[State Department]
Washington -
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signed a $100 million cash transfer agreement with Tunisia as part of the Obama administration’s efforts to support the country through its democratic transition since the January 2011 ouster of ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
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[WEF]
Washington, DC -
Over forty-five companies have committed to invest over US$ 3 billion in Africa’s agricultural sector as part of the G8′s New Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security initiative, US President Barack Obama announced today.
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[IRIN]
Blantyre -
A sizeable devaluation of Malawi’s currency, aimed at reinvigorating the economy and wooing back international donors, has triggered steep increases in the price of basic goods and pushed many Malawians deeper into poverty.
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[AGRA]
Nairobi -
The following is a statement from acting Chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Strive T. Masiyiwa.
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[Zimbabwe Independent]
GOVERNMENT will introduce a policy framework to reduce banks’ inflated interest rates, currently hovering between 15% and 25%, Finance minister Tendai Biti has said.
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[This is Africa]
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, tells This is Africa why he is optimistic about Africa’s trade prospects, especially in agriculture, and calls for a new approach to global trade deals after Doha.
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[IFAD]
Rome -
By José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP)
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[Zimbabwe Independent]
THE mining sector is likely to miss the projected 15,9% growth target this year due to a plethora of challenges, chief among them erratic electricity supplies and lack of financing for developmental projects.
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[IFAD]
ROME, Italy, 9 May 2012 -
When this year’s G8 summit opens in the United States on 18 May, food security will take centre stage. It will be a historic moment for rural poor people, with the leaders of the world’s largest economies confronting a challenge that IFAD and its partners have long faced: how to eradicate hunger and malnutrition using socially and environmentally sustainable means.
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