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June 2008
- 22/06/2008: Second round of Zimbabwe’s Presidential elections not valid, says EU Commissioner
- 16/06/2008: Invitation to development twins
- 10/06/2008: TACKLE, to tackle child labour in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.
- 09/06/2008: ACP Council of Ministers in Addis Ababa to harmonise their EPA negotiating strategy
- 06/06/2008: Ban on humanitarian effort in Zimbabwe, "must be lifted straight away"
May 2008
- 30/05/2008: “We have a right to mobility,” says ACP head
- 29/05/2008: Cape Verde-EU ‘Special Partnership’ takes shape
- 29/05/2008: Non-EU troops to boost EU force in Chad and CAR
- 26/05/2008: EU to send observation mission to Zimbabwe … if requested
- 22/05/2008: Plans emerging of how to solve EPA trade disputes
- 20/05/2008: Brussels’ spotlight on food price hikes
- 15/05/2008: CAR Peace agreement prompts EU aid pledge
- 08/05/2008: European bank lending backs South Africa’s steel industry
April 2008
- 30/04/2008: Regional integration must be ACP-led, says ACP Head
- 30/04/2008: 'Jamaican athletics - A model for the World'
- 25/04/2008: Backing for EU-China-Africa triangular dialogue
- 22/04/2008: EU development Commissioner backs “green revolution” in Africa
- 10/04/2008: Zimbabwe: EU Commission “concerned” by delay in declaring election results
- 09/04/2008: EU States must up aid to meet Millennium Development Goals, says EU President
- 07/04/2008: Warning of human rights violations–poverty link on 14th anniversary of Rwandan genocide
- 01/04/2008: Timor-Leste seals long-term EU aid package
March 2008
- 28/03/2008: EU satellite to protect Africa’s fauna and flora
- 27/03/2008: Calling all journalists around the world…
- 21/03/2008: ACP to back Cotonou principles in Zimbabwe, Fiji and Chad
- 14/03/2008: Climate change provoked global insecurity worries EU Heads
- 13/03/2008: Feverish debate over biofuels
- 11/03/2008: EU Migration Policy Centre to be set up
- 07/03/2008: EU Development Commissioner looks for “positive engagement” with Cuba
- 05/03/2008: Indian Ocean countries signal closer ties
February 2008
- 29/02/2008: ACP Ambassadorial mission to Chad
- 28/02/2008: EC President wants talks with ACPs to move ahead
- 28/02/2008: EU applauds political agreement in Kenya
- 15/02/2008: Private sector backing needed for Africa’s infrastructure
- 12/02/2008: More robust action over child soldiers
- 11/02/2008: BREAKING NEWS: EU stands by President Ramos-Horta
- 06/02/2008: Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali urged to initial EPAs
- 02/02/2008: Louis Michel congratulates Jean Ping on being elected head of the African Union Commission
January 2008
- 28/01/2008: The EU27 condemn the violence in Kenya and call for the restoration of fundamental rights
- 28/01/2008: EU launches “complex” operation to address refugee crisis
- 28/01/2008: Call for Cotonou’s ratification so new development funds can flow
- 26/01/2008: EU newcomers to highlight benefits of development spending
- 25/01/2008: European consensus on humanitarian aid
- 21/01/2008: Commissioner Michel visits refugee camps in Chad
- 18/01/2008: Kenya: European Parliament calls for new elections
- 09/01/2008: The European Commission aims to stamp out pirate fishing
December 2007
- 31/12/2007: Thirty-five ACPs sign up for EPAs
- 30/12/2007: Deployment of EUFOR in Chad and the Central African Republic remains crucial
- 30/12/2007: The European Investment Bank invests in major mining projects
- 21/12/2007: New partnership with OCTs at end of telescope
- 19/12/2007: Addis Ababa, headquarters for the first European Union delegation
- 17/12/2007: Eleventh hour dash to initial EPAs
- 14/12/2007: EU-Africa Summit
- 14/12/2007: Sakharov Prize awarded to Sudanese human rights activist
November 2007
- 30/11/2007: EU to resume “full and complete cooperation” with Togo
- 26/11/2007: EIB in all ACP regions
- 26/11/2007: EU funding for drinking water in Senegal’s urban centres
- 16/11/2007: EU-Africa strategy and Economic Partnership Agreements to be discussed by the Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Kigali
- 14/11/2007: “Give us what is legitimately ours,” Minister of Mauritius for Agro-Industry, Arvin Boolell, tells EU
- 14/11/2007: Africa wants to process its own diamonds
- 13/11/2007: EU-ESA out of time for full EPA by yearend
- 07/11/2007: Action over words urged as climate change is put under EU microscope.
October 2007
- 31/10/2007: Closer ties for Portuguese speaking countries and EU
- 31/10/2007: Climate change and development top the agenda in the second series of European Development Days
- 31/10/2007: Africa’s investment potential to take centre stage
- 30/10/2007: Wind in sails of new Pacific Island-EU strategy
- 14/10/2007: EIB outpost in the Caribbean
- 08/10/2007: Windward island banana farmers between a rock and a hard place?
- 01/10/2007: “No plan B” for free trade accords, says Commissioner Louis Michel
- 01/10/2007: EU satisfied Fiji commitments are on the right track
September 2007
- 27/09/2007: Caribbean on the home strait of free trade accord with the EU
- 17/09/2007: EU’s denouncing of Sugar Protocol to sour EPA talks?
August 2007
- 15/08/2007: Fiji moves to get EU September response
- 15/08/2007: Power and wastewater upgrades for Southern Africa
