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Africa Lags Behind on the Millennium Development Goals on Agriculture
The African-wide conference kicked off in Ethiopia on Monday with a report disclosing that Africa is still far from achieving the millennium development goals on agriculture, which aims to cut poverty by half by 2015. Around 100 African researchers, policy...
African Union Commission President, Ivorian Leader Discuss West African Crises
The African Union Commission President, Jean Ping and President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire have discussed the crises that hit the West African region. “I came late to thank him for the support Cote d’Ivoire had brought to my application and...
President of Guinea Bissau Calls for End to Coups
The Bissau Guinean head of state, Malam Bacai Sanha has announced, the end of “plotted coups,” while calling on the army to help “restore peace and stability in the country, as well as in the sub-region.” “Our army must help restore peace and...
United Nations Launches $300m Peace Building Initiative for Africa
The United Nations Peace Building Commission (UN PBC) is undertaking peace building initiatives worth $350 million in four post-conflict African countries, UN officials said on Monday. Officials of the UN commission and the AU Peace and Security Council...
Bissau Guinean Leader Appoints Lawyer Michel Saad Amin As Attorney General
The Bissau Guinean leader has appointed Lawyer Michel Saad Amin as Attorney General to replace Luis Manuel Cabral, disclosed a decree published on Wednesday in the capital Bissau. Amine Saad Michel has already held this position in 2000 during the transition...
Guinean-Bissau Military on Alert At Senegal Border Over Land Dispute
Guinea-Bissau military forces are on alert at the border with Senegal, said sources close to the Chief of Staff of the Guinea Bissau armed forces, citing a dispute over land on the border between the two countries. The Bissau-Guineans have accused Senegal...
Guinea-Bissau PM Tells the United Nations That Political Assassins Will be Brought to Justice
Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Jr. told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, that determining who is responsible for a series of assassinations of senior political and military figures in Guinea- Bissau earlier this year, is essential...
Bissau Guinean President Calls for Self-assessment
Bissau Guinean President, Malan Bacai Sanha, has called on his compatriots to “assess themselves and think deeply about the type of society” which basically meets their aspirations. “Bissau Guinean people are, without any doubt, in need of a haven...
