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The African Union (AU) Chairman, President Robert Mugabe today met the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Dr Carlos Lopes at his offices at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe started working as African Union (AU) Chairman at the headquarters in Addis Ababa.

Les trois pays les plus touchés par le virus Ebola ; la Guinée, le Liberia et la Sierra Leone, ont sollicité l’annulation de leur dette extérieur auprès des institutions financières internationales. La demande a été formulée au cours de la 26ème session ordinaire du Conseil exécutif de l’Union Africaine, tenue à Addis Abeba en Ethiopie.

AFRICAN Union chairman President Mugabe yesterday took his official duties to his new office at the African Union headquarters when he held a closed door meeting with the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Dr Carlos Lopes, who briefed him about the work of the commission and how it fits into the continent’s 50-year development road map, Agenda 2063.

Enhancing infrastructure can promote industrialisation and boost intra-African trade, serving as a boon to the continent’s growth, said South African President Jacob Zuma at the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ahead of the AU Summit last week.

The African Union (AU) Chairman, President Robert Mugabe today met the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Dr Carlos Lopes at his offices at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

La crise sanitaire, due à l’épidémie Ebola, en Guinée, Sierra Leone et Liberia, a déstabilisé leur économie et mis à mal leurs finances publiques.

The African Union (AU) Chairman, President Robert Mugabe today met the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Dr Carlos Lopes at his office as at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

VENTURES AFRICA – At the opening of the High-level Round Table on infrastructure and development, held in the context of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes made a call for rapid development of regional infrastructure “to facilitate the movement of goods......

Addis Ababa, 26 January 2015 – “We must really have an irreversible momentum towards the emancipation of women on the continent” said Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) while addressing the opening ceremony today of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme: “Year of Women’s...

Kigali: The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes has hailed this year’s 24th African Union Summit for stepping up on key issues, including the implementation of the Yamoussoukro decision to open up aviation across Africa, debt cancellation for Ebola-affected countries and the adoption of Agenda 2063 by the Heads of States and governments.

The latest progress report of the High- level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa has revealed that the annual average loss to the continent is between USD 50bln to USD148bln per annum. The report, also called the Mbeki report, announced its results Sunday morning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Alpha Condé pétille de voir la dette guinéenne annulée, suite à Ebola qui a fait officiellement près de mille morts en Guinée. Il prendra cette option, si elle se confirme, comme un trophée de guerre. Les démarches se poursuivent. Dans un discours prononcé à l’ouverture de la 26ème session ordinaire du Conseil exécutif de l’Union africaine, le Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique pour...

The latest progress report of the High- level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa has revealed that the annual average loss to the continent is between USD 50bln to USD148bln per annum. The report, also called the Mbeki report, announced its results Sunday morning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Accompagné de son ministre des Affaires étrangères, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf et de notre représentant auprès de l’UA, l’ambassadeur Mohamed Idriss Farah, le président Ismaïl Omar Guelleh a participé à Addis-Abeba aux travaux du 24e sommet de l’Union africaine. Le thème principal de ce sommet était l’autonomisation des femmes en Afrique et le développement mais les dirigeants africains ont aussi...

VENTURES AFRICA – At the opening of the High-level Round Table on infrastructure and development, held in the context of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes made a call for rapid development of regional infrastructure “to facilitate the movement of goods people, services, ideas and innovations.”

L’épidémie d’Ebola va « durement » éprouver les économies du Liberia, de Guinée et du Sierra Leone, mais n’aura que peu d’impact sur l’économie du continent africain dans son ensemble, a estimé lundi un haut responsable de l’ONU.

The Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr Carlos Lopes, has called for more regional infrastructure development to address the 48 billion dollar annual infrastructure deficit of the African continent.

Addis Ababa, 31 January 2015 (ECA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes has hailed this year's 24th African Union Summit for stepping up on key issues, including the implementation of the Yamoussoukro decision to open up aviation across Africa, debt cancellation for Ebola-affected countries and the adoption of Agenda 2063 by the Heads of States...

Addis Abeba — Le Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique, M. Carlos Lopes a salué les décisions du 24ème Sommet de l'Union africaine sur les principales questions parmi lesquelles on retrouve la mise en œuvre de la décision de Yamoussoukro d'ouvrir le marché de l'aviation en Afrique, d'annuler la dette des pays affectés par Ébola touchés et d'...