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The European Union will contribute €25 million to enhance the economic, social and environmental sustainability of cocoa production in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon who are, respectively, the first, second and fifth biggest cocoa producers.

An overwhelming majority (91%) of young Africans and Europeans would like to be more involved in political decision-making, but most (59%) have no direct access to policymakers.

La Commission européenne a annoncé aujourd’hui son soutien au Plan national de réponse sanitaire du gouvernement congolais à hauteur de 1,5 million d’euros, en partenariat avec la Croix Rouge.

Following the first six in the series, the seventh ‘In Conversation With’ takes place on the 20th of January 2021. Thefocus of the discussion will be on “A Stronger Alliance: Enhancing Resilience, Peace, and Security in the Africa-EU Partnership”.

Yesterday, the OECD Development Centre and the African Union Commission presented the third edition of the “Africa’s Development Dynamics” report.

UN Women, together with the European Commission, Belgium, France, Mexico, as well as in partnership with Cartooning for Peace—is organising a global comic and cartoon competition to mark the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration.

Directorate-General (DG) International Cooperation and Development will officially become DG International Partnerships on 16 January 2021.

The EU’s Caribbean Investment Facility (CIF) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) signed two agreements for a total EU contribution of €23 million to support investments in primary health care services in Jamaica and in sustainable energy.

In late August 2020, 118 Ghanaian migrants stranded in Libya due to COVID-19 restrictions were able to go back home. The flight was the first under the International Organization for Migration’s Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme.