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| NEPAD File | | Last Updated 05/02/2010 13:47:00 |
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 | 'Integration of NEPAD into AU aimed at strengthening it' | | Midrand, South Africa (PANA) - Contrary to the misconception in certain circles,
the decision to integrate the New Partnership for Africaâ?s Development
(NEPAD) into the structures and processes of the African Union (AU) is aimed at
strengthening the programme, rather than at dissolving it, NEPAD officials said
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ere Friday.
05/02/2010 full text... |
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| NEPAD formally integrated into AU | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders meeting here Monday approved the
establishment of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) as a technica
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body of the African Union, replacing the NEPAD Secretariat and formally integra
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ing the project into the AU.
01/02/2010 full text... |
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| Kadhafi's proposal to disband NEPAD divides Africa | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders who founded the New Partnership f
or Africa´s Development (NEPAD) tussled with Libyan leader and the African Unio
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Chairman, Muammar Kadhafi, over his proposal to disband a key NEPAD committee.
30/01/2010 full text... |
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| NEPAD summit slated for Saturday in Addis Ababa | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Nearly twenty heads of state of
the strategic committee of the New Partnership for Africa's Development
(NEPAD) will meet on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the eve of the 14th
ordinary summit of the African Union (AU), official sources told PANA on Tuesday
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26/01/2010 full text... |
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| NEPAD presents new plan of action in Addis Ababa | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the New Partnership fo
r Africa's Development (NEPAD), Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, on Monday in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, presented the organization's new plan of action that comprises 81 proj
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cts.
26/01/2010 full text... |
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| AGRA, NEPAD form partnership to raise food production in Africa | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and
the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Monday
announced a 'groundbreaking partnership' that will link African government commi
tments to agricultural development with concrete programmes in seeds,
soil health, policy and markets, the alliance said in a statement made available
to PANA here.
09/11/2009 full text... |
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| AGRA, NEPAD partner to boost investment in agriculture | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Africaâ?s two leading farmer-focused initiatives will M
onday announce a timely and important new partnership that will link pledges by
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frican governments to increase investment in agriculture with concrete programme
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in seeds, soil health, policy and markets in order to boost productivity of sma
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lholder farmers across the continent.
06/11/2009 full text... |
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| NEPAD seeks support of African journalists | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Acting Chief Executive Officer of the NEPAD
Secretariat, Ambassador Stephen Willougby, has appealed to the media
in Africa
to be more proactive in helping the continent to overcome the
challenges that affect development.
22/02/2009 full text... |
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| Former Niger Prime Minister named new NEPAD chief | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders Saturday appointed former Niger P
rime Minister Ibrahim Mayaki as the chief executive officer of the New Partnersh
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p for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Secretariat based in South Africa.
31/01/2009 full text... |
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| NEPAD study on terrestrial network begins | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After a year's delay, the New Partnership for Africa's D
evelopment (NEPAD) e-Africa Commission terrestrial network feasibility study, wh
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ch is a key step forward in the development of broadband infrastructure for the
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ontinent, has started, according to the official Newsletter of the organisation
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ade available to PANA in Lagos.
29/11/2008 full text... |
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| South Africa set to host AU-NEPAD workshop on food crisis | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Worried by the global food crisis with its adverse effec
ts already telling on the continent, the African Union (AU) and the New Partners
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ip for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is organising a workshop to address food sec
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rity, Nutrition and Implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Devel
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pment Programme (CAADP).
19/05/2008 full text... |
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| NEPAD's founding fathers agree on redirection | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A meeting aimed at redirecting the New Partnership for A
frica's Development (NEPAD) was held on Tuesday in Dakar attended by presidents
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bdoulaye of Senegal, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Alg
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ria.
15/04/2008 full text... |
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| Boutlefika and Mbeki in Dakar for NEPAD meeting | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The presidents of Algeria, Abdelaziz Boutlefika and of S
outh Africa, Thabo Mbeki, arrived in Dakar on Monday afternoon to take part in a
summit meeting of heads of state aimed at boosting the New Partnership for Afric
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's Development (NEPAD).
14/04/2008 full text... |
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| Journalists attend NEPAD workshop | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - About a dozen broadcast journalists from English-speaking
West Africa on Monday began a 10-day training workshop to enhance their understa
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ding of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).
07/04/2008 full text... |
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| AfDB receives 45m Kroners to support NEPAD-IPPF programmes | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Norwegian Government has committed 45
million Norwegian kroners the NEPAD, Infrastructure Project
Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) covering the period, 2007-2009, a
statement from the African Development Bank (AfDB) received in Accra
on Wednesday said.
06/02/2008 full text... |
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| China to partner with NEPAD on aquaculture research | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences (CAFS) and the Wor
ld Fish Centre have agreed to work with African scientists in improving aquacult
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re research
in the continent, according to the official bulletin of the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD), received here by PANA.
10/11/2007 full text... |
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| UN deputy chief calls for support to AU, NEPAD | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - International support for the African
Union (AU) and its New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
programme is crucial, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro
said here Monday.
05/11/2007 full text... |
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| NEPAD projects conference begins | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – A two-day conference on New
Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) projects
began at the Sandton International Convention Centre in
Johannesburg on Monday to explore ways of
strengthening public and private partnerships for the
effective implementation of NEPAD.
08/10/2007 full text... |
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| NEPAD boss plays down President Wade's criticism | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Chief Executive Officer of the NEPAD
Secretariat, Firmino Mucavele, Friday played down Senegalese
President's characterisation of the programme as a failure, saying he
(Wade) remained a part of the NEPAD despite the criticism.
29/06/2007 full text... |
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| NEPAD's Environment Initiative gets under way | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African experts are taking first steps
to grapple with growing eco-dilemmas on the continent, but the
immediate challenge they face is how to bring policy makers at all
levels on board and mobilise the necessary resources for the task
ahead.
23/05/2007 full text... |
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| Ghana's VP hails NEPAD as Africa's image builder | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The New Partnership for Africa's Development
(NEPAD) aspires to shed off the old image of Africa when leaders' concern
was how to retain and remain in office, Ghana's vice-president Aliu
Mahama said here Tuesday.
08/05/2007 full text... |
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| UN official says APRM can improve governance systems in Africa | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Experiences from countries
taking part in the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
have shown that the process can deepen and reinforce
citizens' confidence in the effectiveness and fairness
of their governance system, a senior UN official said
here Tuesday.
20/02/2007 full text... |
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| ADB ready to fund NEPAD infrastructure projects in Africa | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (ADB) has
mobilised US$1.6 billion to finance various infrastructure
improvement projects across Africa, mainly concentrated in rail, road
and energy sectors, a senior bank official affirmed Tuesday in an
exclusive interview with PANA in Addis Ababa.
30/01/2007 full text... |
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| APRM gets office space in Mozambique | | Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The Mozambican government Tuesday
handed over an office suite to the National Forum for the
African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), a voluntary initiative
by the African Union (AU), to benchmark standards on political,
economic and corporate governance.
16/01/2007 full text... |
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| Swiss gov't props NEPAD ICT with $1.4m | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Swiss government has signed a grant
agreement for US$1,428,000 with the NEPAD e-Africa Commission to
support the commission's Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) activities for three years.
22/10/2006 full text... |
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| Support swells for NEPAD's information project | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Zimbabwe and Botswana are the
latest countries to sign the protocol to roll-out NEPAD's (the New
Partnership for Africa's Development) Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) Infrastructure Project.
17/10/2006 full text... |
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| NEPAD slates top-level multi-stakeholder dialogue | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The New Partnership for Africa's Development
(NEPAD) will host a top-level Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue 29 October
in Abuja, Nigeria ahead of the meeting of its Heads of State and
Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC).
13/10/2006 full text... |
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| Rwanda launches NEPAD e-school project | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame has officially
launched the NEPAD e-schools demonstration project, making Rwanda the
fifth country to do so, according to NEPAD's official bulletin.
08/10/2006 full text... |
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| Rwanda to host NEPAD ICT signing ceremony | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Rwanda will host a protocol signing ceremony
of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministers from Eastern
and Southern Africa participating in the NEPAD broadband infrastructure
network, including the Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSY) cable, in
Kigali 28-29 August.
20/08/2006 full text... |
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| Steering committee member defends NEPAD | | Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - A member of the NEPAD (New Partnership fpr
Africa's Development) Steering Committee, Isaac Aluko-Olokun, has said
the programme is "alive and kicking" despite a growing criticism of its
effectiveness.
02/07/2006 full text... |
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| NEPAD to hold a summit on fertilisers in Nigeria | | Paris, France (PANA) – The New Partnership for Africa's Development
(NEPAD) will hold a summit on fertilisers starting 9 June in Abuja,
Nigeria, to draw up structural and financial constraints limiting the
access to fertilizers in African countries, an official source has said
here.
06/06/2006 full text... |
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| African environment experts urged to focus NEPAD policies | | Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Environment Minister, Henri
Djombo has urged experts attending the 11th session of the
African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCE) here to
adopt adequate financing mechanisms that will ensure the
implementation of initiatives enshrined in NEPAD (the New
Partnership for Africa's Development).
23/05/2006 full text... |
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| Journalists barred from Africa Governance Forum in Kigali | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Some 15 journalists including a PANA
correspondent in Kigali, were Tuesday denied access by Rwandan
security and intelligence services, to the Sixth Africa Governance
Forum (AGF VI) on the NEPAD Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),
being held here.
09/05/2006 full text... |
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| AU chair plans launch of NEPAD projects in 2006 | | Paris, France (PANA) - President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, current
chairman of the African Union (AU), has disclosed plans to implement at
least three projects of the New Partnership for Africa's Development
(NEPAD) in 2006, heralding a break from the past when continental
projects remained "mere slogans".
03/03/2006 full text... |
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| Obasanjo gives recipe for NEPAD's success | |
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo
said here Tuesday that NEPAD (the New Partnership for Africa's
Development) could only succeed if it is supported by the
international community.
07/02/2006 full text... |
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| Obasanjo says NEPAD on path to progress | |
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Olusegun Obasanjo said here Sunday
that the New Partnership on Africa's Development (NEPAD), an economic and
political programme of the African Union (AU), had made progress since
its inception.
22/01/2006 full text... |
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| Kibaki pleads for NEPAD at UN conference on desertification | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As he opened the 7th conference of
parties to the UN Convention against Desertification in Nairobi
Monday, President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya underscored the need to
accelerate projects initiated under NEPAD (the New Partnership
for Africa's Development).
24/10/2005 full text... |
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| Poverty, graft stunting progress in Kenya - NEPAD | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African experts undertaking a
review of Kenya's democratic and economic governance have
cited the slackening fight against corruption, fading
confidence in public officials and escalating poverty gaps
as major drawbacks in Kenya's development.
06/10/2005 full text... |
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| SA opposition supports greater role for civil society in APRM | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's official
opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has welcomed the
inclusion of 10 civil society representatives on the
15-member governing Council of the African Peer Review
Mechanism (APRM) of the New Partnership for Africa's
Development (NEPAD).
04/10/2005 full text... |
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| NEPAD projects get $200m credit from India | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Indian government has
pledged to offer 200 million US dollars in credit to
various projects in African Union (AU) member
countries, according to the official newsletter of
the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).
01/10/2005 full text... |
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| African partners resolve to tackle personnel crisis in health systems | | Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In an unprecedented partnership,
the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO),
the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the African
Council for Sustainable Health Development (ACOSHED), have jointly
organised an African Regional Consultation on human resources for
health (HRH).
21/07/2005 full text... |
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| NEPAD secretariat gets $2 million ACBF grant | |
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
Wednesday announced a US$2 million grant to the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD) secretariat to build its human resource
base.
13/07/2005 full text... |
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| Senegal to host science and technology meet | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The next meeting of the
Ministerial Council on Science and Technology of the
African Union/NEPAD Conference will be held in Dakar
27-30 September, according to the official NEPAD
secretariat bulletin here.
12/07/2005 full text... |
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| Nigeria prepares for peer review | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of its expected
assessment under the African Peer Review Mechanism
(APRM) this year, Nigeria's national consultative
meeting of the national working group on APRM is
meeting in Abuja as part of the preparations for the
exercise.
12/07/2005 full text... |
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| Pretoria to host NEPAD gender task force meeting | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - More than 60 gender experts,
40 of whom are drawn from Civil Society Organisations (CSO)
in 20 African countries, will converge in Pretoria, South
Africa Tuesday to witness the launch of the New Partnership For
Africa's Development (NEPAD) Gender Task Force, according to the
official NEPAD Secretariat bulletin.
10/07/2005 full text... |
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| Arab League pledges funding for NEPAD | | Sirte, Libya (PANA) - Financial institutions and the private
sector in the Arab world will contribute to the funding and
implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development
(NEPAD), Amr Moussa, the Secretary General of the Arab League,
pledged here Monday.
04/07/2005 full text... |
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| NEPAD and UN want G8 Summit to listen to Africa | | Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The New Partnership for Africa's Development
(NEPAD), the United Nations, civil society and private sector leaders
will join forces in early July and deliver a united message to leaders of
the Group of Eight (G8) during their summit scheduled in Gleneagles,
Scotland on 4 July.
02/06/2005 full text... |
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| NEPAD, G8 to parley on MDG Challenges | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Top shots of the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD) will join forces with the UN, civil
society and leaders of the private sector to present a unified
message to G8 governments 4 July, the eve of their summit in
Gleneagles, Scotland, to strategise on meeting the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) in the continent, the official NEPAD
secretariat bulletin says.
23/05/2005 full text... |
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| NEPAD Council head moves to douse rift | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Birahim Seck, President of the New
Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Council,
said he would seek audience with African leaders to
settle a rift threatening the success of the Council.
14/05/2005 full text... |
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| UNESCO holds meeting for NEPAD in Tripoli | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A two-day meeting of the
UNESCO Committee for the New Partnership for African
Economic Development (NEPAD) opened Saturday at the
Tripoli-based seat of the World Islamic Call Society
(WICS).
08/05/2005 full text... |
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| UNESCO boss visits Tripoli | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura arrived
here Friday to participate in the ongoing third meeting of the UNESCO
Committee for NEPAD (the New Partnership for Africa's Economic
Development.
07/05/2005 full text... |
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| Ghana to host NEPAD agriculture forum | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - More than 220 delegates from across the world
will gather in Accra, Ghana, for a two-day forum starting on Thursday on
the implementation of NEPAD's Comprehensive Africa Agricultural
Development Programme (CAADP), according to the official NEPAD
secretariat bulletin.
03/05/2005 full text... |
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| NEPAD now wants speedy implementation of projects | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The just-concluded NEPAD leaders'
meeting in Egypt wants a speedy implementation of NEPAD
infrastructure projects, which include the Northern
Corridor road from the Kenyan port of Mombasa to Malaba
(Kenya), to Uganda and Rwanda, and the comprehensive
African Agriculture Development Programme, among other
issues.
21/04/2005 full text... |
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| African leaders end NEPAD forum with optimism | |
Sharm El Sheik, Egypt (PANA) - Twenty members of the
Implementation Committee of the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD) have ended their daylong
meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheik,
with optimism about the future and the effectiveness
of this continental economic body.
20/04/2005 full text... |
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| Guebuza in Egypt for NEPAD meet | |
Sharm El Sheik, Egypt (PANA) - Mozambican President
Armando Guebuza is in the Egyptian city of Sharm El
Sheik taking part in Tuesday's meeting of the
Implementation Committee of the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD).
19/04/2005 full text... |
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| Omar Bongo in Egypt for NEPAD summit | | Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - President Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon
left Libreville Monday for Egypt to attend the 13th session of
the heads of state and government committee charged with the
implementation of NEPAD (the New Partnership for Africa's
Development).
18/04/2005 full text... |
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| Zuma heads SA delegation to NEPAD meeting in Egypt | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Deputy President Jacob Zuma
will Monday lead a senior South African delegation to the 13th
meeting of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
heads of state and government Implementation Committee meeting
scheduled for Tuesday in Sharm-El-Shaik, Egypt.
17/04/2005 full text... |
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| African ministers convene environment conference | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Vice-chairman Nancoman Keďta of the
African ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCE) has
renewed appeals to development partners to continue supporting
the implementation of NEPAD's (the New Partnership for Africa's
Development) plan of action.
16/03/2005 full text... |
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| Senegal to host NEPAD workshop on Africa's water needs | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A continental workshop to set up
NEPAD centres of excellence in water sciences and
technology will be held from 11 to 14 April in the
Senegalese capital of Dakar, according to the New
Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) secretariat.
15/03/2005 full text... |
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| African Environment ministers meet in Dakar Tuesday | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The second conference on implementation
of the environment action plan of the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD) convenes here 15-16 March, the
Senegalese Environment and Nature Protection ministry announced.
11/03/2005 full text... |
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| Nigeria to host NEPAD workshop on capacity building | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A high-level workshop on capacity
building for Regional Economic Communities (REC) will hold in the
Nigerian capital, Abuja on 7 and 8 March, according a newsletter
of the secretariat of the New Partnership for Africa's
Development (NEPAD).
24/02/2005 full text... |
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| SADC countries discuss NEPAD agriculture component | | Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - A southern African meeting on the
Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) wound up
here Friday with a call for countries to allocate 10 percent of
their budget to agriculture, as recommended by the African Union.
19/02/2005 full text... |
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| NGOs fault NEPAD on press freedom | | Paris, France (PANA) - Five international bodies have accused the
New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) for failing to
include the freedom of the press in its programmes.
15/02/2005 full text... |
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| NEPAD to launch demo e-schools in April | | Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The New Partnership for Africa's
Development (NEPAD) plans to launch an e-school pilot project
next April in 20 countries around the continent, according to
Peter Kinyanjui, a member of the human development and e-Africa
commission of NEPAD.
14/02/2005 full text... |
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| Wade upbeat about NEPAD prospects | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal
affirmed here Tuesday that the implementation of projects
conceived within the framework of the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD) would start soon, with the arrival
of experts from the World Bank.
03/02/2005 full text... |
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| Obasanjo gives recipe for poverty eradication | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - An international business forum
organised by the NEPAD Secretariat opened in Abuja Friday,
with host Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo advocating
the mastery of wealth-creating techniques by African
countries and their citizens to nudge poverty eradication
on the continent.
28/01/2005 full text... |
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| Bouteflika, Obasanjo insist on NEPAD achievements | | Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - As the 12th session of the NEPAD's
implementation committee opened here Tuesday, presidents
Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria and Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria
highlighted the achievements made since the programme was launched.
24/11/2004 full text... |
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| Algiers summit on NEPAD ends | | Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria
and chair of the Steering Committee of the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD) admitted here Tuesday that people
want to see "tangible results" in the initiative.
23/11/2004 full text... |
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| NEPAD summit opens in Algiers | | Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - About 20 heads of states and
governments are attending the summit of the New Partnership
for Africa's Development (NEPAD), which opened Tuesday in Algiers.
23/11/2004 full text... |
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| VP represents Gabon at NEPAD summit | | Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Vice-President Didjob Divungui Di
Ndingue will represent Gabon at a summit of the New Partnership
for African Development (NEPAD) opening Tuesday in Algiers,
officials indicated here.
22/11/2004 full text... |
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