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September 11, 2017
Africa: ECA Deputy Executive Secretary Biha to Attend Policy Dialogue On Conflict and Development in Niamey
The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Giovanie Biha, arrived in Niger today for a three-day visit. Read more »
September 09, 2017
Chad: Vera Songwe Lauds Chad for Leading Terror Fight & Pledges Eca Support On Economic Front
UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Thursday addressed a two-day round table meeting on financing Chad's National Development Plan… Read more »
July 19, 2017
Africa: Customary Land Managers Share Lessons & Experiences With Africa's Land Commissioners
The regional workshop for Africa's Land Commissioners focusing on securing community land rights continued today with participants visiting two prominent communities to learn… Read more »
July 17, 2017
Africa: African Land Commissioners' Workshop On Securing Community Land Rights Opens in Accra
The first ever meeting of African Land Commissioners opened in Accra Monday with Ghana's Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John-Peter Amewu, lamenting the extreme levels of… Read more »
June 14, 2017
Africa: Experts Back Report On Land, Ethnicity and Conflict in Africa
A two-day Experts' Group Meeting to validate a study on Land, Ethnicity and Conflict in Africa ended in Addis Ababa Wednesday with participants endorsing the draft report as an… Read more »
January 30, 2017
West Africa: Guterres Commends Ecowas for Role in Gambia's Peaceful Transition
(ECA) - The 28th African Union Summit opened in Ethiopia Monday with United Nations Secretary, General Antonio Guterres, commending the 'extraordinary' unity and leadership showed… Read more »
December 01, 2016
Africa: A Call to Arms Underlines the Opening of the Africa Trade Facilitation Forum
The Africa Trade Facilitation Forum segment of the ongoing Africa Trade Week opened here today with a rallying call to urgently address trade facilitation gaps that impact on trade… Read more »
October 04, 2016
Ethiopia: Lopes Sends Condolences Message Following Ethiopia's Deadly Festival Stampede
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes, on Tuesday expressed his deepest condolences to the government of the Republic of Ethiopia and the people of… Read more »
July 17, 2016
Africa: Migration Debates are Becoming Illogical*
So far this year, the Italian coast guard has rescued more than 30,000 people from the Mediterranean Sea, acting with courage, compassion and efficiency. They deserve recognition… Read more »
July 13, 2016
Africa: Africans Not in the Majority of Migrants Trying to Reach Europe Says ECA Executive Secretary
Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, on Tuesday sought to dispel the common misconception that most migrants trying to reach Europe after… Read more »
October 03, 2015
Africa: Stem Conflict, Fast-Track Development
A cream of Africa's diplomats, state functionaries and eminent scholars joined ECA, AUC and partners to quantify the cost and impact of conflict, and have suggested solutions for… Read more »
August 31, 2015
Africa: African Migrants: Payback Time?
Since the beginning of this year a relentless flow of images from the Italian island of Lampedusa, the city of Calais where the Eurotunnel starts, Bodrum in Turkey, the eastern… Read more »
April 08, 2014
Africa: As Rwanda Commemorates the Genocide, Ban Ki-Moon Pays Tribute to UN Fallen Colleagues and Comforts Their Families
The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to 64 UN staff, brutally killed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, expressing deepest condolences to… Read more »
Africa: Rwanda Pays Tribute to the Genocide Victims, Celebrates Progress, 20 Years After
The Commemoration of genocide on April 7 in Rwanda marks 20th anniversary of the evilest slaughter, in which close to one million people were murdered within 100 bloody days. Read more »
April 02, 2014
Africa: Europe and Africa Urged to Fix Intergenerational Injustices
In prelude to the 4th EU-Africa Summit that has kicked off today in Brussels on the theme: "People, Prosperity and Peace," ECA's Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes, called on the… Read more »
February 01, 2014
Africa: African Initiative Pledges to Support Countries Emerging From Conflict
As the AU Summit came to a close in Addis Ababa this week, African countries rallied under the banner, "Africa helping Africa" to pledge assistance to countries emerging from… Read more »
October 04, 2013
Africa: Beyond the Battlefield - Restoring Dignity and Health to the Victims of Violence
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa need to face up to the lived realities of women and demonstrate real political will in to prevent and address the causes and consequences of… Read more »
August 23, 2013
Egypt: Nation's Economic and Social Status Tells a Complex Story
While the world's eyes focused on the political situation in Egypt, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa's analysis shows a complex story. Read more »
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