From July 8, 2024, organic waste, including food scraps, will have to be collected with 100% biodegradable garbage bags in Kenya, rather than plastic bags. This is a directive issued on April 8, 2024 by the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) to reduce plastic pollution in the East African country.
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As part of its migration policy and its determination to protect its nationals living abroad, the Malian government, represented by His Excellency Ag Attaher Moussa, Minister for Malians Living Abroad and African Integration, today presided over an awareness-raising day on the risks of irregular migration. This initiative, organized in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), is part of a partnership aimed at curbing this scourge and promoting legal and secure migration.
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The commune of Kolda has once again distinguished itself as one of the five best-performing communes in Senegal, according to the results of the 2024 performance evaluation based on the Pacasen Performance Indicators. Out of a total of 124 local authorities, Kolda came in fifth place, arousing palpable pride among its inhabitants.
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On Thursday, April 18, 2024, the community council of Haut Pays Bigouden in Finistère approved the integration of the Local Intercommunal Urban Plan (PLUi), which will take the place of the Local Housing Program (PLUih).
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Tinghir - Some 79 projects to support the health sector have been implemented by the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH) in the province of Tinghir between 2019 and 2023, with an overall budget of 49 million dirhams (MDH).
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Fighting fuel poverty: Enedis signs an agreement with the association Deux temps à Vire Normandie.
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The Office national de recouvrement des avoirs criminels (ONRAC) and the Centre de formation judiciaire (CFJ) signed a partnership agreement in Dakar on Thursday, to jointly run training programs and enhance the skills of magistrates and other players in the judicial world in the fight against "economic and financial crime".
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On Monday, the Town of Baie-Saint-Paul unveiled its 4th Sustainable Development Plan 2024-2030, as part of Earth Day celebrations.
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The importance of highlighting the architectural heritage of the old Ksar of Ouargla and the ancient town of Sedrata, as part of the preservation of the region's archaeological sites, was underlined by participants at a meeting on heritage held on Thursday in Ouargla, at the initiative of the Directorate of Culture and Arts.
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On Monday, April 15, Didier Garcia, President of the Marcella association, brought together three associations around Marcella for an animation workshop for caregivers. Present were Leila and Séverine from the Aide à domicile du château Silhol association in Nîmes, Aïcha and Jasmine from the Unicité association in Nîmes, a pioneer and expert in the mobilization of young people on civic service to support family carers, and Samira and Marianne from the APF France handicap association, which defends the rights and supports people with disabilities and their families.
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As the only municipality in Quebec to implement the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Town of Baie-Saint-Paul is necessarily in the news for all the right reasons.
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"Self-employment, entrepreneurship and cooperatives, a lever for integrated and sustainable socio-economic development and an institutional challenge for achieving economic inclusion" was the theme of an awareness-raising meeting organized on Thursday in Marrakech, for young members of the Resistance and Liberation Army family from the Marrakech-Safi region.
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A new model of multi-purpose cleanup boat was presented in Geneva on Thursday by the SeaCleaners association. It sucks up floating waste from depths of up to 40 cm.
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Some thirty childcare centers received their license to operate this Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at a ceremony presided over by the Minister of Social Affairs, Véronique Tognifodé. The new centers meet the norms and standards set by law.
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Following the launch of the call for projects under component 2 - Support for local and regional development skills of the Fonds régions et ruralité, the MRC des Laurentides is announcing the awarding of grants totalling $100,000 to support 12 projects aimed at improving living environments on its territory.
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The Association burkinabè pour l'inclusion des personnes atteintes d'albinisme (ABIPA) and its partner CBM Global officially launched the 3rd phase of the "Gombèlè" project in Bobo-Dioulasso on Tuesday April 23, 2024. The launch took place at a workshop attended by all the project's stakeholders, with the aim of encouraging their involvement in the project's implementation on the ground. Sombéniwendé Nikièma, Secretary General of the Houet province, officially launched the project on behalf of the province's High Commissioner.
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In Cléden-Poher, there are changes afoot for waste collection with the introduction of the incentive fee by Poher communauté. This year, 2024, serves as a test phase.
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Casablanca - The Office Marocain de la Propriété Industrielle et Commerciale (OMPIC) and the Saudi Arabian Intellectual Property Authority (SAIP) signed an agreement on Tuesday in Casablanca on the "Patent Prosecution Highway" (PPH) pilot program, aimed at speeding up the processing of patent applications.
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Sherbrooke City Council adopted a new Politique du sport, de l'activité physique et du plein air on Tuesday evening. The policy had not been updated for 20 years.
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The head of Anjou Bleu Communauté's planning department detailed what to expect for the territory between now and 2041, with the sustainable development project.
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On April 24, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vice-Chairman Vo Van Hoan received Jeong-Kee Kim, CEO of the Regional Network of Local Authorities for Human Settlement Management (CityNet), on a working visit to Vietnam.
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In Togo, the ExpandPF project, an initiative supported by the Association Togolaise pour le Bien-être Familial (ATBEF) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), aims to identify the needs of health facilities in the districts of Kloto, Haho and Est-Mono, in order to better support them in the area of reproductive health.
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The 2024 regional and departmental call for projects under program 104 is designed to support actions and measures to help new arrivals in the department, including refugees, optimize their chances of long-term integration into French society.
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The Association des Entreprises du Val du Loir and the Sud Sarthe and Loir-Lucé-Bercé intercommunalités have signed a partnership agreement to help consolidate the economic fabric.
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On April 23, the Malaria and Medical Entomology Research Unit of the Institut national de recherche en sciences de la santé (Irssa) organized a malaria awareness campaign at the Faculty of Law.
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Mayor Drew Dilkens has announced a plan to make Windsor safer and more attractive to residents and investors. According to the mayor, the seven-point plan is a response to mental health and safety issues in the downtown core.
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Beneficiaries of the "Green jobs project for women and young people in the Saloum Delta" were made aware of the need to promote green entrepreneurship in order to meet the challenges of climate change.
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"You have to come to Fresselines for its nature, its artists and its heritage," says Hedwige de Croutte, president of the Friends of Fresselines association (Creuse).
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As the world celebrated Earth Day on April 22, 2024, people in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali were living in extreme heat, with the mercury reaching 42°C in the city of Niamey. Yet the Sahel came close to the worst at the end of Ramadan. Scientists believe that this situation, which is set to intensify over the next few years, is linked to climate change.
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To build more environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient buildings, Forem, the intercommunal economic development agency Idélux and the University of Liège (ULiège) have just created a sustainable housing technology platform on the ULiège campus in Arlon. The project is supported by Wallonia and European funds.
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To attract children from the Noyelles-sur-Mer school to Nouvion, an open house was organized to convince parents.
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Pupils in the commune of Diendé, in the department of Sédhiou, received literary works on Tuesday to mark World Book and Copyright Day.
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The Gournay-en-Bray-Ferrières-en-Bray UCA won its 4th smile. Proof of the retailers' warm welcome and of the attractiveness of the two towns.
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On Friday, April 19, 2024, the NGO International Youth Actions for Development (IYAD) launched the Agrolelab project to train 50 unemployed young men and women from the Agneby Tiassa region for professional integration in the agro-ecological sector.
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