Briefs for UN Security Council highlight how millions of people remain trapped in a vicious cycle of violence and hunger Joint FAO-WFP news release 29 July 2016, Rome - Protracted conflicts affecting 17 countries have driven millions ...
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China on Wednesday hailed the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declaring the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea. "This is a big victory in the fight against Ebola in West Africa. We ...
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Hu Kaihong: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the news briefing held by the State Council Information Office. The Johannesburg Summit and the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ("FOCAC") will ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a few days ago that China would provide the 5th-round emergency aid to African countries to fight against Ebola. On November 4, the Official of the Department of Foreign Assistance made a comment on ...
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Panasonic Corporation announced that it donated 3,000 solar lanterns to United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for use in Ebola affected regions. These lanterns have started to be distributed in 3 West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, ...
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Coca-Cola has launched a new $5.7m PET bottling line in Liberia which was formally commissioned by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who has challenged Liberians to create the enabling environment for businesses investing in this country to ...
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Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Spokesman Sun Jiwen commented on the progress of implementing the Chinese government’s fourth round of aid at a value of 500 million yuan to west African countries in coping with Ebola announced ...
BASF has inaugurated its new production plant for concrete admixtures in Lagos, Nigeria. The production site is BASF’s answer to the increasing demand for construction chemicals in western Africa. BASF produces standard and ...
Earlier this month Volga-Dnepr Airlines transported Mi-8 helicopters for the latest United Nations (UN) emergency health mission in response to the Ebola virus outbreak. The flight was operated using one of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124 ...
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The diamond industry needs to support programs to uplift its vast artisanal mining sector. The more than 1.5 million diamond diggers – predominantly in West Africa – and their estimated 10 million dependents, remain the most ...
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Medical supply companies are reaching from Minnesota to West Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic. Maplewood, MN–based 3M Co.and St. Paul, MN–based Ecolab announced upcoming donations of millions of dollars worth of health ...
As local and national governments struggle to deal with ever-growing piles of electronic waste (e-waste), scientists are now refining the picture of just how much there is and where it really ends up. Published in Environmental Science & ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it is currently mining and shipping 5 million mt of iron ore per year in Liberia from its operations in Yekepa and Buchanan. The company is also working on an expansion project that will ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that a class "A" mining license for iron ore mining in the Putu Mountain Range has been granted to Putu Iron Ore Mining Company Incorporated (PIOM), a Severstal subsidiary, by the government of ...
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Capesize iron ore freight rates fell across most routes Thursday, as charterers took advantage of a relatively quiet trading day to press rates down in the Pacific. Fixture activity in the Pacific slowed Thursday after a flurry of ...
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