State of the Art Lab to Improve Quality of Ethiopia’s Agricultural Commodities
20 September 2012Ethiopia has inaugurated its renovated Crop Testing Laboratory, within the context of the country’s new National Agricultural Products Quality (…)
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South Sudan: water shortages hit crisis point in refugee camps
20 September 2012Severe water shortages in refugee camps close to the Sudanese border have contributed to a rise in mortality and malnutrition rates to alarming (…)
African Union Welcomes Progress Made Towards Eliminating The Lord’s Resistance Army
20 September 2012As part of the implementation of the Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lord’s Resistance Army (RCI‐LRA), which was (…)
Democratic Republic Of Congo / Peace And Security Council 335th Meeting Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 19 September 2012
20 September 2012The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 335th meeting held on 19 September 2012, adopted the following decision on the (…)
Africa Center, AFRICOM: Empowering Women to be Agents of Peace
20 September 2012A meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 18 African military and security professionals was among the highlights of a (…)
The 112th Canton Fair ’Boosting Trade with Asia-Pacific Markets’
20 September 2012Despite ongoing economic problems in Europe and the US, figures from the 111th Canton Fair, which closed in May, demonstrated impressive (…)
World Bank Congratulates Zambia on Achieving International Transparency Milestone in Mining
20 September 2012The International Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Norway today formally designated Zambia as an (…)
Experts urge East African Journalists to make science a priority for development
20 September 2012Over 30 reporters and editors from East Africa have gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a two-day workshop to discuss ways of better reporting (…)
European Union Contributes €3 Million to IMF Trust Fund for Capacity Building in Macroeconomic Policies and Statistics for South Sudan
20 September 2012The European Union today committed €3 million (about US$3.9 million) to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) trust fund to help South Sudan (…)
Chad: Judicial harassment of political opponents and journalists must stop
19 September 2012The Chadian government must stop using the judiciary to harass political opponents Amnesty International said today, after three trade unionists (…)
Humanitarian Coordinator meets Kenya’s Minister of State for Defence and Chief of Defence Forces to discuss humanitarian concerns
19 September 2012Following the recent escalation of fighting near Kismaayo and the spike in civilian displacement from the town, the Resident and Humanitarian (…)
Drafting Of African Union Strategic Plan Begins
19 September 2012The African Union today started a two day brainstorming process aimed at contributing to a strategic plan, for use within the Union from 2014 (…)