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Representatives from Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the African Union Border Programme (AUBP) met in Zambia to discuss Border Management in Africa. This was the second m...

The selection: Wednesday, 25 November Additional documentation prepared for the UNECA’s Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration meeting is now available: Investment a...

Report addresses the consequences of possible extreme natural events in 171 countries What is the connection between food security and disaster risk? This question is the central ...

A Chatham House Africa Programme and De Beers Group Conference Conference Communiqué The conference co-hosted by Chatham House, De Beers Group of Companies and the Ministry of M...

At the fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 9 to 13 May 2011, the Heads of State and Government acknowledged the ...

One third of funds expected to come from Bank’s fund for the poorest countries The World Bank Group on 24 November 2015 unveiled a new plan that calls for $16 billion in funding...

During recent years, the African story has been built around oil, mining and the sale of commodities; as well as foreign direct investment from global businesses, institutional and...

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is calling on the region to concert its integration efforts and to address challenging issues notably insecurity, bad governance and corruption as ...

On 18 November, the EU notified the WTO Council of Trade in Services of the preferential treatment which it intends to make available to services and service suppliers of the globa...

The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Member States have been urged to complete the promising but pending SADC projects that are projected to lift the region to a certai...

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) leaders have admitted that the member countries of the regional body need each other more than ever before as global economic growth is ex...

The selection: Tuesday, 24 November A selection of African and international trade and development conferences: In Gaborone: the Connecting Resources and Society in Botswana con...

The 17th Africa Oil, Gas and Mines Trade and Finance Conference (OILGASMINE) and Exhibition will examine how the extractive industries can contribute to sustainable job creati...

In the 50 years since independence, Botswana has experienced remarkable economic growth. This growth has been underpinned by the partnership between Botswana and De Beers. Botswan...

In its 2015 Annual Report for North Africa, the African Development Bank assessed the economies of the six countries in the region: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and T...

Over the last decade, Ethiopia has made remarkable progress in its economic growth exceeding other low income and Sub-Saharan African countries, with real gross domestic product (G...

From 17-19 November 2015, the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Food Security Information Network (FSIN), a partner initiative between FAO, WFP and IFPRI, he...

The Ministerial Decision on Cotton of 7 December 2013 adopted by Ministers at the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali states, inter alia that: “5. In this context, we therefo...

WTO members exchanged views on two recent proposals for possible areas of agreement in agriculture at the WTO’s Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, at an informal meeting of agric...

Travelling the globe for the World Trade Organization (WTO), I get asked the same questions everywhere I go: what is my view of the global economy and what is the next big trend? I...