Africa
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Our exclusive on AU-EU relations with Gary Quince
In December 2007, at the second EU-Africa summit held in Lisbon, Portugal, leaders of the two continents adopted the ‘Joint…
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Rwanda tops first African Retail Development index
Rwanda, Nigeria, Namibia, Tanzania and Gabon occupy the top five places of the inaugural A.T. Kearney African Retail Development Index…
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Four African countries to send “protection and deterrent” force to South Sudan
Mahlet Fasil Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda said they will send a stabilization and protection force to the troubled state…
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HRW says transparency group should reject Ethiopia’s request for membership
Repression of Civil Society Contravenes Organization’s Rules A major global initiative to encourage governments to better manage natural resource revenues…
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Africa- a new era for partnerships with the south
Carlos Lopes The economic weight of Southern actors at the global level over the last two decades has been unprecedented…
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EU provides €50 million to support AU peacekeeping missing in Central African Republic
EU and the African Union signed a new funding agreement to contribute €50 million from the African Peace Facility to…
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UNESCO: 100 million young women unable to read a single sentence
A serious gender imbalance in global education has left over 100 million young women in low and lower middle income…
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President Uhuru Kenyatta on state visit to Ethiopia
Visit his first to an African state since he came to office in April Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is to…
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AUC formed a Commission of Inquiry to look into rights abuses in South Sudan
Mahlet Fasil The African Union Commission (AUC) established a Commission of Inquiry to investigate human rights violations and other abuses…
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Former President of Oromia regional State Alemayehu Atomsa dies
Alemayehu Atomsa, former chairman of the Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO), one of the four parties that make up the…
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