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» Ghana-EU sign first voluntary agreement on legal timber exports
» Algeria-Egypt’s World Cup place explodes into a diplomatic war
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» Industrial development key to Africa’s integration in global economy
» Children’s rights still not assured, UNICEF
» Cambodia troops arrive in CAR
» UN-lawmakers' partnership can help the poor out of recession, Ban
» Developing countries urged to make agriculture a funding priority
» Concluding Doha Round could boost recovery, WB
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Ghana-EU sign first voluntary agreement on legal timber exports

afrol News, 20 November - Ghana will sign the historic agreement with the European Union, aimed at ensuring that only legally harvested timber from the West African country is exported to the EU market.

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Algeria | Egypt
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Algeria-Egypt’s World Cup place explodes into a diplomatic war

afrol News, 20 November - The rivalry between the north Africa neighbours, Egypt and Algeria has heightened beyond the fight for a place in the 2010 soccer event in South Africa.

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Malawi
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Malawi’s rural land development project gets additional funding

afrol News, 20 November - The World Bank has granted Malawi US$10 million for the Community-Based Rural Land Development Project (CBRLDP). The additional grant will also extend the project for another two years, the bank said.

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Africa
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Industrial development key to Africa’s integration in global economy

afrol News, 20 November - The head of the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has warned that Africa must overcome the obstacles to boosting industrial production and gaining a larger share of world trade to benefit from the global economy.

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World
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Children’s rights still not assured, UNICEF

afrol News, 20 November - Despite considerable progress over the past 20 years in improving the lot of the world’s children, including a 28 percent drop in annual mortality of those under five from 12.5 million to an estimated 8.8 million, their rights are still far from assured, according to a new United Nations report issued today.

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» 20.11.2009 - Cambodia troops arrive in CAR
» 20.11.2009 - UN-lawmakers' partnership can help the poor out of recession, Ban
» 19.11.2009 - Developing countries urged to make agriculture a funding priority
» 19.11.2009 - Concluding Doha Round could boost recovery, WB
» 19.11.2009 - Zim govt report compliance progress to clean its diamond trade
» 19.11.2009 - Orascom to contest $6 mln tax bill
» 19.11.2009 - FAO chief regrets no measurable targets adopted to fight hunger
» 19.11.2009 - Gambian president withdraws from Commonwealth meeting
» 18.11.2009 - International commission on Guinea’s crackdown dispatched
» 18.11.2009 - Former priest acquitted on genocide
» 18.11.2009 - Nigerian fishermen flee Bakassi Peninsula
» 18.11.2009 - Security Council calls for protection of civilians
» 17.11.2009 - IMF announces sale of tons of gold to Mauritius
» 17.11.2009 - Comoros must strengthen donor and debt position, IMF
» 17.11.2009 - Suspected Somali pirates seize Korean tanker
» 17.11.2009 - Unblock foreign visits to Sahrawi activists, HRW
» 17.11.2009 - Media warns legislators against enacting anti-media law
» 16.11.2009 - $1 million boost for FAO’s food security work
» 16.11.2009 - Lower levies on trade – federation official calls
» 16.11.2009 - Increased Internet access to boost economic growth, forum
» 16.11.2009 - Ethiopia govt dismisses capture claims
» 16.11.2009 - Minister urges Ugandans to control population growth
» 16.11.2009 - Prosecute police officers - Amnesty International
» 13.11.2009 - Tuareg rebels repatriated to Niger
» 13.11.2009 - UNICEF appeals for concerted efforts to avert humanitarian crisis in S/Sudan
» 12.11.2009 - Transforming African infrastructure require additional $31 billion a year
» 12.11.2009 - Somali judge shot dead
» 11.11.2009 - Africa’s poor to suffer due high food prices
» 11.11.2009 - Somali pirates seize SA bound cargo ship
» 11.11.2009 - Mandela Day adopted by general assembly
» 11.11.2009 - Djibouti forcibly repatriates Somali asylum seekers
» 11.11.2009 - ICRC appeals for release of two kidnapped staff
» 11.11.2009 - Tribal clashes uproot over 21,000
» 10.11.2009 - China-Africa commitments applauded
» 10.11.2009 - Debt servicing burden increase for poor states
» 10.11.2009 - Algeria pushes for zero-tolerance on ransom payments to terrorists
» 10.11.2009 - UN envoy backs Congo’s fight against rebels
» 10.11.2009 - UNODC chief blames shady trade on financial crisis
» 10.11.2009 - Mauritanian grassroots groups receive US funding
» 09.11.2009 - AGRA and NEPAD partner to increase food security in Africa
» 09.11.2009 - China injects $349 million into Ethiopia’s road link
» 09.11.2009 - Campaign against plundering of W/Sahara resources launched
» 09.11.2009 - W/B helps Seychelles out of economic deep end
» 09.11.2009 - ICC to investigate Kenya’s post election violence
» 09.11.2009 - ITU gets funding to build ICT museum
» 06.11.2009 - Zimbabwe crisis solved, for now
» 06.11.2009 - Equatorial Guinea polls begin, with little hope of change
» 04.11.2009 - Morocco-Sweden row over Western Sahara
» 30.10.2009 - Panic hits Kampala after bomb scare
» 30.10.2009 - Malawi president receives 2009 Drivers of Change Award
» 30.10.2009 - Last Burundian refugees repatriated
» 30.10.2009 - Anti kidnapping legislation passes second reading
» 30.10.2009 - Security Council extends sanctions on Ivory Coast
» 30.10.2009 - Assembly shop for efficient stoves launched in Darfur
» 30.10.2009 - Alliance plans to immunise 130 million children against Pneumonia
» 29.10.2009 - IMF warns Zimbabwe of increased external deficit
» 29.10.2009 - Embezzlement case against Africa trio overturned
» 29.10.2009 - Security Council calls for trying of Guinea's massacre
» 29.10.2009 - Remove death penalty on gays - Clergy
» 29.10.2009 - UN steps in to help in Angola/DRC refugee saga
» 29.10.2009 - Abdelaziz calls on UN to protect Sahrawi
» 29.10.2009 - Darfurian rebel died in detention, AI argues
» 28.10.2009 - Angola slams French ruling on arms deal
» 28.10.2009 - Zimbabwe turns away from UN human rights expert
» 28.10.2009 - Ivorian foes re-arming ahead of polls
» 28.10.2009 - SA racism case back in court
» 28.10.2009 - Tunis forum makes recommendations on protecting African remittances
» 27.10.2009 - IMF returns Senegal's bag of dollars gift to official
» 27.10.2009 - Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants
» 27.10.2009 - Guinean killings were planned - HRW
» 27.10.2009 - Algeria signs defense agreement with Britain
» 27.10.2009 - Envoy calls for world support of AU peacekeeping role
» 27.10.2009 - Egypt maintains recognition as a top global offshoring destination
» 27.10.2009 - Five new African states elected to ECOSOC
» 26.10.2009 - SADC states highest ranked in prosperity index
» 26.10.2009 - Tribunal up-holds sentence for 3 former rebels
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 26.10.2009 - Report outlines ways to help developing nations transition to ‘green’ economy
» 26.10.2009 - Ben Ali gets fifth term in presidency
» 26.10.2009 - Natron community vows to protect the lake
» 23.10.2009 - $480 million to help in Ethiopia's food security
» 23.10.2009 - Uganda must pursue peace and unity - Mwesigwa
» 23.10.2009 - Court frees Kenyan sect leader
» 23.10.2009 - Africa told to enhance actions to reduce disaster risk
» 23.10.2009 - Malawi signs $60 million road project funding with AfDB
» 23.10.2009 - Seychelles takes additional measures against piracy
» 22.10.2009 - EU discuss transport cooperation with Africa
» 22.10.2009 - UN pledges support to AU's refugees' treaty
» 22.10.2009 - EU considering sanctions on Guinea
» 22.10.2009 - MCC country directors review progress on programmes
» 22.10.2009 - Ethiopia needs urgent food aid
» 22.10.2009 - Good governance is everyone’s responsibility, ECA official
» 21.10.2009 - $1 billion required annualy to reach children with life-saving vaccines
» 21.10.2009 - Niger lashes out at ECOWAS decision
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