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	<description>Towards a Joint EU-Africa Strategy</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Critic on Commission&#8217;s proposal on special financing facility worth €1 billion to help developing country farmers</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/21/critic-on-commissions-proposal-on-special-financing-facility-worth-e1-billion-to-help-developing-country-farmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission proposed on the 18th of July 2008 to establish a special &#8220;facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries&#8221;. The fund would be worth €1 billion and would operate for two years, 2008 and 2009.

This money would be in addition to existing development funds and would be taken from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security and development in Africa: strengthening conflict prevention, resolution and management</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/21/security-and-development-in-africa-strengthening-conflict-prevention-resolution-and-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EU and the African Union are developing a security and development partnership, based on enhancing dialogue between warring factions, overseeing Africa’s peace and security architecture, and supporting African security operations, speakers told an EPC Policy Dialogue organised in cooperation with the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung. This should also focus on providing security as countries emerge from conflicts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Priorities with regard to Foreign Policy, Climate Change, Development and EU-Africa Relations, Agriculture and rural development</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/21/french-priorities-foreign-policy-development-agriculture-and-rural-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ministers from the French Presidency of the Council, in office for the second half of 2008, took part in meetings with almost all of Parliament&#8217;s committees from 14-17 July to present their priorities. Here we present a summary of the main points of interest from a week of debates.

Foreign policy
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner faced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mediterranean Union - will it split Africa?</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/17/the-mediterranean-union-will-it-split-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Launched a little over a year ago by the French Head of State, the Union for the Mediterranean project, which aims to strengthen and deepen the cooperation between both sides of the Mediterrean, was officially inaugurated on 13 July 2008 at the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean, which brings together 43 European and Mediterranean States, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good governance: Borrowing from EU for AU</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/16/good-governance-borrowing-from-eu-for-au/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Europe often sets the pace. That includes economics and politics. It’s continental union, the EU, didn’t start out with the latter in the closing years of the 1950s. It did with the former, says Tunji Ajibade.

The economy of scale of the EU was a strong motive to unite, but it wasn’t the only one. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress Report by the G8 Africa Personal Representatives (APRs)  on implementation of the Africa Action Plan</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/16/progress-report-by-the-g8-africa-personal-representatives-aprs-on-implementation-of-the-africa-action-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The G8 has long been committed to Africa’s development. One of the main agenda items of the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit is “Development and Africa”, under which the G8 discussed how the G8 can best support Africa-led development efforts. The results of the discussion among the G8 gives a new impetus to the G8-Africa partnership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Development in a downturn? Comments</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/16/development-in-a-downturn-comments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What did the G8 achieve in real terms and did it make any progress? Is development towards Africa in a downturn? Read the current comments on the G8 and the call for &#8216;Smarter Aid&#8217;.

A brief history of the G-8
We come to the G8 Summit here in Hokkaido, Japan. We have not only in Bush, Sarkozy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU looks at setting up €1bn fund to fight food shortages</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/16/eu-looks-at-setting-up-e1bn-fund-to-fight-food-shortages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union is poised to give €1bn ($1.57bn, £792m) in unused agricultural subsidies to farmers in the developing world to fight food shortages, its farm and development chiefs confirmed by Barosso at the G8 in Japan.

Mariann Fischer Boel, the farms commissioner, said in the Financial Times, that the Commission should agree the plan next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food crisis - how do we feed the world now and in 2050?</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/16/food-crisis-how-do-we-feed-the-world-now-and-in-2050/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investment, free-trade, abolition of subsidies, a change of direction on biofuels: all options submitted to a joint European Parliament-French government conference on 3 July. With people on earth set to be 9 billion in 4 decades and foodstuffs like rice and maize up in price over 70% in a year, academics, experts, European and African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEW WEBSITE</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/09/new-website-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long process, we have finally launched the new Europafrica.org website! We do not only present a complete new layout and design, but also specific News and Resources on the Joint Africa-EU Strategy and its Action Plan.
These are the new features in detail:
The Joint Africa-EU Strategy: Find out everything about the Joint Africa-EU Strategy, its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8: West told to fulfil its African aid pledge</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/08/g8west-told-to-fulfil-its-african-aid-pledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leaders of the G8 were under strong pressure today to live up to their aid promises to the world&#8217;s poorest countries as their three-day summit opened against the backdrop of a looming economic crisis commented the Guardian in an article published this Monday.

With the credit crunch and the escalating price of food threatening to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 11th AU Summit: summary of the conclusions</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/07/the-11th-au-summit-summary-of-the-conclusions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 11th African Union Summit has officially ended on the 1st of July in Egypt with some new conlusions on  Zimbabwe, the AU Government and the AU Audit.

The Executive Council (EC) that was to take major decisions ‘to breath fresh life into several organs of the continental body, and remove doubts over its efficiency’. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AU postpones continental gov’t debate to next summit in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate begun since Accra on whether or not to form a continental government, as first stage towards United States of Africa, could not end at Sharm El-Cheikh in Egypt. Heads of state attending the summit have decided to postpone the question to their next summit says news agency APA.

The next summit in January 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What French NGOs will do during the French Presidency of the EU</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/02/what-french-ngos-will-do-during-the-french-presidency-of-the-eu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[France is taking the lead of Europe on 1st of July. This French presidency of the EU is taking place in a particular context, marked by the French rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty by France in 2006 and the recent No from Ireland. Moreover, the European elections and the eventual entry into force of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Release of CSOs Sharm El Sheikh Declaration On the 11th African Union Summit</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/01/release-of-csos-sharm-el-sheikh-declaration-on-the-11th-african-union-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[African Civil Society expressed their positions on the Key issues of the 11th African Union Summit Agenda, in Sharm El Sheikh. During a press conference today, CSOs&#8217; representative launched a declaration with forty-three recommendations covering all pressing issues of the African continent.

Over 100 African Citizens, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Coalitions from the 5 geographical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11th AU Summit: Crisis over the new elected Zimbabwian President Mugabe</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/01/11th-au-summit-crisis-over-new-elected-zimbabwian-president-mugabe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Zimbabwe elections have certainly overshadowed the pre-Summit meeting of the executive council taking place on the 27th until the 28th of June and the 11th AU Summit in Egypt. A draft summit communique by the African Union included a general condemnation of violence and a call for dialogue, but did not include any direct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many Side Activities of the Eleventh Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) was on day two of its 16th Ordinary Session, some activities involving the stakeholders and partners of the African Union were scheduled to hold at the margins of the 11th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, in Sharm El Sheikh, Arab Republic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa seeks sympathetic hearing from French-led EU</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/07/01/africa-seeks-sympathetic-hearing-from-french-led-eu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, France has officially taken over the EU Presidency until the end of the year 2008 and Africa will press former colonial power France for less paternalism from Europe and more flexibility on migration and trade during the French European Union presidency claims news agency Reuters in a recent article published yesterday.

&#8220;Expectations are traditionally high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europafrica Bulletin Issue 18 - 26 June 2008</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/06/26/europafrica-bulletin-issue-18-26-june-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eighteenth issue of the Europafrica bulletin gives you an up-date on the implementation of the Joint Africa- EU Strategy.
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		<title>5th Training Course on Africa-Europe Co-operation for Youth Organisations</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/06/26/5th-training-course-on-africa-europe-co-operation-for-youth-organisations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Youth Forum and the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe organised the 5th Training Course on Africa-Europe Co-operation for Youth Organisations in Coimbra, Portugal, from the 1-7 June 2008.

The Course was a direct and concrete follow-up of the Africa-Europe Youth Summit which took place in Lisbon last December in parallel to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Parliament election in 2009 and its impact on EU development agenda</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/06/23/european-parliament-election-in-2009-and-its-impact-on-eu-development-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June 2009 half a billion European citizens in all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) will elect 736 Members of the European Parliament in the biggest trans-national election in history. Romina Vegro, BOND EU Policy Officer, looks at the significance of this in relation to the development agenda.

With EU countries providing over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU Renews Its Intentions towards aid for Africa</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/06/23/eu-renews-its-intentions-towards-aid-for-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a summit in Brussels last week (19-20th of June) , the EU&#8217;s presidents and prime ministers agreed an &#8216;agenda for action&#8217; against poverty. The summit reiterated the Member States commitment to devoting 0.56 percent of thecollective national income to development aid by 2010, rising to 0.7 percent by 2015. As a result, aid should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AU, G8 meeting underlines capacity building for African peace architecture</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/06/23/au-g8-meeting-underlines-capacity-building-for-african-peace-architecture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the framework of the Joint Africa/G8 Plan to Enhance African Capabilities to Undertake Peace Support Operations, the Annual Consultation between the Commission of the African Union (AU), members of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC), the Regional Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, representatives of the G8 member countries, the European Union [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Historic moment”: first meeting to integrate NEPAD into AU</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;A historic moment&#8217; that is how the Chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC), Jean Ping, described the inaugural meeting of the NEPAD Coodinating Unit, established by the African Union to oversee the integration of NEPAD into the processes and structures of the AU.

Officially opening the meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 10 June 2008, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African peace facility – Financing for 2008-2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 2878th Council meeting on General Affairs and External Relations, the Council approved an EU position on a draft decision, to be adopted by the EU-ACP committee of ambassadors, on the preparation of an action programme for the financing of the African peace facility (APF) for the period 2008-2010.

Following a request by the African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>18 Month Programme of the Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 2878th Council meeting on General Affairs and External Relations, the incoming French and future Czech and Swedish presidencies have presented a draft 18-month programme of the Council for the second half of 2008 and the year 2009.

The document contains a strategic framework, established in consultation with the subsequent three presidencies, a list of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU Council conclusions on implementation of the EU/Africa Joint Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2870th Council meeting on External Relations held in Brussels on 26-27 May 2008 reaffirmed the importance it attaches to the implementation of the EU/Africa Joint Strategy adopted during the last EU/Africa Summit held in Lisbon on 8 and 9 December 2007.

The main objectives of this strategy are to promote peace and security, sustainable development, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council Conclusions on enhancing the Global Approach to Migration (5-6 June 2008 )</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 2873rd JUSTICE and HOME AFFAIRS Council meeting in Luxembourg, on the 5th and 6th of June 2008, the Council underlined the importance of continuing the dialogue, partnership and cooperation with third countries on migration issues in a comprehensive and regionally balanced manner.

The Council also reaffirmed that the respect for human rights and fundamental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France will take over the EU Presidency on the 1st of July 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the motto &#8220;a more protective Europe&#8221;, France takes over the rotating  EU Presidency in the second half of 2008 with a keen eye on energy, climate  change, defence and immigration policy. From 1 July to 31 December 2008,  France will organise and chair the European Council meetings. Please consult the official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Launch of &#8216;European Development Co-operation to 2020&#8242; in Brussels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 2 June 2008 the EDC2020 project was officially launched in Brussels. EDC2020 is a three-years project funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the  European Union.

The project is co-ordinated by EADI (European Association of  Development Research and Training Institutes) in a consortium with 5 other  development organizations: Overseas Development Institute (ODI), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Africa-EU Strategy: A problem for African and EU CSO to engage</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/06/04/joint-africa-eu-strategy-a-problem-for-african-and-eu-cso-to-engage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upon invitation from Skop (Malta’s platform of 13 NGOs), Ms Kurat from VENRO, a German platform for NGOs, gave an overview of EU-Africa relations and structures. In an interview with &#8216;‘The Times’, she emphasized that at European level a number of issues need urgent rethinking.

In her point of view, “agricultural subsidies are destroying African markets. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU Troika meeting with South Africa</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/06/04/eu-troika-meeting-with-south-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The relations between the European Union and the Republic of South Africa and an overall assessment of the situation in Africa were the key topics of the EU-South Africa ministerial meeting held on the 3rd of June 2008 in Slovenia.

The meeting, headed by the Slovenian Foreign Minister and current President of the EU General Affairs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detailed agenda of the AU-EU Roundtable of April 1st made available</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/06/04/detailed-agenda-of-the-au-eu-roundtable-from-the-1st-of-april-made-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commisson in collaboration with the AU Permanent Mission to the EU organised a roundtable on the 1st of April 2008 in Brussels, Belgium entitled &#8216;Prospects for the EU-AU partnership: institutional aspects&#8217;.

The African Union has emerged as a central political body on the international stage and as a key partner of the EU. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7th Edition of the Economic African Outlook (2008 AEO) was launched</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 7th edition of the African Economic Outlook (2008 AEO) was launched on 13 May in Paris and Berlin, and was introduced at the Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) group in Maputo on 11 May. It was produced by the AfDB, the OECD Development Centre, and the United Nations Economic Commission for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>40 Egyptian CSOs get trained by the CCP-AU to better engage with AU</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/06/04/40-egyptian-csos-get-trained-by-the-ccp-au-to-engage-with-au/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 24th and 25th 2008, the Centre for Citizens Participation in the African Union (CCP-AU) - in collaboration with the Egyptian Business Women Association (EBWA), the Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Fahamu, the Federation Internationale des Droits de l”Homme (FIDH) and Oxfam Liaison Office with the African Union - organized a training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europafrica Bulletin Issue 17 - 29 May 2008</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/05/30/europafrica-bulletin-issue-17-29-may-2008-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seventeenth issue of the Europafrica bulletin gives you an up-date on the implementation of the Joint Africa- EU Strategy.
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		<title>African Union discussed the establishment of the Government of the African Union</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/05/28/african-union-discussed-the-establishment-of-the-government-of-the-african-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Committee meeting of chiefs of state and government have elaborated a draft timetable for the establishment of the Government of the African Union (AU), last Thursday the 23rd of May, in Ngurdoto, Tanzania. At the meeting, Presidents Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, Umaru Yar&#8217;Adua of Nigeria, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Yoweri Museveni of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African Union, regional bodies to debate on migration issues in Addis</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/05/20/african-union-regional-bodies-to-debate-on-migration-issues-in-addis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 10:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The African Union(AU) Commission has organized a regional forum on migration issues held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on Monday, the 12 of May that was funded by the EC as a part of EU-Africa dialogue.

Accordingly, government officials and policy makers from the East African region have gathered to discuss issues related to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EP ad-hoc delegation to the Pan African Parliament (13-14 May 2008)</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/05/16/ep-ad-hoc-delegation-to-the-pan-african-parliament-13-14-may-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 13 and 14 May the EP ad-hoc delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament, led by Michael Gahler, has taken part in the 9th ordinary session of the PAP at the Gallagher Estate in Midrand, South Africa, and in particular in the debate on the implementation of the joint EU-Africa strategy. They will also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First concrete plans on the Partnership on Science, Information Society and Space of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/05/15/first-concrete-plans-on-the-partnership-on-science-information-society-and-space-of-the-joint-africa-eu-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[African ministers of science and technology and the European Union have jump-started the EU-Africa strategic partnership on science and IT and agreed to coordinate ICT development plans in Africa.

The EU has agreed to fund African science and technology programs including the New Partnership for Africa&#8217;s Development ICT broadband infrastructure project, aimed at providing high-speed broadband [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11th Extra-Ordinary Session of the Executive Council on the Audit Report of the African Union</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/05/15/11th-extra-ordinary-session-of-the-executive-council-on-the-audit-report-of-the-african-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Executive Council of Foreign Ministers of the African Union (AU) met on Tuesday, the  6-7 May, 2008 in Arusha, Tanzania to discuss the Audit Report that was published in the beginning of the year 2008.

Jean Ping, who held its first official speech as Head of the Commission, said that the Commission of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11th AU Summit: Key Issues of the Agenda</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/05/15/11th-au-summit-key-issues-of-the-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 11th Summit of the African Union will be held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt under the theme of &#8220;Meeting the Millennium Development Goals on Water and Sanitation’’. The first important dossier of this new AUC is to manage the discussion on the outcome of the Audit of the African Union that strongly recommended the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report on the ACP- EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Nambia, 28 - 30. April 08</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fifteen members of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU JPA) from the SADC member states and their fifteen European Parliamentary counterparts, met in Windhoek, Namibia on 28 and 29 April 2008, under the Co-Presidency of Co- Presidents Glenys Kinnock and Wilkie Rasmussen. This was the first ever regional Meeting of the ACP-EU JPA to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AU-CSO Pre-Summit meeting in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt from 17 till 19 June 2008</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/05/09/au-cso-pre-summit-meeting-in-sharm-el-sheik-egypt-from-17-till-19-june-2008-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AU commission is organizing a AU-CSO Pre-Summit meeting in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt from 17 till 19 June 2008. The Pre-Summit gives African CSOs the possibility to raise inportant issues relevant to the AU Summit in Egypt in July 2008 and thus make significant contributions and inputs. In addition, both CIDO and the ECOSOCC Standing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EP has organized a debate on China’s involvement in Africa on 22.04.08</title>
		<link>http://europafrica.org/2008/05/09/ep-has-organized-a-debate-on-china%e2%80%99s-involvement-in-africa-on-220408-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a report on the effects of China&#8217;s growing presence in Africa that was published this year, the EP Development Committee stresses China’s investment with no strings attached in African countries ruled by oppressive regimes. This policy helps perpetuate human rights violations, say MEPs in the committee, who also highlight Beijing&#8217;s role in the spread [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handing over ceremony of the old Commission to the recent new elected Commission at the headquarters of the AU in Addis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The handing-over ceremony between the out-going Commission and the new Commission, which was elected on 2nd February 2008, has taken place on Monday 28 April 2008, at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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		<title>Europafrica Bulletin Issue 16 - 28 April 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sixteenth issue of the Europafrica bulletin gives you an up-date on the implementation of the joint Africa- EU Strategy.
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		<title>7th Meeting of the AU-EU Task Force in Addis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The headquarters of the African Union hosted on 17 and 18 April 2008, the seventh meeting of the Task Force of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Union (EU) which was attended by a hundred officials of both organizations.
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		<title>EC Communication on the Follow-up of the Joint Strategy and Action Plan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Communication “ Follow-up to the Africa-EU-Lisbon Summit: engaging the Commission in a partnership of results” tries to inform about the measures that need to be in place for the implementation of the commitments of the Lisbon Summit. It focuses on the political and institutional arrangements both at Commission, EU and African levels, required to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integration of NEPAD into the AU shall happen within 12 month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During ‘the mini-summit meeting’ of the Ad Hoc Committee of the African Union (AU) in Dakar , consisting of heads of state initiators of NEPAD, it is intended to deepen the reflection on the integration of the NEPAD secretariat in the commission of the AU within 12 month said Monday in Dakar, the Minister Delegate [...]]]></description>
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