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26 June 2018
www.nan.ng
Economists and experts in foreign trade, customs and integration from across West Africa and beyond are currently meeting to assess the potential implications of ECOWAS admitting two North Africa countries into the bloc.
26 June 2018
http://allafrica.com
The Government of Benin, in collaboration with the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has launched the activities of the Ad hoc Expert Group Meeting, under the theme: "Implications of ECOWAS potential expansion and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)", in Cotonou, on Monday, June 25.
26 June 2018
http://allafrica.com
On the 25 June 2018, the African Climate Policy Center (ACPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the École supérieure des sciences et techniques de l'information et de la communication of Cameroon (ESSTIC), launched a two day training of journalists on mainstreaming of climate information and services in planning and economic development processes in Yaoundé, Cameroun. The...
26 June 2018
https://www.ooskanews.com
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) stressed on Monday Africa's commitment to strengthen the momentum in the implementation of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
26 June 2018
www.liberianobserver.com
Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will chair a new panel to drive the transformation of Africa’s economies; it was announced at a major financial summit in Accra this week, a release has said.
26 June 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
President Paul Kagame on Monday hosted a meeting with the African Union reforms team in Kigali, ahead of the African Union Summit scheduled for July in Mauritania.
26 June 2018
www.africaguinee.com
Quelles pourraient être les implications d’un élargissement de la CEDEAO et la Zone de libre Échange Continental Africaine ? C’est à cette question qu’un groupe d’experts venus de plusieurs pays tentera de répondre au terme de plusieurs jours de travaux entamés ce lundi 25 juin 2018 à Cotonou.
26 June 2018
http://french.china.org.cn
Le groupe des experts de l'Afrique de l'Ouest se réunit depuis ce lundi à Cotonou pour discuter des implications du potentiel élargissement de la Communauté économique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO) et de la Zone de Libre-Echange Continental Africaine (ZLECA), a constaté Xinhua sur place dans la métropole béninoise.
26 June 2018
http://quotidien-lematinal.info
Les experts du Bureau sous-régional pour l’Afrique de l’ouest de la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique (Cea) sont depuis hier, lundi 25 juin 2018, en conclave à Cotonou.
26 June 2018
www.tralac.org
Botswana is a shining light and beacon of hope in the fight against corruption in Africa and has one of the best anti-corruption profiles on the continent.
26 June 2018
www.tralac.org
Botswana is a shining light and beacon of hope in the fight against corruption in Africa and has one of the best anti-corruption profiles on the continent.
26 June 2018
GLOBALLY, corruption is a complex challenge but it is not a disaster. It is multifaceted because it exists in all spheres of life and has negative effects on socio-economic development.
A day hardly passes without hearing about this cancer called corruption which, according to academicians, it is widespread in many developing and transition economies, not because their people are different from...
25 June 2018
https://intellivoire.net
Le groupe des experts de l’Afrique de l’Ouest se réunit depuis ce lundi à Cotonou pour discuter des implications du potentiel élargissement de la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) et de la Zone de Libre-Echange Continental Africaine (ZLECA).
25 June 2018
http://allafrica.com
President Paul Kagame on Monday held a meeting with the African Union reforms team in Kigali. The meeting comes ahead of the African Union Summit scheduled for July in Mauritania
25 June 2018
https://afrique.latribune.fr
Réuni ce week-end dans la capitale mozambicaine, Maputo, le Comité exécutif de l'Association des procureurs africains a évoqué le rôle des magistrats dans la lutte contre la corruption. D'après des sources proches de l'organisation, d'autres sujets dont la traite des êtres humains et l'éducation, ont également été abordés dans les discussions lors de la réunion.
25 June 2018
https://lematin.ma
Le Maroc est résolument engagé à faire de la Conférence de Marrakech sur le Pacte mondial pour des migrations sûres, ordonnées et régulières, un événement d’actions concrètes qui placera le développement au centre de l’Agenda de la migration, a affirmé, vendredi à Addis-Abeba, Mohamed Arouchi, ambassadeur représentant permanent du Royaume du Maroc auprès de l’Union africaine et de la Commission...
25 June 2018
http://allafrica.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Egypt's Institute of National Planning will next month host a High-Level Policy Dialogue on development in Africa.
25 June 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) stressed on Monday Africa's commitment to strengthen the momentum in the implementation of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
24 June 2018
allafrica.com
Botswana has been called upon to expedite her accession to African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in order to be exemplary to other African countries.
23 June 2018
maroc-diplomatique.net
Le Maroc est résolument engagé à faire de la Conférence de Marrakech sur le Pacte mondial pour des migrations sûres, ordonnées et régulières, un évènement d’actions concrètes qui placera le développement au centre de l’agenda de la Migration, a affirmé, vendredi à Addis-Abeba, M. Mohamed Arouchi, ambassadeur représentant permanent du Royaume du Maroc auprès de l’Union africaine et de la...
22 June 2018
www.ghananewsagency.org
22 June 2018
www.newsghana.com.gh
It was announced at the end of the two-day African Transformation Forum (ATF) which took place in Accra from 20th to 21st June, 2018, that, Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf chaired a new panel to drive the transformation of Africa’s economies.
22 June 2018
www.brytfmonline.com
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has said Ghana’s economy is witnessing transformational shift in gross domestic product (GDP) values in some sectors although it had been slow in coming.
22 June 2018
www.myjoyonline.com
The United Nations has instituted a board to bring out modalities for African countries that are yet to be part of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
22 June 2018
www.ghanaweb.com
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has rallied Africans to have a “can-do mindset” and work together to drive the continent’s economic transformation agenda.