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Kenyan journalist, Solomon Mugera, has been appointed Director of Communications and External Relations of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.
The prevention and fight against pandemics must be based on the “One Health” approach and strengthened collaboration, according to the Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu.
The African Guarantee Fund, a non-banking financial institution, and the West African Development Bank (BOAD) are strengthening their partnership with the creation of innovative financing schemes.
Cote d’Ivoire, which produces 5,000 tons of fish products per year, needs 500,000 tons of fish to cover the consumption needs of its population estimated at 25 million inhabitants.
Ivory Coast’s renowned radio host Yves de M’Bella, who is at the centre of a row over a rape show on private Ivorian television channel NCI, was on Wednesday given 12 months in prison with a suspended sentence and a 2 million CFA francs fine.
The Network of Online Media Professionals of Cote d’Ivoire (REPPRELCI) has received from the US Embassy in Abidjan $25,000 (about 12.5 million CFA francs) funding for the implementation of a project to label news websites and other activities aimed at mitigating online disinformation and harmful misinformation.
The prices of super unleaded gasoline and diesel, both set at 615 CFA francs per liter, remain unchanged for the period 1 to 30 September 2021 in Cote d’Ivoire, the Ivorian Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy has announced.
Ivorian TV host Yves de M’Bella at the centre of a rape show row after a programme called La Télé D’ici Vacances on the privately owned New Ivorian Channel, has been suspended for one month from all TV and radio stations by the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA, regulator).
The Ivorian Women’s Rights League, “shocked” by the rape apology on the private New Ivorian channel (NCI), announced in a statement that it has taken legal action.
Cote d’Ivoire and Mali are planning to draw up a roadmap to revitalize cross-border cooperation activities, reports said on Monday.