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A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report launched on 10 March 2016 finds that the trade in cultural goods doubled from 2004 to 2013 despit...

The just released Annual Trade Statistics Bulletin for 2015 shows that the country’s trade deficit grew as money spent on imports expanded by 6 percent, while export revenue drop...

Under way, in Botswana: ICN competition authority conference New: The African Governance and Space (AFRIGOS) project – a five-year project examining transport corridors, bo...

After dramatically declining in the first half of 2015, global trade recovered but at a slower pace over the rest of the year, so that world imports grew by only 1.7 percent in 201...

Note by the Secretariat prepared for the Formal Meeting of the World Trade Organisation Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, 16-17 March 2016. OVERVIEW The Sta...

The Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania, Rt Hon. Kassim Majaliwa delivered the State of EAC Address at the commencement of the 5th Meeting of the 4th Session of the 3...

Food security worsens further in Southern Africa due to drought Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought...

Integrating Africa: Creating the next global market Executive summary The vision of the Bank Group is for a stable, integrated and prospering continent of competitive, diversifie...

Researchers have produced a timescale of how projected climate change is set to alter the face of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Climate change is widely projected to have a s...

This report has been prepared for the Formal Meeting of the World Trade Organisation Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, 16-17 March 2016. CONTEXT The Europe-...

Judges of the COMESA Court of Justice have completed a training programme aimed at deepening their understanding of regional integration and dispute settlement as they adjudicate o...

International community invests in the Sustainable Cities of the Future City leaders from around the world met in Singapore on 9 March 2016 for the launch of the ‘Global Platfor...

The selection: Wednesday, 9 March 2016 Starting today, in Lusaka: the AU-RECs-UNECA-AfDB-NEPAD-ACBF joint coordination meeting The meeting, 9-11 March, is expected to achieve the...

Out-of-Cycle Review of South Africa Under AGOA Leads to Breaking Down Barriers to U.S. Poultry, Pork, and Beef The United States and South Africa have negotiated the removal ...

PIGA project aims to spur African job creation, income growth through increased Chinese trade and investment Representatives from 90 Chinese companies last week expressed strong i...

The Joint Coordination Committee meeting is scheduled to take place at Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, Zambia from 11-12 March 2016. It shall be pre...

WTO members were urged on 3 March to start preparing for the entry into force of the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) by notifying to the WTO what their technical assistance ...

Energy is the central theme of the African Development Bank’s 2016 Annual Meetings as well as its 2015 Annual Report. The theme, “Energy and Climate Change”, unders...

Botswana is one of several countries with limited success in utilizing the preferential market under the United States’ African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), it has emerged....

Speech by David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF, at the National Association for Business Economics in Washington, D.C., 8 March 2016 Let me start by th...