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Driving continued growth: The Ethiopia Summit 2015

Over the past decade, Ethiopia has experienced solid economic growth–GDP growth has averaged 10% a year and foreign direct investment reached almost US$1bn in...

Special Session of the Fridays of the Commission: “Petition to the United Nations General Assembly proposing that 9th September be declared the World...

The African Union Commission on the 18th of September 2015 hosted the conference-debate of the “Fridays of the Commission’’ under the theme “World Great...

Sahel mission to Niger

Jens Laerke, for the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said Toby Lanzer, the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, today completed a...

International community must match generosity of host communities in Niger

Toby Lanzer, the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, today commended the immense generosity of Niger’s communities and Government who host those fleeing the...

General Hegazy’s visit to the UK marks new step in British-Egyptian military cooperation

Last week General Sir Nicholas Houghton, Chief of Defence Staff for the UK Armed Forces, hosted his Egyptian counterpart Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy on...

Statement of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, on the tragic loss of life in Maridi

Statement of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, on the tragic loss of life in Maridi:I am deeply...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s Message on the International Day of Peace – 21 September 2015

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message on the International Day of Peace (21 September):Array

New report from ICD unveils encouraging Islamic finance prospects in Africa

A newly-released report “Islamic Finance in Africa: A Promising Future” by the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) takes an...

The Inaugural Africa Islamic Finance Forum by the Cote d’Ivoire Government and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of Private Sector (ICD)

To be held on the 17th and 18th September at the Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire, the inaugural Africa Islamic Finance Forum 2015 is designed...

Press remarks by President Donald Tusk following the meeting with President Al-Sisi, President of Egypt

President Al-Sisi, thank you for welcoming me to Cairo today, for our first meeting. It is a pleasure to visit Egypt as President of...

Communiqué of the 544th PSC meeting on the situation in Burkina Faso

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 544th meeting held on 18 September 2015, adopted the following decision on...

Children forced to flee Boko Haram in Nigeria

Christophe Boulierac, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said over 1.4 million children had been forced to flee conflict in Nigeria and the...
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