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President Obama twice called the government of Ethiopia “democratically elected” on Monday as he stood by the country’s prime minister, two months after elections that handed every seat in Parliament to the governing party and its allies, The New York Times reports:

The United Nations Economic Commission for African (ECA) says Africa has been losing over 50 to 60 billion United States Dollars in mineral royalty each year because of the incapacity to negotiate fair deals with the investors by their governments.

The expansion of trade among sub-Saharan African nations holds the key to faster growth and development to the benefit of all its citizens. To unlock this potential, countries will have to focus more on trade facilitation, including the simplification and modernisation of trade procedures.

When a young Ethiopian journalist, Simegnish Mengesha (left), got the chance to meet with President Obama in May, a comment from a high-ranking American official was on her mind, Jacey Fortin reports for The New York Times

A few weeks ago, on my way from Dire Dawa to the historical city of Harar, in eastern Ethiopia, I came across a minivan that had an intriguing message on the rear window. It read as follows: “If you don’t see my mirrors, I can’t see you.” This funny message put me on a thinking tailspin, as I realised what a wonderful metaphor it was for our continent’s current moment. - See more at: http://...

When a young Ethiopian journalist, Simegnish Mengesha (left), got the chance to meet with President Obama in May, a comment from a high-ranking American official was on her mind, Jacey Fortin reports for The New York Times:

A lack of industrialization puts Africa's long-term growth at risk, a senior United Nations official said today, as participants at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development discussed the economic transformation of the continent. - See more at: http://www.thetimesofafrica.com/africas-economic-transformation-focus-un-development-financing-conference#sthash.JoUzVUMm.dpuf

Partnerships are key for the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda and financing inclusive and sustainable industrialization, emphasized participants at UNIDO’s third ISID Forum. The event took place on 14 July on the sidelines of the third International Conference for Financing for Development (FfD3) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Le 15 juillet dernier, au cours de la troisième conférence sur le financement du développement qui s’est tenue à Addis Abeba du 13 au 16 juillet, un accord a été conclu : les pays développés ont réussi à faire plier les pays en développement qui étaient alors unis pour demander la création d’un organisme fiscal intergouvernemental au sein des Nations Unies, Tax Body, en anglais. Mais l’histoire...

L’année 2015 aura été, selon toute vraisemblance celle de tous les défis pour la république du Tchad, notamment en matière de finances publiques. A l’aube de cette année, le Chef de l’Etat, dans son traditionnel message à la nation, annonçait sans sourciller 2015 comme une année particulièrement difficile. Laquelle difficulté serait liée à la chute des cours du pétrole. Arrivé à mi-parcours de l’...

KAMPALA - The president of the United Nations General Assembly has asked Africa, and Uganda specifically, to look within itself to finance the next globally agreed development agenda instead of relying on foreign aid.

Populated by sleep-deprived politicians and their entourages, non-governmental organisation activists and assorted policy wonks, the United Nations Financing for Development meeting in Addis Ababa last week resembled a political party conference.

NAMIBIA’S key agenda to industrialise has been seconded by a senior United Nations official who stated that a lack of industrialisation puts Africa’s long-term growth at risk. As participants at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development held last week in Addis Ababa discussed the economic transformation of the continent, Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the UN...

Data, measurement and accountability have been front and center at the recent UN Financing for Development Conference (FfD). On Wednesday, July 15 I participated in a morning event – extremely well attended despite the early hour – “Harnessing the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development” hosted by The ONE Campaign, the governments of the U.S. and Mexico, the UN Economic Commission for Africa...

The Sustainable Development Goals come at a time when there is need for developing nations to step up their game. For a long time now we have had policies very well written out but they have not been implemented. These goals are supposed to change that. The goals have taken policy and displaced it with targets that people and nations can work hard towards achieving.

(Dakar) La question de la fiscalité a dominé la troisième Confèrence sur le financement du développement tenue à Addis Abeba du 13 au 16 juillet 2015. Pour le Bissau Guinéen Carlos Lopes, vice président de l’ONU et secrétaire général exécutif de la Commission des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique, cette rencontre a jeté les bases d’un nouveau débat.

There is an urgent need to define new rules for financing sustainable development in the world, participants in the side event “Regional Perspectives on Implementing an Ambitious, Transformative Sustainable Development Agenda” agreed. The event was hosted on Tuesday, July 14 by the five United Nations regional commissions, of which the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (...

La question de la fiscalité a dominé la troisième Confèrence sur le financement du développement tenue à Addis Abeba du 13 au 16 juillet 2015.

The president of the United Nations General Assembly has asked Africa, and Uganda specifically, to look within itself to finance the next globally agreed development agenda instead of relying on foreign aid.

Universities across Africa must link up their agricultural research and teaching programmes to help modernise farming on the continent, a conference heard.