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Nigeria Joins G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
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| Nigeria's Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi Adesina attended G8 Food Security and Nutrition events this weekend where Nigeria was announced as a partner country in the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, a G8 initiRead More... |
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Summit in Dakar to evaluate right to food progress in West Africa
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| More than 40 parliamentarians, government officials and representatives of civil society and national human rights institutions will come together in Dakar on 13-14 June 2013 to identify the best ways of putting the human right to adequate food into Read More... |
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IMF Executive Board Completes Third ECF Review for Côte d'Ivoire and Approves US$74 Million Disbursement
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| The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the third review of Côte d'Ivoire's economic performance under the program supported by an Extended Credit Facility arrangement (ECF). The Board's decision, which was Read More... |
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Joint Statement by the High Representative and European Commission Vice President, Catherine Ashton, and European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, on the approval of over ?31.5 billion
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| Joint Statement by the High Representative and European Commission Vice President, Catherine Ashton, and European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, on the approval of over ?31.5 billion of funding for EU development cooperation with ACP Read More... |
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AfDB signs a USD 100 million Risk Participation Agreement with Commerzbank AG to support Trade Finance in Africa
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| The African Development Bank (AfDB) formally signed on May 29th in Marrakech, Morocco, in the prelude of the 48th AfDB Annual Meetings, a USD 100 million unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) with Commerzbank AG under which the two banks Read More... |
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Symposium calls for mutual benefits and new voices in global partnerships
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| "While Africa has made significant improvements and aims to foster sustainable transformative growth, the mixed results recorded with the MDGs warrant that we think global partnerships anew." The call was made by Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive SecretarRead More... |
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ECA Executive Secretary to receive recognition for visionary, exemplary leadership
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| The Fascinating Africans Committed to Excellence (F.A.C.E.) list Awards has nominated Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa for his visionary and exemplary leadership and for playing an integral role in Africa's develoRead More... |
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African Ministers of Industry to Convene on post-2015 Development Agenda
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| The 20th Ordinary Session of the Conference of the African Union Ministers of Industry (CAMI) will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 10-14 June, 2013. Organized under the theme: Accelerating Industrialization for Africa within the post-2015 developmeRead More... |
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ECA consultations on Agenda 2063 commence in Rabat
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| Intense moments of thought and exchange last Wednesday in Rabat when the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) organised a dinner- debate that focused on: " Agenda 2063: What will North Africa look like in half a century ?", held undeRead More... |
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Spindelegger deeply concerned about verdict against civil society in Egypt
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| Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger expressed his deep concern about the closing of international NGOs in Egypt and the prison sentences of several years for 43 employees of these organisations. "The civil society - whiRead More... |
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UGANDA REVIEWS 12-YEAR EXPERIENCE IN EAC / INTEGRATIONACHIEVEMENTS, OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND WAY FORWARD IN INTEGRATION FOR UGANDA
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| A two-day stakeholders' review workshop on the status of the East African Community integration agenda in the Republic of Uganda, Hon. Shem Bageine opened today at Hotel Africana in Kampala with the country's Minister of State for EAC Affairs affirmiRead More... |
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Greenpeace Media Statement- Lift suspension of Herakles Farms's forest clearing activities
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| Greenpeace International and the Oakland Institute are deeply concerned by the Cameroonian government's decision to lift their suspension of Herakles Farms's forest clearing activities.
In April of this year, the Ministry of ForestryRead More... |
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EU supports Mozambique's path to development
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| The European Commission will fund three projects in Mozambique that will potentially provide 50,000 people with access to clean water; increase trade opportunities by improving an international transport corridor, and support the finalisation of the Read More... |
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EU announces ?31.5 billion for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries
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| The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)-EU Council of Ministers is expected to approve that ?31.5 billion euros will be allocated to EU development cooperation with the ACP region between 2014 - 2020. The ACP-EU Council takes place this afternoon anRead More... |
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Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton following her meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Dr Saad-eddine El Othmani
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| The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice
President of the Commission issued the following statement today:
"I was delighted to welcome Dr Saad-eddine El Othmani to Brussels today on his Read More... |
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