SENEGAL:
The 14th annual meeting of FRATEL, Luxembourg, the 1st and the 2nd December 2016 (CIO Mag): "The Francophone Telecommunications Regulatory Network (Fratel) will be held in Abidjan in the 8th and the 9th of May a seminar on "What regulation for the promotion of an open internet?" At the invitation of the Federal Office of Communications (Ofcom) of the Switzerland, President of the Fratel, and the Regulatory Authority Telecommunication / ICTs of Ivory Coast (Artci), member countries will deal with issues related to access to the Internet (coverage, availability, quality of service, etc.) and policies In order to promote open and efficient access on the other hand, three tables will be organized on the following sub-themes: "What regulation to support fixed or mobile Internet access?" At the disposal of the regulators to guarantee the neutrality of the Internet? "And" What is at stake concerning the technical functioning of the Internet and the quality of the relations between the actors? ". It is worth noting that this Fratel seminar in Ivory Coast will be complemented by a stroll through the Ebrié lagoon through Abidjan, the economic capital, as well as a sightseeing tour of the seaside town of Grand Bassam ... "
CAMEROON :
Central region: "The region of the Center has its new governor, Mr. Paul Naseri Bea, prefect of the department of Wouri (Littoral region), like his predecessor, he is an Anglophone of the Southwest, Wilson of the late memory of Paul Naseri Bea was also born in 1964. He graduated from the National School of Administration and Magistracy (Enam) in 1990. Paul Naseri Bea, who is a member of the Cameroon Prefecture at the age (Western Region), Prefect of Lom and Djerem (Eastern Region), Prefect of the North (Diamond), prefect of La Menoua (West), and of 2012. In the 13th of March 2017, Prefect of Wouri (Littoral), Mr. Paul Naseri Bea will be installed in Yaoundé as a new governor of the Center region, by Rene Emmanuel Sadi the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization ... "
On Tuesday, a market caught fire in the town of Bamenda in the early morning. Local authorities favor the criminal trail. Pricillia is a trader. She says that she has lost everything. For her, the damage of this fire amounts to several thousand CFA. The Anglophone Regions: Another shopkeeper testifies to the BBC's microphone: "I was called around 4:30 AM (3: 30GMT) in the morning and before I arrived everything was in ash. I sold tapioca, paws, here are my yams in the fire, it shows, everything is burned. "The fire that triggered on Monday night to Tuesday morning and ravaged nearly 200 shops on the open flank of this market. The authorities of the city have noted the extent of the damage and speak of a criminal arson in connection with the crisis in the English-speaking area. Protesters have been campaigning for several weeks for federalism, secession, the restoration of the Internet connection and the release of leaders arrested during demonstrations that shake the northwest and southwest, both anglophone regions of Cameroon. One of the main trading places of Cameroon Yam, macabo, oil, rice and other products are consumed. Traders in the food market in Bamenda are in tears at the sight of desolation left by the fire and from which still scrolls of smoke..."
Approach: "The PM Review in the Northwest: The return of the students to the classroom was the main commitment Philemon Yang received during the tour he made in his native region. A week-long journey in his native region of the North-West, has solicited at each stopover three main commitments of the local populations: the resumption of activities with a complete cessation of dead cities, the return of pupils in the classrooms , And a willingness on the part of the population to support the Head of State. Leaders of civil society, Northwest Fons and other leaders who spoke at each of the meetings organized by the Pm, recalled the need for a Return of all the children in the classrooms ... "
IVORY COAST:
CHOCOLATE: "According to Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, chocolate is of value only thanks to the cocoa producer. To ensure that speculation does not continue to reap profit at the expense of cocoa producers, to seek to stimulate it now The global demand, Particularly as some emerging countries (India and China) are becoming more and more big consumers of cocoa.These are some of the government's challenges that Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, was kind enough to share with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Ecuador and also the President of the International Cocoa Council (Luis Valverde), at a hearing given to his cabinet , In Abidjan Plateau in the company of its collaborators and the Coffee-cocoa Council ... "
World Bank: CGECI participates in an economic mission of the MEDEF: "On the sidelines of this mission, the delegation of the Ivorian employers went to the diplomatic representation of Ivory Coast in Washington to meet and exchange with the Ambassador of Ivory Coast in Washington, DC, Se Daouda Diabaté It should be noted that the CGEci delegation will be staying in the US from the 13th to the 16th of March 2017 and will take part in several activities and will take part in the workshop " Diversification of African economies and the upgrading of value chains: the role of the private sector "..."
BURKINA FASO :
Ouagadougou, the 14th of March 2017 (AIB) - Faced with soaring prices for some "vital products", the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday proposed to examine prices of thirteen products in order "to alleviate the suffering of the populations". "Despite the government's efforts to keep prices of consumer products at acceptable levels, (...) certain products such as sugar, rice, oil, soap and today bread are at the center of complaints of the populations due to the increase in their prices, "said the Trade Minister Stéphane Sanou Tuesday. Mr Sanou was speaking at the opening of the ninth session of the tripartite concertation framework (public administration, private sector, civil society), responsible for deciding on consumer prices since 2011. According to the minister, "we must examine the prices of a number of vital products in order to alleviate the suffering of our populations". He listed rice, local cereals, edible oils, sugar, wheat flour, bread, milk and dairy products, soap, cement, concretes, sheets, hydrocarbons, The school articles Stéphane Sanou wanted to examine the prices of these products, "taking into account, the interests of all the stakeholders"..."
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