Le projet Simandou offre à la Guinée une opportunité sans précédent pour générer une prospérité partagée, sous la forme de croissance économique et de création d’emplois qui peuvent être pérennisés à long terme grâce à des initiatives éducatives efficaces. Ce projet représente une chance historique d’investir dans la jeunesse guinéenne en élargissant l’accès à l’éducation, en favorisant une plus grande inclusion des femmes et des filles sur le marché du travail, et en fournissant aux jeunes les compétences professionnelles nécessaires dont ils ont besoin pour contribuer à l’essor des secteurs minier et industriel de la Guinée et mener des carrières épanouissantes. Il est primordial de garantir à tous les jeunes du pays un avenir prometteur. Pour y parvenir, il est indispensable de leur fournir les outils et les compétences essentiels à leur réussite. Investir dans les compétences grâce au projet Simandou Pour garantir une croissance durable et maximiser les retombées...

President Akufo-Addo addressing the workers, out growers and NPP sympathisers The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Ghanaians to reject the perennial presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama. According to the President, the NDC presidential candidate, if elected again, would destroy what his government had built since he (Mahama) does not appreciate his good works. Therefore, the two-term president, Akufo-Addo, cannot relinquish the reigns to the man who was rejected after one term in office. President Akufo-Addo said this on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at Doboro, near Nsawam, when he toured Blue Skies Ghana, a fruit juice manufacturing company. The President was addressing staff of the company, as well as outgrowers, who supply the raw materials for the juice and some NPP sympathisers who were in party t-shirts. “Your vote is your power in Ghana. And when the time comes, the work is...

– Advertisement – Sunkaru Touray, MD, FACP, FCCP** In recent days, The Gambia has been in the grip of a severe heatwave, as reported by the Permian Health Air Quality Monitoring Network. This network operates 13 monitoring stations throughout The Gambia, tracking climate data like temperature, humidity, and air quality. The data reveals extremely high temperatures, exceeding 40 degrees, posing a significant risk to public health. Coupled with frequent power outages, this extreme weather presents a notable threat to public well-being. There have been reports of wildfires, triggered by heat waves in Kombo South, and other parts of Gambia, resulting in air pollution. Figure 1: Air Quality Map of The Gambia indicates that the heatwave is more pronounced in the inland areas of the country compared to the coast. – Advertisement – On a global scale, there’s growing recognition that climate change and greenhouse gas emissions are pushing temperatures to...

Mohammed Salem/Reuters Six people, including two women, were killed by Israeli airstrikes and shelling in Rafah and Khan Younis overnight, according to statements from hospitals in the area. Three people were killed in central Rafah in two separate attacks. The first strike, on a house in a residential district, killed two people and injured eight. One person was also killed by an artillery strike near the Qeshta Tower in the central part of the city. The bodies of two men arrived at Kuwait Specialized Hospital after they were killed while riding on a motorcycle near the Salah al-Din Gate, south of the city. A local journalist who works for CNN said there was artillery shelling all night, as well as exchanges of gunfire. They said the situation is now calmer, with no more casualties having arrived at Kuwait Specialized Hospital since the morning. The body of one person killed by...

Songon, 08 mai 2024 (AIP) – Le maire de Yopougon, Adama Bictogo, a procédé mardi 7 mai 2024, à l’installation du conseil communal des guides religieux et celui des chefs de village, de communautés et de quartiers de la commune. Lors d’une cérémonie organisée à la mairie centrale sise à Yopougon Selmer, M. Bictogo a souligné la mission essentielle de ces conseils qui sera de renforcer la cohésion sociale. Il a également mis en avant l’importance d’une gestion participative, affirmant que ces deux instances permanentes de concertation constitueraient la pierre angulaire du processus de cohésion sociale et de co-construction du vivre-ensemble harmonieux. Le premier magistrat de la commune de Yopougon a annoncé que ces deux conseils bénéficieront chacun d’un siège équipé, facilitant ainsi leurs interactions avec le public et l’administration. (AIP) tg/bsb/cmas Source link

“The 10th meeting of the 14th session of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was held on Jan. 15 at the Mansudae Shrine in the capital, Pyongyang,” according to Rodong Sinmun on Jan. 14. (Rodong Sinmun-News1) Some four months have passed since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asserted that two states exist on the Korean Peninsula, denying the concept of national reunification, and ordered that the North’s constitution define South Korea as the “invariable principal enemy.”  However, the follow-up to this order remains shrouded in fog. The Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) — the North’s legislature with the authority to amend the constitution — has yet to even hold elections for new deputies for the 15th Assembly, despite the five-year term of the 14th Assembly ending in March. This suggests that the matter is a conundrum with many factors to consider. Amending the constitution...