Tarjei Kidd Olsen (IPS)--Africa’s food crisis can be alleviated by modernising agriculture and reforming supply chains so that small-scale farmers get cheaper fertiliser and high-yield seeds, experts and officials at a conference in Oslo have argued. But so far, they say, funding is lacking.
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(APA)--The United Nations Under-Secretary-General Cheick Sidi Diarra, the UN special adviser on Africa, on Friday told a press conference that Monday’s high-level meeting in New York on African development is expected to be attended by representatives of more than 160 countries, including many world leaders.
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(PANA)--Ghana will host the sixth Summit of the heads of state and government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP Group) in Accra from 30 September to 3 October.
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Gloria I. Anyango (The New Times)--Elections held on Tuesday saw Rwandan women taking 56.25 percent of the contested parliamentary seats something that has never happened in Africa or the world. These polls have set Rwanda on the world record having 44 parliamentary seats taken up by women.
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