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A senior U.N. official is warning that a growing sense of global inequality accompanied by low productivity gains and wages is stiffening resistance to international trade. The com...

Roberto Azevêdo says leave vote would present complex and unusual situation with UK unable to ‘cut and paste’ its former EU-negotiated trade deals Negotiations about the shap...

The selection: Tuesday, 7 June 2016 Underway, in Gaborone: SADC, EAC, COMESA Tripartite Free Trade Area operational meeting Starting tomorrow, in Naivasha: PS trade retreat Minis...

Members of the Lower House yesterday kicked off the second Ordinary Session of the year with the approval of the Bill relating to free movement of labour and services within the CO...

Trade and trade policy are central to transforming our world, the objective of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Trade can make a crucial contribution to sustainable de...

The African Union is to launch an African Minerals Development Centre so as to ensure that African Governments are better equipped to negotiate better mining and exploration terms ...

Global growth data show that East Africa had the sharpest fall in economic performance in 2015, a year when low commodity prices, subdued trade and instability in financial markets...

Recent discoveries of oil and natural gas in East Africa have created excitement throughout the region over the potential windfall of revenues into government coffers. Uganda ha...

Youth are Africa’s greatest asset. While Africa’s economic growth is positive, there is an urgent need to promote inclusive economic transformation and jobs-induced growth to i...

A third of all food is spoiled or thrown away worldwide as it moves from where it is produced to where it is eaten A new global standard for measuring food loss and waste will hel...

On 1 June, REN21 published the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy. The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly ...

The selection: Monday, 6 June 2016 A ‘Beyond AGOA’ reminder: by end June, the USTR must submit a report to the US Congress 'that will lay out a set of options and roadmaps for...

FAO Agreement on Port State Measures binding international law as of 5 June 2016 A groundbreaking international accord aimed at stamping out illegal fishing went into effect on 5 ...

By 2040, Uganda expects to have realized its vision of a transformed economy to a middle income status. The Government of Uganda is making major public investments to address the b...

1. The forty-ninth Ordinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was convened in Dakar, Republic of Se...

The G20 Agriculture Ministers met in Xi’an on June 3 to discuss the ways in which the members can promote food security, nutrition, sustainable agricultural growth and rural deve...

Eco-crime hits record high at up to $258 billion, outstripping the illegal trade in small arms, as international criminal gangs and militant groups profit from the plunder of Earth...

Transitioning to a New Urban-Based Model of Economic Growth Nigeria’s economy is at a crossroads. For decades, it has relied mainly on oil extraction to drive growth and revenue...

“We are agents of change and we have an agenda for change, and that agenda is called the High 5s” For five intense days, the 51st Annual Meetings of the African Developme...

FAO Food Price Index inches up in May, Food Outlook report notes role of burgeoning reserves Global food commodity markets are on a stable path for the year ahead, with solid prod...