The government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three institutions; namely the African Development Bank, European Union and the World Bank for budget support delivery for aid effectiveness in The Gambia, at a ceremony held at the Finance ministry's conference hall in Banjul.
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged continued support to Zambia's developmental programmes especially those that are aimed at reducing the country's poverty levels.
Long-term financing is set to pick up in Rwanda following a currency swap deal signed last week between the National Bank of Rwanda and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen that the world has simultaneous environmental and economic deliverance within its grasp, but only if it can find the political will to act.
The top United Nations envoy to Sudan today welcomed the peaceful ending of the registration process for next year's elections, the first multi-party polls in the country in decades, with more than 75 per cent of people of voting age registering to cast their ballots.
DESPITE bickering between the United States and China over what to offer the world in terms of climate aid money, the 130 developing countries in the Group of (G77) have dismissed the European Union, EU, as providing no finance whatsoever.
As diplomats and delegates from the around the world gather in Copenhagen this month for a global climate change summit, a major rift is developing between rich and poor countries.
In a report it presented at the 6th round of the UN Universal Periodic Review on respecting human rights that was held from November 30 to December 11, an Eritrea delegation stated that Eritrea is working diligently towards the implementation of human rights conventions and ensuring the safety of its people.
The new Force Commander of UNMIL, Lt. General Sikander Afzal has described Nigerian troops as well trained, good professionals who have contributed greatly to peacekeeping efforts in Africa.
THE United States Agency for International Development (USaid) last week honoured groups and individuals for their contribution to raising awareness about HIV and Aids as well as fighting stigma. The annual Auxillia Chimusoro HIV and Aids awards were presented by visiting American actor Debra Messing on Thursday.
Three Western Cape teenagers have asked the climate dealmakers in Copenhagen to consider their future in a book of messages from children around the world.
THE European Union (EU) is in the process of implementing a 110 million euro commitment to support Zimbabwe's Short Term Emergency Recovery Programme (STERP), a top diplomat said on Thursday.
UGANDA has been declared guinea worm free by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The country representative, Joachuim Saweka on Friday handed over a certification letter to primary health care state minister James Kakooza at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Wandegeya.
ABOUT 190,000 people are still living in the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in northern Uganda, an official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
A UNITED Nations official has urged women in Kitgum district to start owning property like land and houses.
AS world leaders in Copenhagen deliberate about issues related to climate change, some scholars have argued that there is no evidence that human activities caused global warming.
CHILLI coming from Uganda will soon be banned from the European Union (EU), the amount of pesticide residues is far beyond the acceptable level of 0.05 by the EU food authorities.
A judicial commission of inquiry should be used in investigating the CHOGM funds that were allegedly misused, the NRM vice-chairman for eastern region, Mike Mukula, has said.
GLOBECAST, the company that was contracted to provide media services during the Commonwealth summit at $4.5m (about sh8.4b), used the facilities of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) since it had no outside broadcasting van of its own, MPs have been told.
The United Nations' Conference meeting in Copenhagen aiming to thrash out a global deal on climate change has been revealed to cost over trillions over the next 20years to implement, if the America President Obama and other world leaders hammer out a comprehensive climate deal.
The marathon United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, has entered its second week today.
Having apparently hit a brick wall in its quest to secure N30 billion from the bond market, Abia State Government has turned to the World Bank to secure a $200m loan facility, equivalent of the N30 billion it could not secure at the capital market.
Mr. Taoufik Baccar Tunisia's Central Bank Governor conferred, on Friday in Tunis, with Mr. Murilo Portugal, the International Monetary Fund's deputy managing-director, presently on a working visit in Tunisia.
As the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) begins inspection of Niger Delta communities which suffered pollution from oil spills, official sources at the Department of Petroleum Resources have put the total oil spilled in the region over the last two decades at 2.5million barrels.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the weekend unveiled a new partnership with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over rising cases of misappropriation of funds allocated to benefiting communities in Nigeria under the community development programmes.
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