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  As part of her vision to end the perennial floods in her constituency, the Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings together with Minister for Works and Housing, Asenso Boakye toured some of the flood-prone areas at Odawna and its environs in Accra. The aim was to assess the effects of floods and how to mitigate them before the rains set in. Dr. Zanetor and the Minister had a meeting with the leadership of the Odawna Garages Association on how best to prevent the ...

May 20, 2021 A woman in Kathmandu, Nepal, holds on to much-needed oxygen cylinders for a Covid-19 patient after refilling them at a factory. Reuters While global attention has been focused on India’s runaway second Covid-19 wave, a surge in cases has pushed neighbouring Nepal ’s health care system to the breaking point, with intensive care unit wards jammed and hospitals clamouring for oxygen. Many medical facilities in the impoverished country of 30 million are refusing admission to Covid-...

  The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye, has disclosed that construction will begin in December on a new project to end the perennial flooding of the Odaw River Basin in Accra. He said the government was currently in the process of recruiting consultants and contractors to execute the project which will be funded by a $200million World Bank loan. According to the Minister, the floods are caused by structural problems which would be solved by the Greater Accra Resilient a...

  The Ghana Somubi Dwumadie, a four-year programme that focuses on mental health, has awarded grants to nine civil society organisations (CSOs) to promote mental health and disability-inclusion in the country. The CSOs include the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD), Hope For Future Generation (HFFG), SANGTABA, Voice of People with Disability (Voice-Ghana), ABAK Foundation (ABAK), Centre for Active Learning and Integrated Development (CALID). The rest are Centre for People’s Empowe...

Akron Beacon Journal Theiss Woods must be preserved Many thanks to the Editorial Board for your full-throated support of conserving Theiss Woods in your editorial April 18. We fully agree with the points made, particularly the arguments against tax abatement for high-end homes should this property be developed. We support the use of tax abatement in the core of the city where infrastructure is in place. However, we do not support abatement for locations such as Theiss Woods where the housing ma...

Modern Diplomacy Abstract: Cabo Delgado, once heartland of the Mozambican national liberation struggle, is turning into an epicenter of conflict and instability, which threatens neighboring countries and regional stability. Armed conflict with Jihadist extremists is exacerbated by privatized security forces and a lack of tangible regional solidarity and security coordination. Large offshore gas deposits act as an additional driver of conflict while peacebuilding initiatives are still at the v...

Indian Organic Food Market, Global Industry Overview, Sales Revenue, Demand and Forecast by 2026 Evertise According to IMARC Groups latest report, titled India Organic Food Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026, the India organic food market reached a value of US$ 815 Million in 2020. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market has huge potential for growth during 2021-2026. Organic food includes a wide variety of organically-sourced ingredients t...

Apr 26, 2021 “The power of the China Coast Guard is limited, but the power of the people is infinite,” said Chen Jiang, the president of Hainan Province Association for Development of Maritime Industry in the South China Sea at the body’s inauguration ceremony on June 8, 2018, in Haikou, located on China’s southeastern tip overlooking the South China Sea. With the aim of accomplishing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s goal of making the country a “strong maritime power,” the...

2021-04-24 22:55:27 GMT2021-04-25 06:55:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English by Mahmoud Fouly CAIRO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- In the backyard of an Egyptian charity in Cairo, dozens of low-income Egyptians were seated patiently, waiting for their turns to get boxes of food donated by some Chinese companies operating in Egypt. The companies are members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, which donated this year over half a million Egyptian pounds (about 32,000 U.S. dollars) to the Egyptia...

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR GENDER ASSESMENT CONSULTANCY Millennium Water Alliance with support of Swiss Development Corporation (SDC) seeks to contract a consultant to conduct a gender assessment to understand and generate information on the existing gender gaps, needs, constraints and opportunities of women and men (and girls and boys) in the program target areas of Garissa, Wajir, Isiolo, Turkana and Marsabit. The goal is to have a deeper and enhanced understanding of how gender dynamics influe...