Africa Press Releases

PowerChina-constructed Mali Gouina hydropower station completed

Alleviating electricity shortages in West Africa BEIJING, Feb. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A news report by haiwainet.cn: On December 3, 2022, the inauguration of the Gouina Hydropower Station, which is owned and managed by the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS), financed by the Export-Import Bank of China, and constructed by PowerChina, […]

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Opening remarks by the Director-General of WHO at the fourth meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the multi-country monkeypox outbreak – 9 February 2023

February 9, 2023Dr. Alda Maria da Cruz,Dear members and advisors of the Emergency Committee, colleagues and friends:I want to thank our President and Vice President for joining us in Geneva, and all of you for joining us from around the world.It is ver…

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Desert Locust Bulletin 531 (9 February 2023)

WINTER BREEDING WILL DECLINEThe Desert Locust situation continued to remain calm during January. In northwest Africa, scattered hoppers and adults with a few adult groups were present in the southern Western Sahara of Morocco while, in nearby Mauritani…