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Ending hunger in Africa |
28 - Mar - 2003 |
If Suresh Babu had his way, the small farmer would be supported to solve the problems of hunger and poverty bedeviling Africa.
Babu strongly believes that raising the output of small-scale farmers would increase their incomes and food security, lower food prices, stimulate the economy as a whole and reduce poverty in Africa... more |
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Source: Inter Press Service (IPS), 26. March 2003
Author: Moyiga Nduru |
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Africa Against the war: "An attack on Iraq a mistake" |
18 - Mar - 2003 |
Belated though, African intellectuals have joined their colleagues around the world in calling on the United States not to risk destabilising the world by launching an attack on Iraq.
"Iraq is a developing nation like most African countries. Whatever happens to Iraq will affect global economy, especially the fragile African and Arab economies," warns Ayo Akinbobola of the University of Lagos... more |
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Source: Inter Press Service (IPS), 17. March 2003
Author: Toye Olori |
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France appears to have failed to push Africa into its camp on Iraq |
17 - Mar - 2003 |
| French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin's lightening visits to Angola, Cameroon and Guinea -- all members of the UN Security Council -- appears unlikely to have pushed any of the three decisively into the French camp on Iraq. De Villepin, 49, has a long track record in Africa, beginning his diplomatic career in the Ministry of African and Malgachy Affairs in the early 1980s and more recently emerging as a key actor in France's efforts to resolve the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire... more |
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Source: Inter Press Service (IPS), 11. March 2003
Author: Chris Simpson |
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Guinea: Poised to play a crucial role as US steps pressure on Iraq |
06 - Mar - 2003 |
| Freetown - Guinea's presidency of the UN Security Council comes at a crucial moment when attention is focused on Iraq and U.S. preparation for war in the Gulf... more |
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Source: Inter Press Service (IPS), 5. March 2003
Author: Lansana Fofana |
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France to emphasise concerns at next G8 summit |
20 - Feb - 2003 |
| France is expected to use the three-day Africa-France summit that opened in Paris on Wednesday to synthesize the views of African leaders about continental development which President Jacques Chirac would present to the G-8 summit scheduled in June 2003 in Evian, France... more |
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Source: Panafrican News Agency (PANA), 19. February 2003
Author: PANA |
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