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As part of the Debt Reduction and Development Contract (C2D) signed between France and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), AFD granted in May 2014 a grant of €18 million to finance the project for the Promotion of Innovative methods for access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in...

CICLIA is a facility funded by the EU, SECO and AFD that supports more than 35 cities in sub-Saharan Africa in the preparation of low-carbon and resilient urban strategies and projects. CICLIA funded the feasibility studies for the To Petola project. The project aims to strengthen the urban...

Around 2.4 billion cases of diarrhoeal disease were recorded globally in 2015, causing approximately 500,000 deaths among children under five. Over 60% of these deaths were attributed to poor access to water and sani-tation. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease which, if left untreated, can...

At the heart of the African continent, Central Africa is a diverse area that is loosely and unevenly integrated regionally and marked by contradictory dynamics and tensions which can weaken cohesion, whereas several countries in the region face common challenges. Established in Douala,...

This eight-country evaluation seeks to measure how the ELAN Program methods of written language acquisition have an impact, during the first two years of primary school (Grade 1 and Grade 2), on oral and written language performance in African languages (one language per country) and in French. A...

The concept of sustainable forest management emerged at the Earth Summit held in Rio in 1992. It entails the conservation and enhancement, for the welfare of present and future generations, of the economic, social and ecological benefits of forests. In Congo Basin countries, This is being...

The current development of African education systems focuses on the perspective of universal completion of six years of schooling. This perspective, targeted by the international community for the year 2015 (Dakar declaration, Millennium Development Goals), will no doubt be reached by a number of...