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Africa: African Union Gives Okonjo-Iweala, Others, New Appointments
Premium Times, 13 April 2020
The Chairperson of the African Union, President of the Republic of South Africa His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Donald Kaberuka, Tidjane Thiam and… Read more »
AU Scouts for Funding for Africa as COVID-19 Reality Bites
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa who is also the AU Chairperson, has appointed three envoys who will expedite the process of securing economic support to enable countries on the continent to respond swiftly to the "grave public health emergency" it faces, with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Africa: AU Appoints Iweala, Kaberuka, 2 Others to Mobilize International Economic Aid
Daily Trust, 13 April 2020
Chairperson, African Union, Cyril Ramaphosa, has appointed former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Rwandan Finance Minister Donald Kaberuka as Special… Read more »
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Africa: Ramaphosa Appoints AU Envoys, Trevor Manuel, to Secure Economic Support for Africa
News24Wire, 12 April 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as chairperson of the African Union (AU), has appointed former finance minister Trevor Manuel, among others, to garner international… Read more »
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Africa: AU Predicts Continental Recession Due to COVID-19
VOA, 6 April 2020
With the African Union now predicting the continent’s economy will contract by 0.8 percent this year, African finance ministers are scheduled to meet via video conference on… Read more »
InFocus
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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As the global fight against the coronavirus continues, President George Weah has taken additional restrictive measures, including a declaration of a 21-day state of emergency that ... Read more »
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Zimbabwean authorities have begun enforcing a three-week lockdown in its fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus after the disease left one person dead and infected six ... Read more »
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President Cyril Ramaphosa told the country in a nationwide broadcast that this action was "urgently and drastically" needed to prevent novel coronavirus infections from escalating ... Read more »
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A five-person presidential review committee, formed to study the impact of COVID-19 on the nation's economy, has proposed another adjustment to the 2020 Budget. The country has b Read more »
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President Yoweri Museveni has said that because some people had ignored with "indiscipline and Inconsideration" the measures imposed by the government, more stringent action had to ... Read more »
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The government plans to raise U.S.$ 7 billion from multilateral lenders, the IMF and the World Bank, to help fund efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus and counter its ... Read more »
