Equatorial Guinea
The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ended on 13 May in Istanbul with a new 10-year Programme of Action that sets the goal of halving the number of LDCs by 2020.
There are currently 48 countries – 33 in Africa, 14 in Asia, plus Haiti – that meet the conditions to be considered members of the group of least developed countries: an annual per...
Established by the African Union, with the support of the European Union, the Pan-African University (PAU) is set to open its doors in autumn 2011, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, announced on 30 June at the opening of the 17th Summit of the African Union in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The first three campuses, out of an eventual five, will be opened.
The aim of...
The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguemais has become the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU). Elected at the last AU summit held in Addis Ababa on 3 February 2011, he succeeded Bingu wa Mautharika, President of Malawi.
President Obiang Nguema has held the Presidency of the West African country since 1979, when he succeeded his uncle. In 2009, at the last presidential...
Last December the European Union granted financing of €30M to support phase five of the Programme for Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (ECOFAC).
The financing agreement, signed on 17 December in Libreville (Gabon), links the EU and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECOCAS). The budget, allocated by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), is part of the renewal...
"A consideration of health in all aspects of the European Union's development policy." This principle, declared in two reference documents, a communication from the European Commission issued in March 2010 and a Council resolution in May 2010, both under the title of "The EU's role in global health”, is now a sacred rule says Juan Garay, Health Coordinator at...
“I would like to convey one of the Assembly’s concerns and that is the dramatic situation in Madagascar”, declared Louis Michel at the inaugural meeting of the 19th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly on 31 March in Tenerife (Spain).
Addressing Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, the MEP and Assembly co-president called on the EU Council to...
EU grounds African airlines
An EU ban on over 100 African airlines from its airspace is benefitting EU companies, says the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The latest update of the EU’s regularly revised ‘blacklist’ of international air companies that do not comply with EU regulations was published on 30 March 2010. Eleven – out...
Ahead of the Shanghai Expo 2010, China (1 May to 31-October 2010), a showcase for all the globe’s nations, notably those of the African continent (see box), we ask Professor Ian Taylor, an expert on China-Africa relations at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland* whether Europe has any lessons to learn from China’s expanding ties with Africa.
What is the nature of a typical...
To an unprecedented extent as far as a humanitarian cause outside the continent is concerned, Africa has rallied to the aid of Haiti since the earthquake that laid waste to the country on the 12th January 2010 and caused probably more than 200,000 deaths, leaving millions more wounded and homeless. Even those countries suffering a very difficult economic situation themselves have made their...
An international workshop, organised by the European Commission (EC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, was held 14-15 October in Brussels on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme financed by the EU implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).
The programme benefited 22 ACP* countries between...
The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ended on 13 May in Istanbul with a new 10-year Programme of Action that sets the goal of halving the number of LDCs by 2020.
There are currently 48 countries – 33 in Africa, 14 in Asia, plus Haiti – that meet the conditions to be considered members of the group of least developed countries: an annual per...
Established by the African Union, with the support of the European Union, the Pan-African University (PAU) is set to open its doors in autumn 2011, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, announced on 30 June at the opening of the 17th Summit of the African Union in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The first three campuses, out of an eventual five, will be opened.
The aim of...
The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguemais has become the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU). Elected at the last AU summit held in Addis Ababa on 3 February 2011, he succeeded Bingu wa Mautharika, President of Malawi.
President Obiang Nguema has held the Presidency of the West African country since 1979, when he succeeded his uncle. In 2009, at the last presidential...
Last December the European Union granted financing of €30M to support phase five of the Programme for Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (ECOFAC).
The financing agreement, signed on 17 December in Libreville (Gabon), links the EU and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECOCAS). The budget, allocated by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), is part of the renewal...
"A consideration of health in all aspects of the European Union's development policy." This principle, declared in two reference documents, a communication from the European Commission issued in March 2010 and a Council resolution in May 2010, both under the title of "The EU's role in global health”, is now a sacred rule says Juan Garay, Health Coordinator at...
“I would like to convey one of the Assembly’s concerns and that is the dramatic situation in Madagascar”, declared Louis Michel at the inaugural meeting of the 19th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly on 31 March in Tenerife (Spain).
Addressing Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, the MEP and Assembly co-president called on the EU Council to...
EU grounds African airlines
An EU ban on over 100 African airlines from its airspace is benefitting EU companies, says the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The latest update of the EU’s regularly revised ‘blacklist’ of international air companies that do not comply with EU regulations was published on 30 March 2010. Eleven – out...
Ahead of the Shanghai Expo 2010, China (1 May to 31-October 2010), a showcase for all the globe’s nations, notably those of the African continent (see box), we ask Professor Ian Taylor, an expert on China-Africa relations at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland* whether Europe has any lessons to learn from China’s expanding ties with Africa.
What is the nature of a typical...
To an unprecedented extent as far as a humanitarian cause outside the continent is concerned, Africa has rallied to the aid of Haiti since the earthquake that laid waste to the country on the 12th January 2010 and caused probably more than 200,000 deaths, leaving millions more wounded and homeless. Even those countries suffering a very difficult economic situation themselves have made their...
An international workshop, organised by the European Commission (EC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, was held 14-15 October in Brussels on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme financed by the EU implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).
The programme benefited 22 ACP* countries between...
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