Day: July 16, 2015
- Africa
FFD3: Agricultural transformation in Africa needs leadership, partnership
Government leadership and partnerships with the private sector as well as civil society are crucial for Africa in order to achieve food security underlines a panel co-hosted by the US government’s global food security initiative, Feed the Future, and the African Union Commission (AUC). The panel, held on Wednesday July 14th at the Hilton Addis Abeba, as a side event…
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FFD3: MDG AIDS goals exceeded expectation ahead of time: UNAIDS report
A report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) announces today in Addis Abeba that sixth Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing the spread of HIV has been achieved and exceeded nine months ahead of schedule. The report, “How AIDS Changed Everything,” officially released today at Zewuditu Memorial Hospital on a sideline event the Third Finance for…
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FFD3: ActionAid says failure to create a UN global tax body “appalling”
The third international Financing for Development conference in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, has failed to agree on the creation of a UN global tax body. ActionAid’s international tax power campaign manager, Martin Hojsik, said the decision was “an appalling failure and a great blow to the fight against poverty and injustice.” “It means that developing countries, which are losing billions…
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