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The co-facilitators of a process geared towards committing to development financing have released a zero draft of the outcome document for a high-level conference schedul...

With an estimated 19 million migrants in Africa, the region needs a strong coherent migration policy response to boost regional integration and inclusive development, agreed partic...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank all expressed support Sunday for the new kid on their block, a $50 billion multilateral lender le...

Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete said last week urgent measures are being taken to reduce road blocks on the Tanzania side of the Central Corridor.  This Corridor is the sou...

India and other members of the G-33 grouping have opposed a new US proposal for a permanent solution to the factious issue of food stockholding for food security in developing coun...

OPEC will not take sole responsibility for propping up the oil price, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said on Sunday, signaling the world’s top petroleum exporter is determined to ...

Across Africa, where many nations show high economic growth rates but with little benefit to their populations, the notion of social and economic “emergence” is taking hold as ...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in closing the Enhanced Integrated Framework’s (EIF) ‘Global Platform’ meeting at the WTO on 19 March 2015, said that “we can take pride ...

The formulation of a National Export Strategy by the International Trade Centre is underway and this will constitute an added advantage in devising new policies and orientations, a...

More than 30 private sector companies have so far applied for grants in the first round of TradeMark East Africa’s Logistics Innovation for Trade, or LIFT, fund, which was launch...

The International Conference on the Emergence of Africa opened Wednesday, March 18 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, with calls for African governments to address inequality....

After their meeting on 9 and 10 March 2015, senior officials from Member States of East and Southern Africa (ESA) agreed to resume negotiations with the EU within the framework of ...

Algeria may submit its World Trade Organization (WTO) accession file to the 10th WTO ministerial conference to be he held next December in Kenya, said Tuesday in Algiers Minister o...

The two biggest trading blocs are taking divergent economic paths At its Transatlantic Conference, the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) on 19 March 2...

Even a few years ago, renewable energy played only a small role in most countries’ energy planning. While governments and publics were eager to increase the share of renewables i...

Zimbabwe has lost an estimated $12 billion through illegal trade involving multinational companies from rich countries involved in the mining sector here. The amount siphoned off ...

Death, destruction and displacement wrought by natural disasters would be significantly reduced by 2030 under a new framework adopted by countries attending the Third United Nation...

Africa has recorded impressive economic growth over the last decade, its ability to address emerging challenges will be strengthened by investing in citizens’ health, education a...

The regional assembly will give priority to the passage of a new law on the elimination of non-tariff-barrier (NTBs) to end protectionism that has hindered smooth trade among partn...

Kenya is set to benefit from the tenth World Trade Organisation ministerial conference with an estimated $8 million (about Sh1.6 billion), expected to be spent in the country. The...