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Global economic growth will remain subdued this year following a slowdown in the United States and Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, the IMF said in its October 2016&nb...

On September 26, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s macroeconomic outturn during ...

This paper investigates the impact of trade specialization on poverty in developing countries. The findings show that trade specialization reduces poverty but only under specific p...

The African Union Commission Department of Trade and Industry, opened the Service Sector development workshop at the African Union Commission Headquarters on 1 October 2016. The m...

CITES CoP17 marks a major shift towards stronger protection for wild animals and plants from over-exploitation and illegal trade; 51 proposals accepted, five rejected, six wit...

The selection: Tuesday, 4 October 2016 The WTO’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) will be held in Buenos Aires in December 2017 Featured tweet, @sdonnan: Astonishing num...

Almost two-thirds of African citizens live in a country in which safety and rule of law deteriorated in the last ten years The 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), lau...

Worldwide policy actions to harness the global financial system for sustainable development have more than doubled over the last five years, but more effort is needed to turn this ...

The African Union Commission in collaboration with the NEPAD Agency, opened a technical validation meeting for a Continental Agribusiness Strategy and a framework, operational stru...

FAO Director-General stresses the role of trade in ensuring global food security and adaptation to climate change Declining prices could thwart international efforts to eradicate ...

Evidence is increasing that climate change is taking the largest toll on poor and vulnerable people, and these impacts are largely caused by inequalities that increase the risks fr...

Stakeholders at the just ended two-day Second Africa Oil Governance Summit have urged the governments of petroleum Exporting nations on the continent to invest heavily and properly...

Over 90 representatives from wildlife enforcement networks across the world met in Johannesburg during CoP17 for frank discussions on strengthening frontline cooperation and coordi...

The sugar directorate has put on boxing gloves vowing to kick out cartels distorting the supply chain, and who have been blamed for the recent surge in retail prices. The di...

The selection: Monday, 3 October 2016 President Kenyatta has announced, today, that @AMB_A_Mohammed is vying for the position of @_AfricanUnion Commission Chair Concluding today,...

South Africa posts 8.6 billion-rand trade deficit in August South Africa’s trade balance swung to a deficit in August after three months of surpluses as shipments of precious me...

The revision of rules of origin for products manufactured within the East African Community (EAC) have encouraged investment and boosted manufacturing sector within the region, the...

East African Community (EAC) member states should hasten the finalisation and enactment of the EAC Anti-Counterfeit Law in order to establish a regional framework to fight counterf...

Inequality reduction increasingly important to continued progress in helping the world’s poorest A new World Bank study on poverty and shared prosperity says that extreme povert...

Standard Chartered Bank has launched ‘Banking the ecosystem’, a global strategy that will connect business communities and facilitate increased trade, commerce and investments ...