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The West African Economic and Monetary Union, generally referred in English to by its French acronym UEMOA (for Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine) and alternatively as WAEMU, [1] is a treaty-based arrangement binding together eight West African states within the larger Economic Community of West African States, seven of which were previously colonies of French West Africa. [2]
The Medical University of South Africa (MEDUNSA) was established in 1976 to provide medical education to black students, who were restricted from attending most medical schools in South Africa by the Apartheid government, [4] with a few exceptions at segregated non-white-only medical schools. [5] [6]
Building at 29, rue du Colisée in Paris, head office of BCEAO from the early 1960s to relocation to Dakar in 1978. In 1955, the French government transferred the note-issuance privilege for its West African colonies, hitherto held by the Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale, to a newly created entity based in Paris, [3] the Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo.
It has played an important role in monitoring transitional election in West Africa, and these mediation efforts have even been recognized within and outside the continent of Africa. [51] In recent years these included interventions in Ivory Coast in 2003 , Liberia in 2003 , Guinea-Bissau in 2012 , Mali in 2013 , The Gambia in 2017 , [ 12 ] [ 13 ...
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The academy was established on 1 April 1950 under the auspices of the University of Pretoria and the South African Military College [1] (now the South African Army College) in Voortrekkerhoogte (now Thaba Tswane), with the goal of elevating students to a BA (Mil) or BSc (Mil) degree to meet the intellectual challenges of modern war.
These spring soup recipes will usher in the new season. Try fresh vegetable flavors, including cream of asparagus, split pea, and potato leek.
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out ...