ECONOMIC CONFERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT THROUGH REFORMS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR

PARIS ON APRIL 6TH CALLED CEDRE

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi, Jedi Foster | Paris, Wasington DC, 04/10/2018, 00:47 Time

USPA NEWS - Lebanon received 11 million Euros from France for the conference "CEDRE", which took place on 6 April 2018, chaired by Jean Yves le Drian, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron.The conference will mobilize a little more than 11 billion public commitments. We are collectively behind Lebanon considering all the challenges of the moment and all the challenges of the region. This explains the unprecedented mobilization of the international community and the success of this conference. But that's what gives you, and sorry for that again, an equally unprecedented responsibility, to preserve the treasure that is Lebanon in the region by what it represents and what it is, " said, President Emmanuel Macron.--------------------------------------------------------------------
About 50 states and international organizations were mobilizing to help the country finance its multi-year development plan. An "emergency", according to Emmanuel Macron, the French president, to preserve the stability of a country whose infrastructure is weakened by regional crises and in particular the influx of refugees from neighboring Syria.

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Applications open for the third cycle of Innovate Ventures to accept 12 startups

Accelerator in Somaliland

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi, Jedi Foster | Paris, Washignton DC, Zanzibar, 04/10/2018, 00:28 Time

USPA NEWS - Innovate Ventures (www.Innovate.so) pioneer in the Somali start-up space, has just opened applications for the next round of its Hargeisa-based tech accelerator. To date, the programme has graduated 25 startups and has invested almost $50,000 in its graduates. Building on last year’s success, this year’s program will accept 12 startups and will invest up to $30,000 in the teams with the highest potential. The programme aims to support young entrepreneurs in Somaliland and Somalia and grow the nascent start-up ecosystem in the country. Innovate Ventures is the leading Somali start-up accelerator and technology fund, and works with VC4A (https://VC4A.com) Telesom and Oxfam under the Work In Progress! project to make this programme possible.

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THE SPEECH OF PRESIDENT MACRON FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE LYS

7000 SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN 1918

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi, Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 04/09/2018, 23:36 Time

USPA NEWS - Hundred years ago, to the day April 9, 1918, the first shells of the battle of the Lys disemboweled the land of Flanders again. And again this earth, burdened with blood and tears, delivered to the repeated madness of times a terrible harvest. And it is not so much the blood of the enemies of then as that of the friends of always, who has watered the furrows of the Lily. Hundreds of Portuguese soldiers perished during this day, bravely fighting an unequal battle between 20,000 of their own men and more than 50,000 Germans who seized their last chance to win the war before the arrival of reinforcements from the United States to swell. the ranks of the Allies." Introduced President Macron, as a preamble of his speech for the anniversary of the century of the Battle of the Lys. We publish the entire transcript, of the speech, before the President of Portugal, Marcelo rebel de Souza, the Portugese Prime Minister, and José Alberto Azerdo Lopes, The Minister of Defense.

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EDOUARD PHILIPPE REAFFIRMS DETERMINATION FACING SNCF STRIKE STILL IN PROGRESS

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY PARISIEN PART II

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia Rachdi, Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 04/09/2018, 23:06 Time

USPA NEWS - The SNCF strike resumed this Saturday night and will end Tuesday morning. Is it leaving for days of hardship for public transport users? We publish the second part of the entire interview of the French PM, Edouard Philippe by Le Parisien-Of Sunday, Led by Olivier Beaumont, Valérie Hacot, Muriel Pleynet, Vincent Verier and Henri Vernet Le Parisien SUNDAY, (New Format “France Dimanche) "Everyone must know our determination to go to the end," stated the French Prime Minister, no question of giving in to the strikers.

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