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The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) on 4 and 5 February 2015 in Entebbe, Uganda, was successful in reviewing and validating the Gender Stra...

The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the High Level African Trade Committee held in January 2015 and ENDORSES the recommendations contained therein; On the Continental Fr...

The Assembly, TAKES NOTE of: the Report of the Commission on the development of the African Union Agenda 2063, as well as the Agenda 2063 Framework Document; Agenda 2063 ...

We, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, having met at our Twenty Fourth Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 30 to 31 January 2015...

All eyes were firmly on Africa at the France-Africa forum, which ended on Friday. Business leaders and heads of state gathered in Paris to thrash out new ways of sharing the contin...

Oil prices hit their lowest level in over five years on 13 January 2015 when Europe Brent was traded for US$45,13 (N$518,53) per barrel. On 16 March 2009 oil was traded at US$44,1...

The value of Kenya’s exports to United States increased by nearly a third in the first 11 months of 2014, rendering the US her second most important market after Uganda. Latest ...

At a high-level meeting of the WTO Services Council on 5 February 2015, members discussed measures which would support the growth of services trade in least-developed countries (LD...

When it comes to negotiating complex mining contracts, governments can often feel that the playing field is tilted in one direction, favoring the private sector. This is a major c...

Statement by Mr Sindiso Ngwenya, Secretary General of COMESA and Chairperson of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Task Force, to the African Union High Level African Trade Committee (...

This article considers the various factors that drive competitiveness in services, a critical but often overlooked part of global value chains. In value-added terms, services now a...

Access to clean sustainable energy has become part of the international development agenda during the past two decades, reflecting the global recognition of the important role that...

The government is seeking another extension of Comesa safeguards on sugar as the current ones expire on February 28, potentially exposing local millers to an influx of cheaper impo...

Rapid expansion of cross-border banking in Africa in recent years poses oversight challenges that, if unaddressed, may increase systemic risks, IMF staff said. A recent report not...

In its latest Policy Brief, UNCTAD lays out four elements of a more ambitious and flexible policy approach required for developing countries to spur growth and attain the goals of ...

Mauritius was among the first developing countries to submit its list of binding trade facilitation commitments to the World Trade Organization in July 2014, following assistance f...

In January 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture of Guinea, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) published the rapi...

Investments in basic transport and electricity in developing nations are among the best ways to curb hunger by 2030, since a quarter of all food is now wasted after harvest, accord...

The IMF Executive Board approved February 2 a financing package for Kenya of about $700 million that the East African country’s authorities plan to use as insurance against exter...

Kenya is reaping the fruits of its transformative devolution program and also from increased investment in infrastructure to improve its prospects for economic growth and shared pr...