeria to treat malaria.
Herb 25 is formulated for chloroquine-resistant malaria and is dispensed in tea bags for easy preparation with hot water. University officials said it is the first anti-malaria drug of its kind to be produced by a Nigerian university.
Nuhu, a senior lecturer in the Department of Pharmacognosy and Drug Development, holds a Ph.D. from ABU. She is also a member of the Nigerian Society of Pharmacognosy and research director of the Association of Commonwealth Traditional Medicine Practitioners, West Africa.
Lo que ha sucedido es un ataque a la integridad territorial de España y merece nuestra más rotunda y enérgica condena.
Toda España está con la ciudadanía de Ceuta. El Gobierno de España está con la Ciudad Autónoma.
Gracias por la cooperación que siempre hemos mantenido con el gobierno de la ciudad.
Utilizaremos todos los recursos del Estado para garantizar la seguridad y la convivencia.
Y nuestro compromiso total y rotundo con el futuro de la Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta.
@ChuksEricE Just as our corrupt politicians fight back is what's happening now. But this thief won't survive it like the politicians cos jungle justice is different from biased judicials...