The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes has stepped down after serving four years at the helm of the organization tasked with championing economic development in Africa, his office said last week. Lopes is leaving the … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – External debts of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — the three West African countries which endured dramatic suffering as a result of the Ebola Virus Disease — should be written off, UN Economic Commission … Read More
South African president Jacob Zuma PANA Tunis, Tunisia – The eighth African Economic Conference, jointly organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), holds in … Read More
Thabo Mbeki, former South African President PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – A two-day high-level meeting on illicit financial flows from Africa opens Thursday in Maputo, Mozambique, for key stakeholders from East and Southern Africa to discuss ways of countering the … Read More
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Africa’s top political and economic institutions have joined forces, with backing from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), to improve employment prospects for the continent’s bulging youth population, it … Read More
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki By PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Africa’s 10-member High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows will next week embark on a three-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to examine the seriousness … Read More
