Around thirty children gathered at the Sauclières stadium on Wednesday April 8 to learn about rugby and break down barriers.

In Togo, the commune of Ogou 1 has joined the ranks of communities with a local waste management and sanitation policy. Located in the Plateaux region, this municipality officially launched the implementation of this policy last week.

Management software publisher Odoo and Partena Professionnal, experts in HR management and payroll services, presented their partnership in Louvain-la-Neuve on Thursday. Together, the two companies intend to offer the first fully integrated solution on the Belgian market, designed to simplify and accelerate the entire HR and payroll process.

A month packed with cultural, educational and festive events is drawing to a close in the Republic of Moldova. As everywhere in Europe, and even more so in Central and Eastern Europe, where the French-speaking community is a historic choice of the elite, it is becoming essential, not to say vital, to promote and support local French-speaking dynamics in the face of the weakening of the French language's position.

The twinning charter was officially signed on Tuesday March 31, 2026 at L'Arcadie by David Carrega, mayor of Ploudalmézeau, and Elen Jones, mayor of Porthcawl, in the presence of members of both towns' twinning committees.

Philippe Behuet celebrates 30 years as president of the Association de Twinning de Deauville (Calvados), which held its general meeting on Thursday March 26, 2026.

The federal government's maritime strategy is creating an urgent need for specialized workers. A new paid shipbuilding training program was launched in February. L'Isle-aux-Coudres welcomed its first cohort, who are studying and working directly on site.

The rehabilitated 8-mars Lycée d'Enseignement Professionnel d'Economie Sociale et Familiale was opened in Brazzaville on March 31 by the Minister of Technical and Vocational Education, Ghislain Thierry Maguessa Ebomé, in the presence of several members of the government.

On Saturday March 28, 2026, at the Salle Socioculturelle in Pont-d'Ouilly (Calvados), Sylvie Jacq, departmental councillor, chaired the general meeting of the departmental twinning committee in front of 43 twinning committees. Twinning committees are getting younger, and want to strengthen their ties for the future and create a collective dynamic.

Alpha Ba, Secretary of State for Cooperatives and Peasant Management, launched a project to improve post-harvest management in Touba (central Senegal) on Tuesday, implemented by FAO, the UN agency in charge of food and agriculture, in partnership with the Senegalese government.

On Tuesday, the City of Shawinigan published its report on drinking water for the year 2025. Concentrations of certain products resulting from water treatment remain high for residences served by the Station de traitement de l'eau du Lac-à-la-Pêche (STELAP).

The Franco-German twinning committee between Baume-les-Dames and Zell-am-Hamersbach is still going strong, as its president Roger Belperrin pointed out at the annual general meeting.

On Monday March 30, the Musée de la Gaspésie launched its 2026 membership campaign.

The Enosia association and Laval hospital signed a partnership agreement on Friday March 27. The two teams work together on a day-to-day basis to care for patients in very precarious situations.

The financial package for the Madawaska wind power project, located on the Dégelis and Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande territories, is now complete.

To mark its 45th anniversary, the Quimper-Limerick twinning committee will be celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on Friday March 13 in two stages.

The Minister of Health and Acting Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Benjamin HOUNKPATIN, has launched a workshop to harmonize curricula for specialized training in health-related disciplines in ECOWAS member countries. This important regional meeting, supported by the West African Health Organization (WAHO), kicked off on Monday March 2 in Cotonou.

The Mamers (Sarthe) twinning committee with Gerolzhofen is looking forward to a busy year. And looks to the younger generation.

On March 4, to mark the month of March dedicated to women's rights, the institute specializing in green jobs brought together female experts in Pointe-Noire for a masterclass in support of its students and women. From public speaking techniques to the fight against gender violence, the "Woman's day" event offered participants concrete tools for their emancipation.

Organizations launch an initiative to enshrine the protection of bees and pollinators in the Constitution. They consider current measures to be insufficient in the face of their alarming decline.