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Only an extreme shift in approaches to end gender violence will create change, says Gender Hyperlinks, a South African based non-governmental organisation that promotes gender equality across the 15 countries in southern Africa.

Após 10 anos de governação do Movimento para a Democracia, MpD, liderado por Carlos Veiga, o PAICV, que dirigiu o país de 1975 a 1991, regressou ao poder em 2001, cumprindo actualmente o seu terceiro mandato.

Préface de Carlos Lopes et Jean Ping Études africaines DÉVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIE AFRIQUE NOIRE

Panelists at high-level event on climate change on Tuesday have renewed their call for a strong and universal climate change agreement with increased flows of funds, sufficient to fulfill Africa’s development aspirations.

Dr. Carlos Lopes, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic for Africa(UNECA), will deliver a public lecture under the title “The role of higher education in African structural transformation” at the Center for Policy and Development Research (CPDR), Hawassa University on July 3, 2015 at 3:00 P.M. All interested Hawassa University Faculty & Graduate...

An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard with her husband to cultivate a small piece of land he owned growing vegetables which she then sold in the market. Tragedy struck when her husband died leaving her to fend for their two young daughters. Four days after burying her husband the latter’s family evicted her, taking possession of the...

An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard with her husband to cultivate a small piece of land he owned growing vegetables which she then sold in the market. Tragedy struck when her husband died leaving her to fend for their two young daughters.

Activities are underway to create favorable condition for the diaspora community so that they can increase their contribution for the development of their homeland, according to Regional State Diaspora Coordination Office.

On the invitation of H.E. Prof. Alpha Condé - the President of the Republic of Guinea, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) - Mr Carlos Lopes, paid an official visit to that West African country on 27 June 2015.

“Capacities are not the same as capabilities. We have lots of capabilities; but we need capacities,”……..Carlos Lopes, United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa.

An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard with her husband to cultivate a small piece of land he owned growing vegetables which she then sold in the market. Tragedy struck when her husband died leaving her to fend for their two young daughters. Four days after burying her husband the latter’s family evicted her, taking possession of the...

The ambitions of a young Ugandan entrepreneur to expand his coffee processing business will soon be within reach. East Africa’s accelerated integration process is opening up possibilities that were unthinkable not long ago. In a couple of years he may be able to tap into West Africa’s 350 million people without having to pay the high tariffs and transport costs that currently make it easier to...

SANUSI Lamido, a former governor of the central bank of Nigeria, once railed against his country for spending “huge resources importing consumer goods from China that should be produced locally”.

Le secrétaire exécutif de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA) des Nations Unies, M. Carlos Lopes, était ce samedi 27 juin 2015 à Conakry. Durant son séjour, le secrétaire exécutif de la CEA a eu une série d’entretiens avec les autorités guinéennes. Les discussions ont porté sur des questions techniques, relatives à l’engagement de l'institution pour le renforcement des capacités et...

Following the Addis Conference on Sustainable Development Finance from July 13-16, the UN in Uganda together with Government is convening a High-Level Dialogue on Financing Sustainable Development in Uganda. The event will be attended by H.E. the President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kutesa as Guest of Honor and the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Dr. Carlos Lopes...

On the invitation of H.E. Prof. Alpha Condé - the President of the Republic of Guinea, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) - Mr Carlos Lopes, paid an official visit to that West African country on 27 June 2015.

Carlos Lopes, Secretário-geral da ONU para África considera que Cabo Verde “terá de reorientar o seu desenvolvimento e aproximar-se da sua área geográfica”, uma das que “mais cresce” no mundo.

Le Secrétaire Exécutif de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA) des Nations Unies, Carlos Lopes, a effectué une visite de travail en Guinée le 27 juin.

Le Secrétaire Exécutif de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA) des Nations Unies, Carlos Lopes, a effectué une visite de travail en Guinée le 27 juin.