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The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, Russian Navy destroyer ADMIRAL VINOGRADOV record rough confrontation in Japan Sea

Cargo ship collided with commercial fishing boat, 6 people injured in Japan

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General cargo ship ASAHI MARU collided with commercial fishing boat at around midday LT Feb 23 off Chiba Prefecture coast, northeast Honshu, Japan, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Fishing boat bow was seriously damaged, but boat managed to return to port under own power. 6 people on board of fishing boat, including 4 anglers, were […]

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Insights from Canon African Frontiers of Innovation Series outlines vital need for digital literacy skills

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Covid-19 has accelerated education’s digital transformation, highlighting Africa’s digital divide – and exposing the vital need for all-inclusive digital literacy, say expert panelists at the inaugural session of Canon’s groundbreaking thought leadership series. As a result of the pandemic, online learning has provided a critical lifeline to learners affected by the worldwide closure of schools.

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Calling African Innovators: Solutions for sustainable living and economic development in Africa

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From 5 – 7 March 2021, a leading manufacturer of home appliances, Defy, will be hosting the Hack The Normal online hackathon with the aim of exploring how technology can be leveraged for sustainable living and economic development in Africa. Supported by Defy sister company, Beko, hackathon participants will have the opportunity to develop new

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ICD signs $25 Million Line of Financing Agreement to promote Islamic finance, improving financial inclusion and supporting private sector development in Uzbekistan

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Mr. Ayman Amin Sejiny, the CEO of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) and Mr. Sakhi Annaklichev, the Chairman of the Management Board of Uzbek Industrial and Construction Bank (JSCB), signed a USD 25 Million Shari’ah-compliant Line of Financing Agreement which will be utilized by JSCB to local finance private

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Opera launches Hype; its new dedicated chat service built into the popular Opera Mini browser available now in Kenya

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Hype will first launch in Africa, where Opera has nearly 150M MAU, with Kenya as the pilot market; With Hype, Opera reimagines the chat experience, with content sharing as a key feature; Opera Mini, with more than 100M users worldwide, becomes the world’s first mobile browser with an integrated chat service. Today, Opera the Norwegian

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COVID-19: Council adopts conclusions on human rights-based recovery

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The Council has approved conclusions reaffirming the EU’s commitment to human rights in the context of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU recognises that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic consequences are increasingly having a negative impact on human rights, democracy and the rule of law, including civic space. The pandemic further

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Liquid Telecommunications bond offering is fourth recent digital and telecommunications financing by PIDG company Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund

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The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, has committed to buy up to US$50,000,000 of a bond issue by Liquid Telecommunications, that is being launched on Monday 22rd February 2020. The bond (“The New Note Offering”) aims to raise US$600 million which will be used to refinance existing debt

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Attack on World Food Programme field mission in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has expressed its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of three people killed, recently, in an attack on a delegation travelling on a field visit in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A number of other passengers travelling with the delegation

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Supplies and critical food distributions reach displaced people in Axum, Central Tigray

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Save the Children was one of the first aid agencies to reach Axum in Ethiopia’s Central Tigray region earlier this month, delivering critical food distributions to more than 4,300 people. The child rights organisation distributed food, shelter and sanitation items to thousands of displaced children and their families – the first distributions in the location

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Coronavirus – Africa: MSF welcomes African Union’s motion supporting intellectual property waiver proposal at WTO

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In a report released recently sharing decisions of 34th meeting of the Assembly of the Union, the African Union (AU) expressed its support to intellectual property (IP) waiver proposal being discussed at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) welcomes this endorsement by the AU to support this landmark proposal at

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