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04/26/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/26/2021 10:22 Historic opportunities for global action to eradicate poverty, end hunger and reduce inequalities 26 April 2021, Rome - Addressing the 166 th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the decisions...

Director-General provides the FAO Council with updates on delivery and proposals for the way forward 26 April 2021, Rome - Addressing the 166 th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the decisions, activities and results shared with Council today are "not an isol...

IMF Approves $2.3 Billion Three-Year Funding Plan for Kenya Bloomberg 1 day ago Eric Ombok © Bloomberg A passenger on a bus wears a protective face mask in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Kenyas economic growth could slow to as low as 1% this year as effects of the coronavirus pandemic take a toll on businesses and revenue, according to the National Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani. (Bloomberg) -- The International Monetary Fund approved a $2.34 billion financin...

Vanguard News Exit from recession result of our fiscal policies,says FG On By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE federal government, Wednesday,said the country’s recent exit from recession was a direct result of its  fiscal policies. Government insisted that sustained implementation of good fiscal policies, the monetary policies and the economic sustainability plan by President Muhammadu Buhari led to the country’s exit from the recession which it noted d,was the shortest exit so far. Minister of F...

Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaThe Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday, attributed Nigeria’s exit from recess...

news Movers, shakers of economy in 2020 Mustapha Temidayo Ibrahim APEKHADE YUSUF AS it would be expected, in early 2020, economic activities had not gained much traction before Nigeria fell to the ravaging coronavirus pandemic which was already causing major disruption of economy and commerce elsewhere a few months into the new year. Thus, it could be safely inferred that much of the economic activities of the year was drowned, if you wish, by the disruption brought about by COV...

By Robert Tapfumaneyi recently in Gweru A SECRETARY in the office of Vice President Kembo Mohadi, Paul Damasane has made startling claims that Zimbabwe does not have an official language. The top government official said for over 40 years, Zimbabwe learning institutions were only imparting lectures using the English language to the detriment of other languages and learners. Damasane was speaking to media managers at the just ended National Development Strategy (NDS) media training in Gweru. The...

Vision 2030 boss sees light at the end of Covid tunnel Saturday December 19 2020 By BRIAN NGUGI Summary Kenneth Mwige in July assumed the leadership of the Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat, the team tasked with spearheading implementation of Kenya’s growth blueprint for becoming a newly industrialised middle-income in the next nine years. His appointment to the position of director-general came in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic when the organisation, like all others in Kenya, had to res...