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Trans-Africa Highway Launched Simultaneously in Nigeria, Cameroon
The $950 million Transport Facilitation Programme for the Bamenda-Enugu Road corridor, part of the Trans-African Highway, was launched simultaneously on Friday at Mfum in Nigeria and Ekok in Cameroon. The project is being co-financed by the African Development...
Cameroon, European Union Sign Agreement on Timber Export
Cameroon and the European Union (EU) have signed a voluntary trade partnership agreement (VPA) by which the country undertakes to ensure that timber is legally sold in the country or exported. Through this agreement, Cameroon will have to implement a...
GAMBIA: Urban Centers Under Strain As Farmers Flee
Cash-strapped farmers in Gambia are flocking to towns and cities because of erratic rains in 2009 and the fact that a recently reformed system of extending loans to farmers is still not working, say NGOs and farmers. Read more of the story here at the...
New Analysis Points to Ivory Enforcement Failures in Parts of Africa, Asia
Urgent law enforcement action by governments in Central and West Africa and South-east Asia is crucial to addressing the illicit ivory trade, according to a new analysis of elephant trade data. Detailed regional summaries of the data held in the Elephant...
The Gambia Joins 18 West And Central African States in Simultaneous Polio Campaign
The Gambia has joined 18 other West and Central African states in a simultaneously mounted campaign to wipe out polio in their jurisdictions. The two-phased campaign is being mounted under the auspices of the World Health Organisation and in The Gambia’s...
Gambia to Join 18 Other West And Central Africa States to Organize Synchronized National Immunization
The Gambia is to join 18 other states in West and Central Africa to organize two rounds of synchronized national immunization days against polio. A Ministry of Health press release available to APA states that the campaign is to consolidate the gains...
15 New Member States Elected to African Union Peace And Security Council
The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) Commission has elected15 new member states to the AU Peace and Security Council for two and three years periods. The Council elected five countries for three years and the other 10 member states for a three-year...
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...
