A new five-year partnership targets 250 schools and 500 youth centres for non-communicable disease prevention and youth-responsive services. The programme plans to train and support 5,000 young people in Egypt.
A new programme phase aims to reach 2,500 additional public primary schools in Fayoum, Assiut and Sohag. UNICEF and the Sawiris Foundation said the expected reach is 500,000 to one million children and about 10,000 education professionals.
Norges Bank raised its policy rate from 4.25% to 4.50% after a 23 September meeting, saying inflation remains above target and the outlook has not changed enough to ease policy.
Two Saudi combined-cycle gas plants received initial commercial operation certificates for units totaling 2,555 MW; both projects are larger than the initial units now operating.
Source: Saudi Exchange issuer disclosure — ACWA Power (Qassim 1)
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee cut its policy rate from 26.5% to 23% at its 307th meeting on 21–22 September. The central bank’s decisions page records the new rate as announced on 22 September.
UNICEF said drone strikes on two warehouses in Shikan locality on 20 September destroyed more than 330,000 learning materials intended for children in North Kordofan.
The four-day forum brought together 60 ministers and delegation heads, 200 speakers and more than 10,000 visitors; SDAIA launched five capacity-building frameworks.
Saudi research agency KACST introduced SALEM, a tool covering 9,234 registered medicines and 873 potential interactions, and published its source code for public-sector reuse.
Source: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
The renovation of the Abu Ghraib bank, operating since 1977, expanded seed-storage capacity. The figures describe capacity, not the current collection.
Source: United Nations in Iraq (FAO, European Union and Ministry of Agriculture release)
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