Fighting illicit financial flows, investing in family and small-scale agriculture and coordinating aid for Haiti after Hurricane Matthew were among the issues on which Members of the European Parliament and their counterparts from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries agreed at the 32nd session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA ...

The Delegation of the European Union to Rwanda has signed off on a euro;10 million grant payment to the Government of Rwanda. The grant will go towards the continued rehabilitation and maintenance of 200 kilometres of rural roads in Rwanda. The Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Rwanda Ambassador Michael Ryan remarked: Rural ...

Berlin (AFP) - German authorities triggered a Europe-wide manhunt Wednesday for a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in a deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas market claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group. Officials said the suspect, 24-year-old Tunisian national Anis Amri, had already been under investigation for plannin ...

Miami (AFP) - Giving schoolgirls in the developing world lessons on puberty and free sanitary pads can help boost their attendance at school and may offer them long-term economic benefits, a study said Wednesday. The report in the US journal PLOS ONE is based on research by the University of Oxford involving 1,000 girls at eight schools in Ugand ...

Berlin (AFP) - German police launched a manhunt Wednesday for a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in a deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas market claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group. Officials said the suspect, 24-year-old Tunisian national Anis Amri, had already been under investigation for planning an attack, in a ...

Berlin (AFP) - German prosecutors on Wednesday named their prime suspect in the deadly Berlin Christmas market attack as 24-year-old Tunisian national Anis Amri in a wanted notice. The federal prosecutors office offered a reward of 100,000 euros ($104,000) for information leading to the arrest of Amri, who they warned could be violent and armed ...

A new contribution of US$2.2 million from the Government of Sweden to the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has immediately been allocated by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Peter de Clercq, to support humanitarian response to drought affected families. ldquo;Sweden rsquo;s timely contribution to the Somalia Humanitarian Fund is ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development joined the Ethiopia Agricultural Transformation Agency, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources today to award grants to 10 private entrepreneurs and 10 farmers rsquo; cooperative unions that will help them to establish farm service centers. Each recipient will receive a grant worth $5 ...

Dubai (AFP) - South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has had his appeal against a ball tampering fine dismissed, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday. Du Plessis had been fined 100 percent of his match fee last month after being caught on camera during South Africa's second test against Australia in Hobart sucking a mint and ru ...

The United Nations Children rsquo;s Fund (UNICEF) is implementing large-scale sanitary and epidemiological programmes to fight an unprecedented yellow fever outbreak in Angola and has appealed for international support. In this context, the government of the Russian Federation has decided to send humanitarian assistance to Angola as part of UNI ...

Two United Nations human rights experts have called on the government of Cameroon to exercise restraint and begin dialogue, amid rising attacks on peaceful protesters. Special Rapporteurs Maina Kiai and Rita Izsak-Ndiaye said they were deeply concerned about the worsening violence in the north-west and south-west, which has included the use ...

ldquo;Regardless of the approach or transformative pathway chosen to change food systems and trade regimes, African countries need to undertake radical change in agricultural production systems, adopt agribusiness and promote regional agricultural value chains as a vein for regional integration. rdquo; The statement was made by Stephen Karingi ...

In a message addressed to Mr Joachim Gauck, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, President Danny Faure expressed deep sorrow in this festive season following the terrorist attack which claimed lives and critically injured many others. A truck ploughed into people at a Berlin Christmas market. In the wake of the tragedy, President F ...

The Secretary-General applauds the Government and the people of C ocirc;te d rsquo;Ivoire for the peaceful and inclusive legislative elections of 18 December. He congratulates Ivorian political parties for their active participation in the elections and the Commission eacute;lectorale ind eacute;pendante for its efforts in ensuring the people ...

The results of a new Cost of Hunger in Africa (COHA) study indicate that Madagascar rsquo;s economy loses 3.384 billion Ariary (US$1.5 billion) per year ndash; the equivalent of 14.5% of the country rsquo;s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ndash; to the effects of malnutrition. The COHA study is a project led by the African Union Commission a ...

The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, welcomes yesterday rsquo;s arrest in Dakar, Senegal, of Mr. Aboubacar Sidiki Diakit eacute;, alias ldquo;Toumba Diakit eacute; rdquo;, in relation to the events at the Conakry national stadium on 28 September 2009, which left ...

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated. The West African regional bloc Ecowas had called on him to honour his initial pledge to accept electoral defeat. Mr Jammeh, who subsequently said the 1 December poll was flawed, added that he would defend his cou ...

By 2025, Africa aims to feed its fast growing population with its own production. What is more, the world will need Africa rsquo;s help to feed an extra two billion people in the coming generation. So making the right investments right now is crucial to unleash the huge potential of Africa rsquo;s farms and agribusinesses. The African Dev ...

Beijing (AFP) - China on Wednesday welcomed Sao Tome and Principe's decision to sever ties with Taiwan, a move that comes after President-elect Donald Trump questioned long-standing US policy towards the self-ruled island. Taiwan, stung by the loss of one of its few allies, accused Beijing of taking advantage of the small West African nation's f ...