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Justice and Human Rights at the Latin American School of Social Sciences( FLACSO). They also discussed the place of Guatemala, a country of great linguistic diversity, in the atlas of world languages that UNESCO is preparing. The visit ended with a concert of marimba, described as Guatemala’ s national musical instrument, with performances by soprano Adriana González, violinist Survier Flores and the Flores Quartet.“ For Guatemalans, the marimba sums what we are, a mix of the cultures of Africa and Europe with those of the New World, particularly that of the Maya,” said Marco Tulio Chicas Sosa, Guatemala’ s Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, in his presentation of the concert.“ It is heart-warming to see the talent that is to be found in Guatemala,” said President Morales Cabrera as he thanked the performers
Tanzania: What Next After Ewura Boss’ Removal?
Dar es Salaam— The midnight suspension of Ewura Director General Felix Ngamlagosi has rekindled debate about Independent Power Tanzania Limited( IPTL), with the focus
Photo: Daily News now firmly on how President John Magufuli will deal with the scandalous power generating company.
Mr Ngamlagosi’ s dramatic suspension was announced in a brief statement released from the State House, a few minutes past 1am on Saturday the 17 June, 2017.
The statement signed by President Magufuli’ s spokesperson Gerson Msigwa said Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa had dropped the Ewura boss with immediate effect.
No reason was given for the suspesion. Questions also remained why it was Mr Msigwa and not the PM’ s communication unit who issued the statement in the odd hours.
However, it is highly likely that Mr Ngamlagosi may have lost his job over the agency’ s handling of an application by IPTL to renew its power generating licence.
World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General
On 23 May, 2017 the Member States of WHO elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director- General of WHO.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was nominated by the Government of Ethiopia, and will begin his five-year term on 1 July 2017.
Prior to his election as WHO’ s next Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia from 2012 – 2016 and as Minister of Health, Ethiopia from 2005 – 2012. He has also served as chair of the
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; as chair of the Roll Back Malaria( RBM) Partnership Board; and as co-chair of the Board of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.
As Minister of Health, Ethiopia, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus led a comprehensive reform effort of the country’ s health system, including the expansion of the country’ s health infrastructure, creating 3500 health centres and 16 000 health posts; expanded the health workforce by 38 000 health extension workers; and initiated financing mechanisms to expand health insurance coverage. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he led the effort to negotiate the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, in which 193 countries committed to the financing necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
As Chair of the Global Fund and of RBM, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus secured record funding for the two organizations and created the Global Malaria Action Plan, which expanded RBM’ s reach beyond Africa to Asia and Latin America.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will succeed Dr Margaret Chan, who has been WHO’ s Director-General since 1 January 2007.
AfDB wants lending to MSMEs in Africa increased to $ 135bn
The African Development Bank( AfDB) has called on financial credit providers to increase lending to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises( MSMEs) in Africa to 135 billion U. S. dollars.
A. Adesina, President, AfDB
A statement issued by
Mr Emeka Anuforo, the Communications Officer of the Bank, in Abuja on Wednesday the 28th June said that increasing affordable loans would promote the growth of MSMEs on the continent.
The statement quoted Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of AfDB, as saying that although Africa had the highest percentage of adults starting or running new businesses in the world, the productivity nonetheless remained low.
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