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Thursday, July 02, 2009

AU Summit to focus on Agricultural Investment, Food Security

(Xinhua)--Agricultural investment, food security, as well as the state of peace and security in Africa are likely to top the agenda of the upcoming 13th African Union (AU) summit, which will open Wednesday in Sirte, Libya’s port city.

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AU Leaders Should Tackle Agriculture

Richard Cornwel (Institute for Security Studies)--The ICC indictment of Sudan’s President Omar el Bashir, Zimbabwe’s troubled transitional unity government, and Madagascar’s recent coup may well take most of the headlines at next month’s African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, Libya.

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Africa on the Brink of Disintegration

Tetteh Hormeku (Third World Network-Africa)--Pressures in the negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union have, over the past two weeks, pushed two more regional economic groupings in Africa to the brink of disintegration. This adds to the two other regions, which have already been under stress since the beginning of 2008. On June 4 in Brussels, the EU signed an interim economic partnership agreement with Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland against the wishes of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. This has made imminent an acrimonious break-up of Africa’s oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). 



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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Propping up Africa’s Dictators

Khadija Sharife (Foreign Policy In Focus)--‘We cannot assure our development on our own,’ stated France’s pet dictator and Africa’s longest-serving ruler, Omar Bongo. The Gabonese leader was talking about national economic development, but he might just as well have been talking about his own personal economic development.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Brazilian President Invited to AU Summit

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The Governance of the APRM Lacks Transparency

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African Countries Show Interest in ALBA

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Future of the State of Africa

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Agriculture an Underestimated ‘Safety Net’

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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Consolidating the Rule of Law in African States

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Why Aid to Africa must Stop

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Pan African Parliament Leaves no Fingerprints

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Sustainable Agriculture

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Monday, May 25, 2009

Tajudeen Abdul Raheem: a giant is lost on African Liberation Day

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

A Delegation of the Forum of Kings in Tripoli

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AU Selects Libya to Host Next Summit

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