The Minister of Health, Prof. Benjamin HOUNKPATIN, officially launched the national family planning campaign coupled with cervical and breast cancer screening on Tuesday March 31, 2026. The ceremony took place at the Sèmè-Podji communal stadium, in the presence of the Prefect of the Ouémé department, Dr Marie AKPOTROSSOU, political and administrative authorities, and representatives of WHO and UNFPA.
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The commune of N'Djamena's 3ᵉ arrondissement has carried out a vast clean-up operation to improve the urban environment, mobilizing citizens and local authorities around a common goal of cleanliness.
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Some thirty citizens turned out at Rouyn-Noranda city hall on Monday evening to voice their opposition to the residential project in the Dallaire district. The city plans to hold a consultation next month to hear what the public has to say.
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Hanoi is speeding up the implementation of measures to develop a network of high-quality schools that will play a leading role in the entire education system, in line with Political Bureau Resolution 71-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in the development of education and training.
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The Bonn-Beuel twinning committee is off to a flying start with the announcement of a rich program of cultural projects and events. This momentum comes against the backdrop of the recent elections for new German and French mayors, which are essential to the smooth running of the twinning scheme.
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The Franco-German friendship was once again illustrated in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon with the visit of a delegation from Rheinbach, a German town twinned with Villeneuve-lez-Avignon since 1969.
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Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has announced the abolition of visa fees, as of May 25, for nationals of African countries who will be able to obtain free e-visas online, a measure aimed at boosting intra-African mobility.
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A bike share program for Ottawa and Gatineau would cost between $11.7 and $13.4 million to implement, says a new City of Ottawa feasibility study. This is a further step towards the resumption of the service, which has been suspended since 2018.
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Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Trà signed Decision No. 625/QĐ-TTg of April 6, 2026, promulgating the Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Program for the period 2026-2030.
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On Monday March 30, 2026, the Association de prévention et de santé au travail en Indre-et-Loire (APST 37) and Aide psychologique aux entrepreneurs en souffrance aiguë (Apesa 37) formed a partnership.
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Hope Town-based FIPEC Industries is receiving $295,250 in financial assistance from the federal government to support its activities in the metal processing sector, which has been hard hit by the tariffs.
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In Togo, the commune of Ogou 1 has joined the ranks of communities with a local waste management and sanitation policy. Located in the Plateaux region, this municipality officially launched the implementation of this policy last week.
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Around thirty children gathered at the Sauclières stadium on Wednesday April 8 to learn about rugby and break down barriers.
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A month packed with cultural, educational and festive events is drawing to a close in the Republic of Moldova. As everywhere in Europe, and even more so in Central and Eastern Europe, where the French-speaking community is a historic choice of the elite, it is becoming essential, not to say vital, to promote and support local French-speaking dynamics in the face of the weakening of the French language's position.
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The twinning charter was officially signed on Tuesday March 31, 2026 at L'Arcadie by David Carrega, mayor of Ploudalmézeau, and Elen Jones, mayor of Porthcawl, in the presence of members of both towns' twinning committees.
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Management software publisher Odoo and Partena Professionnal, experts in HR management and payroll services, presented their partnership in Louvain-la-Neuve on Thursday. Together, the two companies intend to offer the first fully integrated solution on the Belgian market, designed to simplify and accelerate the entire HR and payroll process.
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The federal government's maritime strategy is creating an urgent need for specialized workers. A new paid shipbuilding training program was launched in February. L'Isle-aux-Coudres welcomed its first cohort, who are studying and working directly on site.
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Philippe Behuet celebrates 30 years as president of the Association de Twinning de Deauville (Calvados), which held its general meeting on Thursday March 26, 2026.
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The rehabilitated 8-mars Lycée d'Enseignement Professionnel d'Economie Sociale et Familiale was opened in Brazzaville on March 31 by the Minister of Technical and Vocational Education, Ghislain Thierry Maguessa Ebomé, in the presence of several members of the government.
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On Saturday March 28, 2026, at the Salle Socioculturelle in Pont-d'Ouilly (Calvados), Sylvie Jacq, departmental councillor, chaired the general meeting of the departmental twinning committee in front of 43 twinning committees. Twinning committees are getting younger, and want to strengthen their ties for the future and create a collective dynamic.
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On Tuesday, the City of Shawinigan published its report on drinking water for the year 2025. Concentrations of certain products resulting from water treatment remain high for residences served by the Station de traitement de l'eau du Lac-à-la-Pêche (STELAP).
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Alpha Ba, Secretary of State for Cooperatives and Peasant Management, launched a project to improve post-harvest management in Touba (central Senegal) on Tuesday, implemented by FAO, the UN agency in charge of food and agriculture, in partnership with the Senegalese government.
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The Franco-German twinning committee between Baume-les-Dames and Zell-am-Hamersbach is still going strong, as its president Roger Belperrin pointed out at the annual general meeting.
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On Monday March 30, the Musée de la Gaspésie launched its 2026 membership campaign.
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The Enosia association and Laval hospital signed a partnership agreement on Friday March 27. The two teams work together on a day-to-day basis to care for patients in very precarious situations.
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The Minister of Health and Acting Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Benjamin HOUNKPATIN, has launched a workshop to harmonize curricula for specialized training in health-related disciplines in ECOWAS member countries. This important regional meeting, supported by the West African Health Organization (WAHO), kicked off on Monday March 2 in Cotonou.
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To mark its 45th anniversary, the Quimper-Limerick twinning committee will be celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on Friday March 13 in two stages.
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The financial package for the Madawaska wind power project, located on the Dégelis and Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande territories, is now complete.
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On March 4, to mark the month of March dedicated to women's rights, the institute specializing in green jobs brought together female experts in Pointe-Noire for a masterclass in support of its students and women. From public speaking techniques to the fight against gender violence, the "Woman's day" event offered participants concrete tools for their emancipation.
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The Mamers (Sarthe) twinning committee with Gerolzhofen is looking forward to a busy year. And looks to the younger generation.
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Organizations launch an initiative to enshrine the protection of bees and pollinators in the Constitution. They consider current measures to be insufficient in the face of their alarming decline.
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The Minister Secretary General of the Presidency of Faso, Dr Zakaria Soré, representing the President of Faso, handed over a market gardening plot to the women of the rural commune of Komtoèga in the Nakambé region on Tuesday March 3, 2026, according to the Presidency's communications department.
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The Tournée francophone 2026, organized by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) in Cambodia in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEJS), was a resounding success in 18 high schools in 11 towns and provinces across the kingdom. Thousands of high school students learning French discovered the opportunities for study at French-speaking universities in Cambodia and France.
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Fabienne Grelaud, president of the Salles twinning committee, looked back on a busy year in 2025 and presented plans for 2026 at the general meeting.
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