Catherine Riungu (The East African)-- The East African Community officially ushered in a common market on Friday amid renewed commitment by the region’s heads of State to expedite the envisaged political federation by 2015.
Filed under: Continental Integration
(AfricaFiles)-- African Union (AU) experts of women and gender affairs ended their meeting, which started on November 13 in Banjul, The Gambia by adopting the African Union Women’s Trust Fund feasibility study, the African Union Commission gender action plan, and the roadmap for the African Women’s Decade: 2010-2020.
Filed under: Gender Equality
Joseph Olanyo (Busiweek)-- East African Community (EAC) states should not sign the interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) until pending issues are resolved, a trade analyst has said.
Filed under: Trade
(PANA)-- The Gambia will host the ‘African Regional Conference on Women’, dubbed (Beijing+15), with over 28 African ministers in charge of gender affairs and high level participants from some 43 countries expected to attend, the Addis Ababa-based Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the main organiser , said in a communiqué received by PANA on Friday.
Filed under: Gender Equality
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