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The 193-Member United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015 formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a set of bold new Global Goals, which&n...

Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) hailed the adoption of a sustainable development agenda for the next generation and are fully commit...

World leaders, heads of global financial institutions and other dignitaries are heading to New York, where, after months of intense negotiations, the United Nations is set to launc...

The selection: Friday, 25 September Today, in New York: the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change On Monday, in New York: From the MDGs to the SDGs...

As the curtains close on the Millennium Development Goals, Mr. Carlos Lopes has stressed that the intense participation of Africa in defining the new sustainable development agenda...

Statement by Ambassador Amina C. Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, at the Kenyan Parliament, 14 September 2015, Nairobi – Kenya Wi...

AU-CSO Continental Forum: Towards Preparation for the Joint Annual Forum (JAF) of the Africa-EU Partnership, Djibouti, 18-20 September 2015 The 4th Annual African CSO Continental ...

The 39th Annual Meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77+China took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 24 September 2015. Statements from th...

In a speech delivered at the Peterson Institute in Washington D.C. on 24 September 2015, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that over the past 20 years, the WTO has firmly esta...

Business Call to Action sees strong increases in membership, commitments to improve lives and livelihoods for world’s poor people From small social entrepreneurships to large na...

DIRCO and ACCORD Public lecture delivered by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Luwellyn Landers, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard Co...

There is something fishy about the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill, which Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies sees as a “guideline for negotiating future internati...

Bank Payment Obligation (“BPO”) stands to boost Africa’s trade partnerships, increase SMEs’ access to trade finance and reduce costs and risks in trade transactions. Banks ...

Uganda is one of the eight countries which are benefiting from the use of the Regional Payment and Settlement System (REPSS), which eases transfer of funds within the Common Mark...

The selection: Wednesday, 23 September Today, in Brussels: SADC Day Business Forum Next week: Namibian-German Centre for Logistics (NGCL) conference Recently launched: the Nethe...

The second review of the trade policies and practices of Angola took place on 22 September and 24 September 2015. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a ...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in a speech to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board on 21 September 2015, said that the WTO and UNCTAD are united in placing development “at ...

The United Republic of Tanzania has vast untapped natural resources, including an abundance of wildlife, unexploited mineral reserves and arable land, which offer a wide range of...

Countries should drive their own development, but working together, the international community can turn the picture of sustainable development envisaged by the Sustainable Develop...

Implementation of the development assistance aspects of the cotton-related decisions in the 2004 July package and Paragraph 12 of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration Pursuant to...