Category Archives: NEPAD

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Nepad has failed to garner the political will it needed to thrive (AfricaFiles / BBC-Focus on Africa Magazine)

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=24309 First-class failure Author: Patrick Bond Document Origin: BBC- Focus on Africa Magazine Source URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/focusonafricamagazine African Charter Article #22: All peoples shall have the right to their economic, social and cultural development within the common heritage … Continue reading →

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The new NEPAD (AfricaFiles)

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

Read at : AfricaFiles Title: The new NEPAD Author: Taanya Pampalone Category: AU/NEPAD Date: 3/19/2010 Source: Mail and Guardian Source Website: http://www.mg.co.za <http://www.mg.co.za/&gt; African Charter Article# 17: Every individual shall have the right to education, cultural life, and the promotion … Continue reading →

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Another great African dream has vanished with NEPAD (AfriocaFiles)

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

Read at : AfricaFiles Title: Another great African dream has vanished with NEPAD Author: J. Okungu, Kampala; A.Ashine, Addis Ababa Category: AU/NEPAD Date: 2/8/2010 Source: New Vision & Daily Nation Source Website: http://www.ukzn.ac.za <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.ukzn.ac.za&gt; African Charter Article# 20: All peoples … Continue reading →

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North Africa : drought and salt-tolerant barley (African Agriculture)

Posted on March 15, 2008 by

Read at : African Agriculture http://africanagriculture.blogspot.com/2008/03/north-africa-to-develop-drought-salt.html North Africa to develop drought, salt-tolerant barley Agricultural researchers in Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia have teamed up to create drought-resistant and salt-tolerant varieties of barley better suited to the North African region. The project, … Continue reading →

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ARC : Africa’s Development Needs (IISD)

Posted on March 7, 2008 by

Read at : African SD Policy Makers <africasd-l@lists.iisd.ca> ARC UPDATE ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON  AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT NEEDS The UN General Assembly met on Tuesday morning (4 March 2008) to approve the draft resolution on the “Modalities, format … Continue reading →

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New documents on soils from the NEPAD S&T Office (IISD)

Posted on August 14, 2007 by

Read at : Richard Sherman <richards@iisd.org> African SD Policy Makers <africasd-l@lists.iisd.ca> New documents on soils from the NEPAD S&T Office  The NEPAD Office of Science and Technology have just published two new papers in collaboration with the World Agroforestry Centre. … Continue reading →

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ECOSOC and social dimension of NEPAD (IISD / Linkages Africa)

Posted on August 1, 2007 by

Read at : IISD African SD Policy Makers <africasd-l@lists.iisd.ca> Linkages Africa: Issue#6 31 July 2007 ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF NEPAD On 26 July, the UN Economic and  Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution on social dimensions … Continue reading →

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