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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(APA)--Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will participate at the 13th ordinary session of the assembly of heads of State and government of the African Union scheduled to take place in Sirte, Libya, from 1 to 3 July 2009.
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(Pacweb)--It’s not surprising that mixed messages are being received from and about the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). In fact, it would be unusual if anything as ambitious and wide-ranging as the APRM were to be implemented without obstacles and disappointments. Problems are therefore bound to occur as governments take on the challenge of establishing a new dialogue with civil society in order to reach consensus around priority governance areas and agree on improvements to be made. The important thing is to be open and honest about the difficulties.
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(Awaazmagazine)--Jean Ping, president of the African Union (UA) Commission conveyed the interest of African countries in approaching the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) to profit from the experiences of that regional mechanism in social and economic projects.
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