(PANA) - Despite recent increases in economic growth, African nations need to urgently address the critical challenge of generating faster growth rates and more employment opportunities for poverty reduction, according to Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
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(PANA) - Visiting African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Jean Ping Friday expressed optimism that a power-sharing deal to end Kenya’s post-ele c tion chaos is just within reach.
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Henri Boshoff (ISS Today) - Recent events have again raised questions about the delay by the United Nations and the European Union in implementing critical decisions on peacekeeping missions. The attempted coup in Chad earlier this month has resulted in an EU decision to delay its contribution to the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT).
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Eddie Mukaaya (New Times) - Like Rwanda, most African countries have been urged to use fertilisers in order to increase agricultural output. Nepad’s Dr. Maria Wanzala says the use of fertilisers could see agriculture grow to 6 per cent by 2015.
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Filed under: News and Analysis
Filed under: News and Analysis
Filed under: News and Analysis
Filed under: News and Analysis
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