Governments expressed the will at the seventh ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to finish the Doha Round of trade negotiations as soon as possible. But the Africa Group still deems development to be a more important priority than a speedy conclusion.
The Liberian government has announced that it is in the final stages of securing a U.S. $1.6 billion Indonesian investment in palm oil production which is expected to create 35,000 jobs.
Heads of State of the five East African Community partners yesterday signed the protocol on the establishment of the East African Common Market.
The following is a special briefing with Global AIDS Coordinator Amb. Eric Goosby on the U.S. approach to fighting HIV/Aids and the new U.S. administration's administration PEPFAR strategy.
The country is experiencing low inflationary pressure. This follows a two months consecutive decline in inflation resulting from decreasing food prices.
Eliminating corruption is one of the conditions donors have set for Uganda.
The following statement was delivered by the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Eisenhower Executive Office in Washington, DC.
President Paul Kagame yesterday received a delegation of German investors who are on a fact finding mission aimed at identifying investment opportunities in the country.
Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) has failed to fully take advantage of exporting beef to the European Union (EU) duty-free and exploiting the opportunity created by the suspension of Brazil from the market as the global recession forced consumers to look for cheaper sources of protein.
As part of a project to support community initiatives and fight poverty in South Senegal, the Sédhiou Local Development Fund received a donation of agricultural equipment worth more than half a million dollars in a bid to reverse the region's dramatic drop in agricultural production in recent years.
The Nigerian state of Kwara has received international attention for its invitation to dispossessed white farmers in Zimbabwe to come to Nigeria. The oil-producing nation - Africa's most populous - currently imports about U.S.$3 billion worth of food to sustain its 140 million-plus people, and the Kwara government hopes the experienced commercial farmers will help the state become food ...
As donors tighten their belts in the global recession, health experts in Uganda worry that the national antiretroviral (ARV) programme, which is almost entirely dependent on foreign aid, will be unable to keep providing the life-prolonging drugs.
Determined to fight the spread of death and other consequences of malaria, the Nigeria Inter-Faith Action Association, (NIFAA), has collaborated with the World Bank and the Ministry of Health to conduct a nationwide campaign to stop the spread and deaths caused by malaria across the country.
President Zuma finally ended any ambiguity in the government's response to AIDS when he announced changes to improve AIDS treatment this week. But for these policy changes to be real, the new-found political commitment must be accompanied by the commitment of resources.
The organisers of the 2009 trade fair have described this year's event as a successful one compared to the previous one.
