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WASHINGTON, 11 avril 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Département d’ÉtatAllocution de M. Johnnie Carson, secrétaire d’État adjoint Bureau des affaires africainesCentre Woodrow Wilson -- Washington - Le 5 avril 2011La politique des États-Unis envers l’Afrique en 2011 : les enjeux du temps présentJe tiens à remercier Steve McDonald et le centre Woodrow Wilson de m’avoir invité à prendre

La sixième réunion conjointe d’experts sur le Partenariat Afrique-Union européenne pour l’énergie (PAEE), débutera mercredi à Port-Louis, la capitale de l’île Maurice, à l’initiative du ministère mauricien de l’Energie, de l’Union européenne (UE) et de la Commission de l’Union africaine (CUA).Cette rencontre de trois jours vise à finaliser un plan d’action pour l’approvisionnement en électricité

LONDON (Reuters) - Plans by leading economies to reform the global financial system could disadvantage the developing world and risk looking outdated by the time they are enforced, a top World Bank official said on Sunday.Vincenzo La Via, the institution's chief financial officer, said solutions for advanced economies are not necessarily a good fit for developing countries."Failing to take the

Transition to low-sulphur diesel and cleaner vehicles could achieve US$6 billion in health savings for Sub-Saharan Africa each yearNAIROBI, Kenya, February 18, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)In a move that is set to improve air quality and reduce vehicle emissions across East Africa, Kenya has officially launched its transition to low-sulphur diesel. Containing only 5% of the amount of

Tens of thousands of Chinese workers are scrambling to escape the chaos in Libya, highlighting the risks by Chinese businesses in unstable African countries in search of oil, gas and other resources.Beijing is taking unprecedented steps to aid with the evacuation, sending charter flights and ferries along with military transport planes and dispatching a navy frigate to provide security for its

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) signed in Lusaka on Thursday, 24 February 2011, a protocol agreement for a USD 8.625-million grant to finance the COMESA Airspace Integration projectThe agreement was signed by AfDB Zambia Field Office Resident Representative, Freddie Kwesiga and the COMESA Secretary-General, Sindiso Ngwenya, two

ARUSHA, Tanzania, February 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The EAC Secretary General, Ambassador Juma Mwapachu, today held talks with the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Committee of Ambassadors and high ranking officials of IGAD led by the Executive Secretary, H.E. Engineer Mahboub Maalim.The talks centered on areas of collaboration between EAC and IGAD concerning

Nairobi, Feb 28, 2011 (The East African/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Captains of Libyan business holdings in East Africa were holed up in meetings last week as the civil revolution sweeping the Arab world reached Tripoli, threatening Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade grip on the North African country.According to sources at the meeting, the agenda was to consider options for

Published on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 by ColorLinesby Michelle ChenThe tide of revolutions that rocked Tunisia and Egypt has stirred uprisings from Morocco to Libya, but it hasn’t been limited to the Middle East. In places as far south as Cameroon, as far east as China, and even westward to the budget demonstrations in Wisconsin and Europe, people are demanding reform.There’s more to these

WRITTEN BY SHANTAYANAN DEVARAJAN WEDNESDAY, 02 MARCH 2011On the day the World Bank announces its new Africa strategy, its chief economist for the Africa region, Shantayanan Devarajan, sets out the Bank’s thinking. The focus will be on employment, resilience and governance.Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011 has an unprecedented opportunity for transformation and sustained growth. Until the global economic

March 2 2011 - Business Report - By Samantha Enslin-PayneFurniture group Steinhoff International is looking to expand its retail business in Africa, as it intends now to consolidate its European operations.Chief executive Markus Jooste said yesterday that the group was looking at prospects in Africa, specifically among the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, where there were

VOA News February 27, 2011The United Nations refugee agency says almost 100,000 people have fled Libya into neighboring Egypt and Tunisia in the past week, to escape a deadly anti-government uprising.U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres asked the international community Sunday to provide quick and generous assistance to Egypt and Tunisia, so that they can cope with what he called

23 February 2011South Africa is pushing ahead to secure a free trade agreement between the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the East African Community (EAC) and the Common Market for East African States (Comesa).Briefing journalists in Cape Town on Tuesday, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said that a summit between the SADC, Comesa and the EAC would be hosted within weeks.He

One of Africa's most important and influential investment forums - the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Investment Forum - will be held in Dubai on March 23-24, 2011, under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minster of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.The COMESA region is considered the largest economic bloc in Africa. The

ARUSHA, Tanzania, February 22, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)The East African Community and the Government of the Republic of Finland today signed a Grant Agreement worth two million Euros (€2,000,000) to support the activities on the Lake Victoria Basin during the period 2011 – 2014. The Secretary General of East African Community, Amb. Juma Mwapachu initialed on behalf of the EAC while

Wednesday, 16 February 2011 by Linda LarbieThe East African Community and the World Bank today signed a grant agreement worth USD 16 million to support a project that will transform the EAC's financial services sector.The agreement to fund the EAC Financial Sector Development & Regionalization Project was initialed by Secretary General Amb. Juma Mwapachu on behalf of the EAC and Country Director

The European Union Commission has appointed Ambassador Gilles Hervio as Head of Delegation in Zambia, and special Representative to COMESA to replace Dr Derek Fee who left last December.Ambassador Hervio, a French national, presented his credentials to COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya on Thursday 10th February 2011, at COMESA Secretariat, Lusaka, Zambia.Before his appointment as

Lamis Andoni - 11 Feb 2011 - Al JazeeraThe Egyptian revolution has resurrected a new type of pan-Arabism, based on social justice not empty slogans.The Egyptian revolution has resurrected pan-Arabism but this is not the pan-Arabism of previous generations [GALLO/GETTY]The Egyptian revolution, itself influenced by the Tunisian uprising, has resurrected a new sense of pan-Arabism based on the

February 15 2011 - ReutersKampala - Ugandan firm Taylor Biomass Energy Uganda (TBEU) plans to invest $160-million to build a power plant that will burn rubbish and generate 40 megawatts, the firm said on Monday.It would be the first major renewable energy project in East Africa's third-largest economy which is plagued by frequent power outages due to supply constraints and a run-down transmission

ARUSHA, Tanzania, February 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)Partner States’ experts in Conflict Early Warning started a two-day meeting in Arusha yesterday to develop a framework of indicators which will facilitate the operationalization of the EAC Early Warning Mechanisms (EAC-EWM).The EWM is an integral part of the Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution (CPRM) framework.The EWMs