The head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, has met some 40 indigenous leaders in a private audience, report NaijaAgroNet.
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The head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, has met some 40 indigenous leaders in a private audience, report NaijaAgroNet.The leaders also used the opportunity to raise their concerns about the toll that extractive and exploitive industries fueling the global economy were having on growing inequality, preventing access to basic human rights and hindering environmental sustainability.
The head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, has met some 40 indigenous leaders in a private audience, report NaijaAgroNet.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Senegal receives $50m to boost agro-nutrition
The West African country of Senegal, has
received support worth $50 million, to boost government management of key
sectors including agriculture and nutrition, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Disclosing this Tuesday, during her
official visit to Senegal in West Africa, the Canadian Minister of
International Development and La Francophonie, Marie-Claude Bibeau, said the $50
million comes in as budgetary assistance to enable the Senegalese government to
enhance its public financial management and governance.
She also said that empowering women
would propel them to reply on their presence in all spheres of the society.
Bibeau, equally said, that women’s empowerment is
crucial for development, particularly in Senegal, underscoring the fact that authorizing
women would encourage them to reply on their presence in all spheres of the
society.
“I am determined to ensuring that Canada’s
international aid resources go first and foremost toward giving women the means
to contribute fully to the development of their communities,” she said, adding
that Canada would spend $112.6 million to fund four development projects and
initiatives in Senegal.
Funding of $19.6 million over five years (2016 to
2021) will go to the International Development Research Centre to support the
work being done by the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences,
particularly in Senegal.
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