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World Trade Organization

These conditions include predictable and sound legal frameworks, access to finance, absorptive capacity, coordination across ministries, and engagement with the private sector.

GlobeNewswire, Inc.

New York, NY and Madrid, Spain, April 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Bloomberg CityLab, the preeminent global cities summit organized by Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the Aspen Institute, announced new speakers, programming,...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Awa Dabo of Gambia as the new Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN confirmed Monday in an official statement.

EIN Presswire

Helping Hands Academy is now a non-profit!

UN International Training and Research Center

On 26 January, focusing on on-the-ground implementation, UNITAR co-convened this side event to showcase the SDG 6 Capacity Development Initiative.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Min Aung Hlaing, the military general who seized power in a 2021 coup, was formally elected Myanmar's 11th president on Friday after commanding a decisive parliamentary majority.

EIN Presswire

On May 9 at 11am, a ceremony will be held at UCFS Healthcare in Norwich, CT to present a new mural depicting the family of a formerly enslaved man named Primus.

World Trade Organization

EIF Phase Three is a new six-year phase of the partnership dedicated to support LDCs leverage trade and investment for inclusive, resilient and sustainable development.

EIN Presswire

The Community is invited to help create a mural honoring a formerly enslaved man in Norwich, CT, and his family's Revolutionary and Civil war service.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Mauritanian maritime authorities pulled 132 undocumented migrants from waters off the nation's coastline Wednesday, according to an official coast guard statement.

World Trade Organization

Kadra Ahmed Hassan, Djibouti's Ambassador and Chair of the EIF Executive Board, said: "The EIF's Phase Three is being launched at a pivotal moment for LDCs and countries that have recently graduated from LDC status.

South African Government

Programme Director, Dr F. Yende – CEO FP&M SETA & ASCEO Chairperson Portfolio Committee Members on Higher Education: Chairperson and Members: Hon. T Letsie, Hon. T. Louw, Hon. M Msezane, Hon S. Ngubane, Hon K. Khaukhau & Hon Zondo DHET led by the...

EIN Presswire

Giants of Africa launches Dribble for Peace, expanding its Built Within initiative into the Sahel with new community basketball courts in Mali and Ghana.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Mauritania's coast guard pulled 227 irregular migrants from a distressed vessel off Nouadhibou's coast Saturday, ending a harrowing journey that began in Gambia more than ten days earlier.

World Trade Organization

LDC Group presentations and expectations The LDC Group presented an updated expectations paper consolidating requests to preference-granting members regarding preferential rules of origin.

EIN Presswire

Marking International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, a new report outlines the opportunities and challenges of litigating FGM cases.

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

There has been a significant decrease in the number of deaths of people trying to reach Spain but the Atlantic route remains particularly deadly.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) As forensic science evolves rapidly across Africa, leaders from Somalia and The Gambia are positioning artificial intelligence (AI) as a potential “key” game-changer, though they caution that progress still depends heavily on training,...

World Trade Organization

Co-organized by The Gambia (Coordinator of the WTO LDC Group), Germany (EIF Funding Partner Coordinator) and the Executive Secretariat of the EIF, the event was held as part of the EIF Global Forum 2025 entitled "Accelerating Impact – On the Road...

EIN Presswire

Equality Now warns that women’s rights in Africa are under threat and urges states to act on sexual violence, reproductive rights, and anti-gender backlash.