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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Calestous Juma and Ismail Serageldin (Business Daily)- African leaders are determined to forge a new economic outlook based on science and innovation. This is reflected in their decision to seek advice from African experts on the role of biotechnology in Africa’s development. The results of the work of the High-level African Panel on Modern Biotechnology are contained in Freedom to Innovate: Biotechnology in Africa’s Development.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
(PANA)- The AU and UN envoys to Darfur have hailed Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi for his role in restoring peace to Sudan’s western Darfur region, wracked by four years of conflict that has claimed an estimated 200,000 lives and displaced over 2 million people.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
(Press Release)-The Third Ordinary session of the African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology (AMCOST III) is scheduled to take place from the 12-16 November 2007 in Mombassa, Kenya.Organised by the Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST) of the African Union Commission, the Conference is aimed at brainstorming on the Africa’s Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) implementation strategy.
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(UN News)- The hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission to the war-torn Darfur region (UNAMID) still lacks critical transport and aviation units and the Sudanese Government has not responded yet to the UN-AU submission on the force’s composition, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says, warning that delays to deployment will only exacerbate the humanitarian situation.
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Friday, November 09, 2007
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
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Monday, November 05, 2007
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