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Cendrine Marrouat
11 May 2016
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The Time is Now: Building a Human Economy for Africa
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thumbnailwww­.huffingtonpost­.com - For Africa this could not be more evident as our largest and best-educated generation is coming of age. By 2025, half of Africa's people will be under the age of 25. They stand at the epicenter of ...
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thumbnailwww­.unhcr­.org - JORDAN VALLEY, Jordan, April 19 (UNHCR) – In the four years since they fled from Hama to Jordan, 22-year-old Syrian refugee Khaled has been the sole wage earner for his family of eight. With no val...
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thumbnailwww­.unwomen­.org - | Snapshot compilations | More stories | News | Publications | Join the conversation | Disasters kill more women than men, and hit women’s livelihoods hardest. According to UN reports, 60 per cent ...
World Economic Forum Africa: Oxfam calls for investment in human economy, youth and girls
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www­.oxfam­.org - Kigali, Rwanda — Oxfam International Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, will use the WEF Africa meeting in Kigali, Rwanda this week to call for a radical overhaul in the way African countries man...
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