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Central African Republic
Bangui's mayor on the lookout for a new urban planner

Bangui Mayor Emile-Gros Raymond Nakombo. © Minusca/Twitter

The Central African capital is set to benefit from financial aid from the African Development Bank to carry out its development plans, which comes on top of partnerships already established with French and other international organisations. [...]

Published on 30.05.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Odinga bags AfDB funding for his Kisumu stronghold

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