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Lebanon's School Meals: Mothers and Students get a Second Chance
With Lebanon enduring a prolonged economic crisis, many young people are in dire straits and are finding it hard to continue to study. Now students’ mothers are rolling up their sleeves: having receiv...
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NENGO: Helping in the Healing of Sexual Violence Victims in the Central African Republic
With sexual violence rife in the Central African Republic, the Nengo project was set up in 2020 to help women overcome physical, psychological and social trauma. Since then, what progress has been ach...
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African Agriculture: Boosting Food Supply and Diversifying Diets
Development experts gathered at the International Agricultural Show in Paris to discuss the innovations and policies necessary – some of which are already underway – to help African countries improve...
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Gabon: Exploiting Forests without Destroying them
Whether roads, schools, markets, hospitals: any infrastructure construction in Gabon requires a certain amount of deforestation. The West African country cannot make economic and social progress witho...
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Preserving Africa’s Forests: Vigilance, Scientific Analysis and Regeneration
With the One Forest Summit being held in Libreville, Gabon, this week we dive into AFD Group's contribution to preserving Central Africa’s primary forests. The best logging techniques and scientific k...
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New Call for Projects 2023-26: Cultural Actions in Africa that Build on Social Bonds
Launched by the French Institute and AFD, the Access Culture program supports and finances cultural projects promoting social ties and strengthening collaborations between African and French cultural...
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5 Agroecology Projects, to Improve Food Security and Protect the Environment
Agroecology is not only effective for increasing crop yields, it can improve food and nutritional security, while preserving natural resources. AFD Group, in partnership with NGOs and other institutio...
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Food Insecurity: Supporting Family Farms through Public Policy
In the face of a worsening global food crisis, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, AFD is part of the effort to fulfill Sustainable Development Goal number 2: achieving “zero hunger.” Much of African...
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“We’re taking the Long-Term View of Ukraine and the Region”
As the war between Russia and Ukraine enters its second year, our specialist examines the impact of the conflict in Eurasia and explains how AFD is responding.
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Agro-Industry in French Guyana
In French Guiana, local industry struggles to meet the needs of the agricultural and agro-industrial sector, due to the small size of farms and a continuing lack of processing tools. The result: a sec...
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Going organic: Improving Food Quality and People’s Health in Tanzania
In Tanzania, pesticides are taking a toll on crops and the food people eat, as well as on their physical health. In a project backed by AFD, non-governmental organizations are supporting farmers in th...
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Improved Food Security will require More Inter-African Trade
Why is food insecurity again on the rise in Africa? Bio Goura Soulé, co-author of the African Economies in 2023 report, lays out the reasons in detail. The professor and researcher specializing in liv...
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AFD in Cambodia: 30 Years of Development in Pictures
AFD Group teams have been working for 30 years to support Cambodia's development trajectory and work with their partners to build a more equitable, greener world. Through the photo lens, we look back...
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To Overcome Multiple Crises, Lebanese Localities Team up with French Region
In an ambitious gesture of solidarity, France’s Pays de la Loire region in the west of the country is participating in a series of development projects some 4,500 kilometers away, in Lebanon. Collabor...
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The Great Green Wall: Restoring Land in Africa
It is both an initiative for ecological restoration, and part of the fight against hunger and food insecurity in Africa. In existence since 2007, the Great Green Wall is above all part of an immense...
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Beyond the Pandemic: the Covid response’s long-term Benefits for Sudan’s Healthcare System
Just as Sudan began to recover from years of political tumult culminating in the overthrow of leader Omar al-Bashir, the Covid pandemic dealt another blow beginning in 2020, on the already strained he...
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Restoring Dignity to Victims of Sexual Violence in the Central African Republic
The violence caused by ongoing fighting across the Central African Republic affects women disproportionately. They have suffered widespread sexual violence and displacement. A coalition of lawyers, ca...
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African Economies: The Outlook for 2023
Experts had one hour to sum up their predictions for African economies in 2023, the subject of a conference recently held by AFD in Paris, and the title of an expansive new report. Probing Africa’s pr...
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"Being a client of AFD means working with a Reliable Partner"
Who are AFD Group's clients and how do they view their relationship with AFD? Whether in the city, in rural areas or working with young entrepreneurs, they explain how their partnership with the Group...
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Sustainable Cities: Call for Projects in 4 Mediterranean Countries
The “Samim” project, led by the Social and Solidarity Economy Laboratory, has launched a first call for projects on sustainable cities in Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Jordan.
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