Regional Integration

Eritrea-Ethiopia: Refugees embrace life "out of camps"

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:44

Kibrom Sebhatu, 45, is among hundreds of Eritreans expected to benefit from a recent Ethiopian government ruling allowing Eritrean refugees to live outside the camps.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Refugee - UNHCR - Refugee Camps - Shimelba Refugee camp - Moses Okello - Eritrea - Ethiopia

SADC summit ends with pledge for continued peace efforts

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:49

Regional leaders ended their 30th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) on Tuesday with a pledge to continue with its peace and security efforts in the region.

(3 Votes)

Tags: SADC - 30th Summit of Heads of State and Government - Zimbabwe - Madagascar - Lesotho - Democratic Republic of Congo - Jacob Zuma - SADC Tribunal - SADC Declaration on Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development - food security - African food Basket Initiative - child mortality - Hifikepunye Pohamba - Namibia

Calls for co-operation among African nations

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 13:51

The acting president of the African Union (AU), President Bingu Wa Mutharika of Malawi, has appealed for reinforcement of co-operation among the states of the continent to achieve sustainable growth and food security.

(2 Votes)

Tags: African Union - SADC - 30th Summit of Heads of State and Government of SADC - Bingu Wa Mutharika - Information Technology - Millenium Development Goals - child mortality - mediation - Malawi - Namibia

SADC to mark 30 years of regional integration

Friday, 13 August 2010 12:40

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will celebrate its 30th anniversary when it meets in Namibia's capital, Windhoek, next week. The SADC Heads of State Summit is scheduled to take place from 16 to 17 August.

(1 Vote)

Tags: SADC - SADC Heads of State Summit - Jacob Zuma - Ayanda Ntsaluba - Joseph Kabila - Hifikepunye Pohamba - Zimbabwe - Lesotho - Madagascar - Angola - Botswana - Malawi - Mozambique - Swaziland - Tanzania - Zambia - South Africa - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Namibia

UN praises Rwandan police in Liberia for professionalism

Monday, 02 August 2010 11:41

The United Nations deputy envoy to Liberia, Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, lauded Rwandan police officers serving in the UN mission in the West African country for their professionalism and discipline.

(1 Vote)

Tags: UN - police - security - skills - development - Liberia - Rwanda

East Africa to begin economic integration Thursday

Wednesday, 30 June 2010 14:39

Members of East African Community will formally begin Thursday the process of integration. Despite some reservations from smaller countries, analysts believe the union will greatly benefit the region.

(2 Votes)

Tags: East African Community - economic integration - Common Market Protocol - Robert Shaw - Turkey - Export Processing Zone - Tanzania - Uganda - Rwanda - Burundi - Kenya

Tanzania naturalises 162,000 Burundi refugees

Monday, 19 April 2010 11:47

The government of Tanzania has announced its decision to grant citizenship to some 162,000 Burundian refugees who fled to Tanzania in 1972. The decision was met with joy among the refugees.

(2 Votes)

Tags: government - refugees - naturalised - Lawrence Masha - Burundi - Tanzania

Rwanda-Tanzania border passing eased

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 11:18

As part of the East African political and economic integration, Rwanda and Tanzania have agreed to ease border passing on their main crossing point. Rwanda's first one-stop border post will now be established.

Tags: East Africa - economy - integration - border - Rwanda Tanzania

Africa to crack down on illicit diamond trade

Monday, 15 March 2010 12:38

A new project in 16 sub-Saharan African countries producing and dealing in diamonds, gold, and precious minerals is to strengthen their defences against money laundering, smuggling, and terrorist financing.

(3 Votes)

Tags: diamonds - control - sub-Saharan - IMF - Africa

Southern Africa youth exchange programme launched in Maputo

Monday, 22 February 2010 13:46

An exciting new Southern Africa youth exchange programme, sayXchange,will be launched in Maputo, Mozambique, on Tuesday. The programme nurtures a regional development perspective amongst future leaders.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Southern Africa - exchange - regional integration - youth - leaders - Graça Machel - sayXchange programme - Africa

West African nations agree to step up war on drugs

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 14:22

Seven West African countries, growing more concerned by soaring cocaine trade and drug use, agreed on Monday to step up efforts to control the problem, helped by 15 million euros in EU aid.

(3 Votes)

Tags: drugs - trade - control - Gambia - Guinea-Bissau - Guinea - Cape Verde - Mali - Mauritania - Senegal - Dakar Initiative - Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba - EU - aid - Africa

Chad leader extends olive branch to Sudan's Bashir

Tuesday, 09 February 2010 11:37

Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno paid a landmark visit on Monday to Khartoum, in a bid to consolidate a thaw in ties and boost efforts to bring peace to Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Idriss Deby Itno - Omar al-Bashir - Darfur - Deng Alro - Doha talks - United Nations - Sudan - Chad

AU welcomes Sudan and Chad peace agreement

Friday, 22 January 2010 13:16

The African Union Chair Jean Ping has hailed the Governments of Chad and Sudan's agreement to normalise the once soured relations between the two neighbours. The remarks followed the peace agreement signed on 15 January 2010 in N'Djamena.

(1 Vote)

Tags: African Union - Chad - Sudan - Jean Ping - Africa

ECOWAS will help Guinea organize credible elections, says official

Thursday, 21 January 2010 13:00

An official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the regional body is ready to help Guinea organize a credible election within the next six months.

(1 Vote)

Tags: ECOWAS - Abdel-Fatau Musah - Jean-Marie Dore - Forces Vives - Guinea

Zambia, Rwanda to jointly pursue genocide suspects

Wednesday, 20 January 2010 13:46

Zambia and Rwanda have agreed to jointly identify and arrest 1994 genocide suspects who may be living in Zambia as refugees, the state ZANIS news agency reported on Tuesday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: 1994 - genocide - suspects - ZANIS - Paul Kagagme - Rupiah Banda - pursue - integration - Zambia - Rwanda

Zambia and Zimbabwe to launch 'One Stop Border Post'

Thursday, 03 December 2009 09:24

Zambia and Zimbabwean authorities will launch a One Stop Border Post at Chirundu over the weekend with a view to harmonise border procedures between the two neighbouring countries.

(1 Vote)

Tags: border post - COMESA - SADC - Chirundu - Ministry of Regional Integration and International Co-operation - Zimbabwe - Zambia

Nigerian to head Darfur peacekeeping mission: UN

Thursday, 03 December 2009 08:55

Nigerian diplomat Ibrahim Gambari will become the new head of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan's conflict-torn western Darfur region, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

(4 Votes)

Tags: UN - African Union - peacekeeping - Darfur - Ibrahim Gambari - Ban Ki-moon - Sudan - Nigeria

Tanzanian refugee population drops below 100,000

Monday, 30 November 2009 13:05

The number of refugees from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo living in northwestern Tanzania has dropped to below 100,000 for the first time in 15 years, the UN refugee agency said.

(2 Votes)

Tags: refugee - UN - agency - UN High Commissioner for Refugees - camps - intergration - Burundi - Democratic Republic of Congo - Tanzania

West African bloc bans arms transfer by member states

Tuesday, 24 November 2009 11:15

West African regional bloc ECOWAS Friday banned the transfer of arms by the 15 member states except for legitimate defence, security and peacekeeping operations, a senior official said.

(1 Vote)

Tags: arms - ECOWAS - ECOWAS commission - Mohammed Ibn Chambas - convention on small arms proliferation - Benin - Burkina Faso - Liberia - Mali - Niger - Nigeria - Senegal - Sierra Leone - Togo - Ojo Maduekwe - Africa

East African bloc to sign common market treaty

Friday, 20 November 2009 14:47

Leaders of the five-member East African Community gathered at the bloc's headquarters Friday to sign a common market treaty to allow free trade, movement and right of residence in the region.

(2 Votes)

Tags: East African Community - free trade - free movement - right of residence - EAC treaty - Juma Mwapachu - Kenya - Uganda - Tanzania - Rwanda - Burundi - Africa

Rwanda group refugee status could be lifted by 2011

Thursday, 12 November 2009 10:49

The group refugee status of tens of thousands of Rwandans who fled their country in the wake of the 1994 genocide could be lifted by the end of 2011, according to UN and Rwandan officials.