Morocco/Oujda: The Urban Agency approves its action plan for 2025

The 21st Board of Directors of the Agence Urbaine d'Oujda, meeting on Tuesday, approved the moral and financial reports for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, the agency's action plan for the year 2025 and its provisional program covering the period 2025-2027.

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France/ Erdre-en-Anjou. The twinning committee looks to the future

On Friday, for the 50th time since its creation, the Vern-d'Anjou twinning committee welcomed its 22 friends from Tatsfield, a suburb of London, England.

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Canada/Francis-McCrea and Laure-Conan streets to be paved

Sherbrooke's elected officials have voted in favor of a temporary solution to alleviate maintenance problems on Francis-McCrea and Laure-Conan streets. The sections will be covered with a layer of recycled asphalt, which should help reduce their deterioration while also reducing dust in the area.

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Congo/ Snél: equipment to modernize Kinshasa's electricity distribution network

As part of its drive to modernize its network and combat load shedding and other power cuts in Kinshasa, Société nationale d'électricité (Snél) has just acquired new equipment.

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Algeria/ Algiers: study day on mechanisms for preventing and combating corruption

ALGIERS - A study day on "Mechanisms for preventing and combating corruption in Algeria" was organized on Tuesday by the Faculty of Economics, Business and Management Sciences at the University of Algiers 3, in collaboration with the High Authority for Transparency, Prevention and the Fight against Corruption.

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La Francophonie in Vanuatu: celebration and commitment

On March 20, 2025, Vanuatu celebrated the International Day of La Francophonie with the participation of several French-speaking schools on several of the country's islands, including Mallicolo, Tanna, Santo, Pentecost and Efaté. Thanks to the support of the AUF and the French Embassy, these schools received books and goodies as part of the "Jeux étudiants de la Francophonie" project.

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Canada/Gatineau wants to become "bird-friendly

After Gatineau "ville amie des aînés", the municipality is now looking to add another title, that of "ville amie des oiseaux". This week, municipal council members gave the green light to an application to join Nature Canada's certification program.

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Senegal/Reproductive health: an educator praises the work of the Matam commune

Abdoulaye Diaw, president of the Matam Peer Educators Network and focal point of the Power to Youth project in the region, expressed his satisfaction on Saturday with the actions undertaken by the commune to promote reproductive health.

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Togo/ Commune Haho 1: 2025 budget down, but investments maintained

In Togo, the commune of Haho 1 has adopted its primitive budget for 2025, set at 317.8 million FCFA, down almost 20% on the 396.3 million FCFA allocated in 2024.

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France/In Indre-et-Loire, Fondettes celebrates 50th anniversary of twinning with German town of Naurod-Wiesbaden

Some twenty young people from Fondettes, Indre-et-Loire, have just returned from a stay in the twin town of Naurod-Wiesbaden, Germany. Other events are planned for the 50th anniversary of the twinning.

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Côte d'Ivoire/Archibat 2025: Urban renewal to boost the local economy

"Land availability and urban renewal" was the central theme developed by industry experts at the Archibat 2025 Architecture and Building Exhibition, held from April 11 to 15, 2025 at the Parc des expositions d'Abidjan-Port-Bouët.

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Vietnam and Italy boost cooperation in the field of justice

A delegation from the Ministry of Justice, led by its Deputy Minister Mai Luong Khoi, paid a working visit to Italy from April 14 to 16 to strengthen bilateral collaboration, building on the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2016 by the two Ministries of Justice.

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France/The just transition, an economic strategy for our regions

As climatic, economic and geopolitical shocks intensify, social and territorial resilience is becoming a strategic imperative. Bastien Sibille and Diane Dupré la Tour, chairman and spokeswoman of Opération Milliard, call on financial players to rethink their investments in the light of the need for a just transition for territories, vital for our economy, our society and our environment. To make investment a lever for stability, economic robustness and sustainable prosperity. To make money "the sinews of peace".

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Belgium/A library on wheels makes its appearance on the Lillois market

Since the closure of the Lillois library, some residents have felt a little orphaned. But on Wednesday April 16, a curious white vehicle drew attention in the market square: a bibliocamionnette.

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APNUMAQ project "Supporting the consolidation of national digital transformation policies to improve the quality of training and university governance in the Asia-Pacific region".

The digital transformation of universities is part of a worldwide drive to modernize higher education, in which Open Educational Resources (OER) play a key role in facilitating access to knowledge and helping to improve the quality of teaching.

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Benin/Redynamization of local livestock farming: 1,000 small breeders receive poultry and poultry feed kits

The Projet d'Urgence de Renforcement de la Résilience des Acteurs du Secteur Agricole (PUR-ZEDAGA) has taken an important step towards revitalizing local livestock farming. On Monday April 14, 2025 in Zè, PUR-ZEDAGA officials handed over 1,000 poultry kits and poultry feed to a number of small-scale breeders.

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France/Cocumont: an association signs a partnership agreement with a Senegalese commune

The humanitarian aid association will be working with the commune on a project to green public spaces and create a shared orchard.

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Tunisia/Entrepreneurship for gender equality

From April 7 to 9, 2025, some sixty students from all over the world, mostly from Clubs Leaders Étudiants Francophones (CLÉF), challenged themselves to an entrepreneurial hackathon dedicated to gender equality, in Hammamet, Tunisia. The highlight of this "Entreprenathon, Innovating for Equality", the five best team projects were awarded prizes at the end of an intense sequence of pitches.

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France/Saint-Christol in Gironde to celebrate 10 years of twinning

In 2008, members of the Saint-Christol festival committee launched an appeal to the Saint-Christols of France to establish contacts and, why not, organize a meeting between all these villages with the same etymology. Of all the communes contacted, only Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye in Gironde accepted the invitation.

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Canada/Fredericton City Council authorizes 4 units per residential property

City Council in Fredericton, New Brunswick, passed a zoning change on Monday that allows up to four units per residential property in the city.

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