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Leaders of the world’s eight biggest industrialized nations have promised to boost development assistance to Africa by U.S. $25 billion a year over 2004 levels by 2010.
THE African elephant - Loxodonta africana to scientists - is the world's largest terrestrial mammal but is still under threat, says the World Wildlife Fund.
Group of 8 leaders will agree to fight trade protectionism and mobilise billions over the next three years to boost agricultural investment in the developing world, according to reports.
The United Nations and the African Union today launched a new tool, designed in partnership with the Microsoft Corporation, to help map investment flows on the continent and provide business leaders the information they need to make sound decisions.
The World Bank has made a list of the five main threats arising from climate change: droughts, floods, storms, rising sea levels, and greater uncertainty in agriculture. Four of the world's poorest nations top the list of the 12 countries at the highest risk.
Leaders of the world's eight major industrialized countries meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, have devoted about one-third of their declaration to African issues. The verbatim text of the relevant section follows. The full declaration is available from the AllAfrica resources page.
Robert Fox, the executive director of Oxfam Canada, writes on the G8 meetings in Italy:
Leaders from the Group of Eight (G8) major industrialised countries agreed on Wednesday to limit global warming to within two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but lowered their target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
American President Barack Obama may have more than one reason for his stated choice of Ghana as the first African country to visit -- that it is a bastion of democracy in the continent -- but that is neither here nor there.
THE African continent is trailing behind with projects aimed at fighting climate change as provided under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.
A newly published report by the UN environmental agency underscores how environmental investments can get the global and national economies back to sustainable work.
The boom in the acquisition of arable land in Africa by foreign companies and governments has stirred an international debate between international institutions such as the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and non-governmental groups and independent experts.
A major exhibition on Ife art, Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria, opened on June 16, 2009 at the FundaciÃ'n Marcelino Botin, Santander, Spain and will move from there to the Museum for Africa Art, New York, United States and later to the British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
WORLD soccer governing body Fifa have amended some of the laws of the game and moved to end some of the confusion that has often followed the interpretation of the rules.
Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the Hague-based International Criminal Court, is a man on a mission.
Some 70,000 construction workers in South Africa have gone on strike, halting work on stadiums being built for the 2010 World Cup.
As US President Barack Obama visits Ghana this week, it is evident that people all over the world still have special interest in Mr Obama. Besides naming their children Obama, especially in Kenya, Africans are watching Obama closely. They want to know what policy statements he is going to make about Africa.
President of the International Olympic committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, has hailed progress made so far, in all areas of sports in Africa, saying its prospect in the continent is bright.
More pirate hijackings have been prevented this year, thanks to self-protection measures and international coalitions, according to a State Department official.
Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrialized nations believe the outcome of the economic crisis is still uncertain and that significant risks remain to global economic and financial stability.
At a time of global economic turmoil, the leaders of the Group of Eight major industrialized nations say they will help developing nations to cope with the crisis.
A working lunch among the main world leaders in which the theme was the world economic situation marked this afternoon in A Laquila city, Italy, the beginning of the summit of the most industrialised countries, dubbed G-8, Angop has learnt.
Michael Jackson was famous for his socially-conscious music but "Earth Song," his big, bold environmental call-to-arms, is often overlooked. Still, by sheer dint of his reach, the song might have made Jackson a kind of super-sized Al Gore.
In the last few days, small-scale farmers in Nigeria and other parts of the continent attempted to set the agenda, or better still, influence the agenda of heads of state and government who met in Sirte, the birth place of current AU chairman and president of Libya, Muammar Gaddaffi from June 30 to July 3.
American pop star, Michael Jackson's dermatologist has said the entertainer did not appear in poor health - and even danced in his office - three days before he died.
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