In Matéri and Cobly, two communes in the Atacora region, the beneficiaries of several projects to build agricultural product processing units, storage warehouses, rice-growing perimeters and boreholes are all smiles. From March 16 to 22, 2025, a joint FNDA - BUCO COTONOU - CONSORTIUM SWICCONTACT-LARES mission went to see the completion of work on these infrastructures.
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The second vice-president of the N'Zi regional council, Niambé Kouadio Bernard, has announced that women from four localities in the Bocanda department (Centre-East, N'Zi region) will benefit from a training project for the large-scale production and processing of corn and soybeans, to empower them.
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Begun on November 13, 2024, the first edition of the Nestlé Campus Challenge came to a close on March 22, 2025. For four months, some 5,000 students from the public and private universities of Koudougou, Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou submitted 319 projects to the jury. Ten projects were selected for the grand final, and their promoters benefited from a three-week pre-incubation period. At the end of the finalists' pitches, it was the "Wifash" project by students from Joseph-Ki-Zerbo University that won over the jury. The team took home a cheque for 1,500,000 FCFA and will benefit from an immersion internship at Nestlé Burkina.
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As part of Francophonie Week, the Agence universitaire de la francophonie (AUF) launched a series of activities in Brazzaville on March 20 to promote the French language.
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The charter linking the two communes will be signed on May 30 at the Vesunna museum. The twinning committee is currently being set up.
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The International Day of Forests, celebrated every March 21, this year focuses on the theme of forests and food, celebrating the crucial role of forests in food security and human well-being.
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Create your own mug or perfume, learn to weld, bake or woodwork: creative workshops are springing up all over Belgium. The concept? A craftsman opens his doors to you and helps you create an object while sharing his know-how. For participants, it's a chance to make something with their own hands. For the artisans, it's a moment of sharing, but also a major source of income and visibility. Come on, let's take you to the workshop!
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Togo is resolutely pursuing its transition to sustainable development, focusing on climate resilience and social inclusion.
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On Wednesday afternoon, local elected representatives from the Communauté de communes Haute Sarthe Alpes mancelles (CCHSAM) met at the Salle Gilbert Chauveau in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe to sign the Opération de Revitalisation du Territoire (ORT) agreement, in the presence of the sous-préfet of the Mamers district, Quentin Spooner.
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To mark International Women's Day, the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) is showcasing a series of portraits and interviews with inspiring, committed women from the French-speaking world. Discover the three-question interview with Faridah Dosso, a researcher at the University of Parakou (Benin), who has just been awarded the Prix Bonus RRI by the AUF in 2024.
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The Mutuelle de santé des agents de l'État (MSAE) organized free oral health consultations in Bignona on Thursday, to mark World Oral Health Day.
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Several U.S.-funded projects have resumed activities after a period of suspension, according to a representative of the External Affairs Department of Quang Tri province (Center).
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On display on the town hall forecourt until March 30, 2025, an exhibition traces the 40-year friendship between the towns of Cholet (Maine-et-Loire) and Oldenburg, Germany.
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Participants in a symposium on oral health in Casablanca on Thursday called for greater promotion of prevention and improved access to care.
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The regional municipality of Grand Falls in northwestern New Brunswick is setting up two scholarships in conjunction with the Medical Education Foundation, to attract young doctors to practice in the community.
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If you're a cyclist, you're probably familiar with the network of "junction points": almost 8,000 km of signposted routes to facilitate cycling... Well, in Hainaut, a department in the north of France, the same system is going to be adapted for pedestrians. The project, dubbed "Henriette", is financed by European funds (INTEREG). We followed a team from the province of Hainaut: hiking experts sent out to scout the area.
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The Academic Association of Polish Romanists "Plejada" is a social organization dedicated to promoting the French language, literature and culture, as well as those of French-speaking countries. A quarterly newsletter on its activities has just been launched.
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Since November, the school in Bagnol has had its own bicycle workshop. Students in the 3e prépa métiers class learn how to repair bicycles in a weekly class supervised by a teacher and two volunteers from the Gard o Climat association.
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Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Minister of the Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin (MEDDBC) and Executive Coordinator of the Congo Basin Climate Commission (CCBC), granted an audience in Brazzaville on March 17 to Juan Carlos Vasquez Murillo, Head of the Biodiversity, Populations and Landscapes Unit at the Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to discuss initiatives to promote peatlands and biodiversity in the Congo Basin in Africa and the Amazon in Latin America, and the Conference of the Parties (COP 30) in Belém, Brazil.
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Fast-breaking restaurants for the needy and passers-by, known as "Rahma restaurants", which open their doors during the holy month of Ramadhan in the wilaya of El Bayadh, are one of the most important aspects of solidarity and social mutual aid.
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The M'Bahiakro judicial child and youth protection service has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the harmful effects of drugs in secondary schools in the M'Bahiakro judicial area.
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The major construction project, which will enable the City of Rivière-du-Loup to relocate two of its departments to new premises, will get underway in the coming weeks on boulevard de l'Hôtel-de-Ville.
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Banfora is hosting a mental health training workshop for traditional practitioners from the Cascades region from March 18 to 20, 2025. The opening ceremony, chaired by the Director of Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (DPCM) at the Ministry of Health, Dr Olivia Marie Angèle Awa Ouédraogo, took place this Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Banfora.
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On Monday March 17, 2025, on the initiative of Loïc HERVÉ - Vice-President of the Senate - and in partnership with the Delegation for Local Authorities and Civil Society (DCTCIV) and the Delegation for Sport of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Senate organized a round table on the theme: "The international commitment of local authorities in the service of sports diplomacy: issues and prospects".
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Since 2016, the Government of President Patrice TALON has made the transport sector a strategic lever for Benin's development, placing particular emphasis on improving transport infrastructure. The aim is to ensure effective, efficient and highly secure mobility for every user of Benin's logistics platform.
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Commune d'Agoudim (Midelt province) - Over 1,800 people benefited from a multidisciplinary medical caravan organized last weekend for the inhabitants of the commune of Agoudim (Midelt province).
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The Inondéa trade show is back this year, dedicated to flood prevention and habitat protection in Wallonia. After a previous edition in Tournai in 2023, it will be held this time in Seneffe, and is aimed at all types of public concerned, including farmers and local councillors.
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In Togo, the commune of Doufelgou 1 now has its own taxpayer file, following a census conducted from March 04 to 11, 2025.
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On Thursday March 13, Patricia Frischia, president of the animal protection association Adra, approached the Odyssée socio-cultural center for help in organizing a guinguette-style afternoon.
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As in previous years, the association that cares for the young patients of the Médipôle pediatric ward is raising funds to enable sick children in New Caledonia to make their dreams come true. The aim of this "Dream Campaign 2025" is to beat the 14,000 SMS messages received last year.
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On Thursday March 13, 2025, the general meeting of the La Ferté-Macé (Orne) - Neustadt twinning committee was held. An exchange takes place every year, either in France or Germany, and school exchanges are also organized.
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The feasibility assessment project to propose a green carbon credits project in the province of Cà Mau (South) for the period 2024-2025 was launched on March 12.
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From March 13 to 14 in Brazzaville, the Ministry of the Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin (MEDDBC), in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), organized a consultative workshop for stakeholders in the project "Securing critical biodiversity, carbon and water reserves in the peatlands of the Congo Basin through decision-making and good governance".
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The Ministère de la Culture et des Communications increases funding to the Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine for the organization of cultural activities, two days after the situation was denounced by elected municipal officials.
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