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The Government of Sweden last week in Addis Ababa, signed an agreement with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), committing 60 million Swedish Kronor (about $8.5 million) in support of ECA's African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), established in the framework of the Climate Information for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa Programme).
The government yesterday reiterated its opposition to homosexuality and said donors were free to withdraw their funding if they wish.
In relation with the upcoming Climate Change conference to be held in Copenhagen (Dec7-18,2009), Denmark Ethiopian Environment Journalists Association (EEJA) said it will send seven journalists to attend the deliberations and report to different local and international Media outlets.
Ethiopia and Norway signed agreements on hydropower development and capacity building academic cooperation worth around 400 million ETB on Monday, a press release from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis said.
Sweden has joined the growing list of countries heaping pressure on Uganda to discard a proposed law that would severely punish homosexuality.
The Government of Rwanda has welcomed a 30-year sentence handed down to a self-confessed top Genocide criminal by a Belgian Court, but reckons that it should be the beginning of many cases that should be tried in Belgium.
How much influence does Tanzania wield in the world to justify sending a planeload of delegates to next week's Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change?
The cooperation between the Angolan government and the European Union has been highlighted in the last years, by a boosting of commitments and financial resources, resulting from permanent dialogue among partners, said Wednesday the Angolan minister of Planning, Ana Dias Lourenço.
With CBS radio closed, I decided to head to the Queen's land last October. However, despite the meticulous preparation for the weather, I was shocked by how cold it can feel, even though for the most part, the temperatures were just below 15c.
THE European Union has urged the Government to extend the fight against corruption to all sectors and corners of the country in order to stem the culture of impunity.
African countries will forge a united front to press for a 40 per cent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by developed economies during the forthcoming Copenhagen climate conference.
Nigeria would receive £297m (about N69bn) to finance its anti-graft war from the European Union (EU) as part of Support to Reforming Institutions Programme (SRIP) next year.
There are indications that investors from The Netherlands may have indicated interest in ailing Nigerian banks and may be on their way to hold strategic intervention talks with some of the banks next week in Abuja.
THE Czech Republic has admitted sending individual invitations to Zimbabwe's ambassadors-designate to visit their country against Foreign Affairs protocol. Five ambassadors-designate from MDC-T and MDC sneaked out of the country last Tuesday for a 10-day trip to the Czech Republic, a development that raised eyebrows as to what their intentions were.
The firm stance taken by Western Sahara independence activist Aminatou Haidar, in her third week of a hunger strike in an airport in Spain's Canary Islands, contrasts with the weak position of the Spanish government vis-à-vis the Moroccan government, which it has failed to pressure to allow the activist to return to her homeland.
The Paris-based umbrella organisation - "Collectif des Parties Civiles pour le Rwanda" (CPCR), which advocates for the rights of the 1994 Genocide survivors, has sued another genocide fugitive living in France.
On the eve of World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released new recommendations on treatment, prevention and infant feeding in the context of HIV, based on the latest scientific evidence.
The German embassy has once again lashed out at the government for violating a bilateral protection agreement between the countries, writing a letter of complaint about the forced takeover of yet another farm belonging to a German family.
Organized by the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease under the theme, "Poverty and lung health", the 40th Union World Conference on Lung Health will be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 3-7 December.
Tanzania is sending one of the largest delegations to the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change this week despite growing concern that the country is spending billions of shillings on foreign trips annually at the expense of providing critical public services.
The international legal team of Malam Nasir El-Rufai yesterday in London released a seminal report which details the Yar'Adua government's persecution of El-Rufai and sharply criticizes the government's broad campaign against reformers.
Zimbabwean professionals in the UK say they will need to see real change before they would even consider going home, despite South Africa's ongoing attempts to resolve the disputes between the bickering partners in Zimbabwe's unity government.
The announcement by government Sunday that Rwanda is set to restore relations with France has been received with mixed reactions, with many, particularly the diplomatic corps, welcoming the development.
The military operation targeting piracy off the Somali coast has been termed a success.
Negotiations of a full Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the East African Community and the European Union have been slow partly because the private sector has been less involved in them.
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