(IRIN)—The lack of political will to invest in agriculture has affected the chances ofhalving poverty and hunger in Africa by 2015, according to a senior United Nations official.
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(PANA) - African Union (AU) Chairman, President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, has vowed to press on with efforts to broker a political deadlock in Kenya, even as the parties have yet to reach a deal despite weeks of negotiations.
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Daily Observer—After a week long extra ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Right, held in Banjul recently, the Commission has adopted two resolutions which, among others, has decided to send fact finding missions to Kenya and Somalia to investigate serious human rights violations that are alleged to have taken place in the two countries.
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The Daily Monitor—African group of ambassadors who on Friday met in Brussels expressed satisfaction at declaration of the AU assembly of heads of state and government on EPA negotiations The Ambassadors met to take cognizance of the Decisions and Declarations of the January- February Assembly of the African Union, particularly the Declaration on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) which are being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the different African Regions.
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