IFAD Vice-President Kanayo Nwanze calls for increased resources to tackle the triple scourge of poverty, climate change and high food prices
Addis-Ababa, 2 April 2008 – IFAD Vice-President Kanayo Nwanze has called on African countries and international donors to step up their efforts to mobilize greater investment in agriculture and rural development.

ReliefWeb

Ethiopia : Africa Centre for Climate Change to Be Established Here
2 April 2008
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 'The Energy and Resources Institute' of India for the establishment of a UNECA-TERI Africa Centre for Climate Change Policy Studies (AC3PS), in Addis Ababa..

AllAfrica

Sustainable development to boost Africa 's marginal growth
Wednesday 26 March 2008
Opening the 27th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Joint African Union (AU)/ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Janneh said in 2007, Africa 's economic growth performance was 5.8 percent, compared to 5.7 percent of the previous year.

Afrik.com

HIV/Aids, Climate Change Africa 's New Challenges – ECA
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Addis Ababa, Apr 02, 2008 (The Daily Monitor/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- -- HIV/AIDS will continue to be the main challenges that the continent will have to grapple with in the second half of the century, the United Nations Economic Commission (UNECA) said ahead as it prepares to mark its 50th year of establishment.

tradingmarkets.com

AU-ECA to Convene Economic Conference In Ethiopia this Month
JOINT MEDIA ADVISORY
Addis Ababa, 11 March 2008: The first session of the Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the United Nations Conference Centre from 31 March to 2 April 2008.

African Press Organization

Global Food Price Rises Worry African Ministers
Addis Ababa - 01 April 2008
A conference of African finance and development ministers in Addis Ababa is examining ways of alleviating the impact of a worldwide rise in food and commodity prices.  VOA's Peter Heinlein reports the head of the U.N. World Food Program is attending, and is looking at an innovative project aimed at easing the burden on Ethiopia 's urban poor.

VOA

Ban Ki-Moon Envisions 'African Century'- If Development Goals Are Met
Addis Ababa, April 1, 2008 (Addis Ababa) - Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for accelerated efforts to reach international development goals to usher in a century of flourishing on the continent.

ENA

AU-ECA Economic Conference concludes
Addis Ababa , April 3, 2008 ( Addis Ababa ) – The First Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development concluded on Wednesday .

The Ethiopian News Agency

Nyong'o Special Guest At Finance Ministers Talks
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Nairobi , Apr 02, 2008 (The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- -- ODM secretary-general Anyang ' Nyong'o attended a meeting of African Finance ministers in Addis Ababa "a special guest".

TradingMarkets.com

Millennium development goals not met by Africa
Thursday 3 April 2008
On that account, Africa 's finance, economy and planning ministers have committed their countries to making employment creation an explicit and central objective of economic and social policies from national to continental level.

afrik.com

Global Food Price Rises Worry African Ministers
01 April 2008
A conference of African finance and development ministers in Addis Ababa is examining ways of alleviating the impact of a worldwide rise in food and commodity prices.  VOA's Peter Heinlein reports the head of the U.N. World Food Program is attending, and is looking at an innovative project aimed at easing the burden on Ethiopia 's urban poor.

VOICE OF AMERICA

Africa needs better meteorological services
03/04/2008
Given Africa's vulnerability to climate change, variability and extreme weather events, better meteorological services are crucial for its development, a senior official of the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said.

Afrique-Actualité

The preparations for the Conference of Trade & Finance Ministers in African Union States 01-04-2008
2008-04-01 To day in Adis Abeba , the meetings of experts starts in order to prepare for the Conference of the Ministers of Trade and Finance in the African States organized by the Industry and Commerce Administration of the Union's Commission.

Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation WWW.LJBC.NET

Climate for Africa growth more conducive - Ethiopia PM
Mon 31 Mar 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - China and India 's explosion of trade with Africa and greater investment and tolerance by traditional partners have boosted the continent's development climate, Ethiopia 's prime minister said on Monday.

Africa.reuters.com

Doha trade negotiations 'next month'
ADDIS ABABA : A long-awaited meeting of ministers to agree on the outlines of a new global trade deal is likely to take place by the end of next month, the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said yesterday.

Gulf Daily News

WFP Executive Director in Ethiopia and Kenya to highlight impact of soaring food prices
Addis Ababa , 1 April 2008 - Amid international concern about soaring food and fuel costs, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Josette Sheeran, will visit Ethiopia from 1-2 April – a year after her inaugural visit in April 2007 – and Kenya from 2-3 April.

World Food Programme

ECA seeks continental approach to African development
31/03/2008     Addis Ababa , Ethiopia (PANA) - United Nation's Under Secretary and Executive Sec retary of the Economic Commission of Africa (ECA) Abdoulie Janneh, has charged A f rican leaders to move away from thinking about issues of economic growth and dev e lopment solely in national terms and adopt a continental perspective.    

Pana Press

Africa : Global Recession May Hamper Continent's Journey to Meet MDGs - UN
"If the strong growth in other developing countries is affected by troubling economic conditions in developed countries, this may adversely affect African Economies because a good part of this recent growth has come from commodity exports to emerging economies" Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA said.

AllAfrica

Joint AU-ECA ministerial forum calls for intensified efforts to achieve MDGs
APA-Addis Ababa ( Ethiopia ) The first joint annual meeting of the African Union (AU) ministers of Economy and Finance and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) concluded in Addis Ababa late on Wednesday by adopting a resolution calling for more efforts towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

APA

UN urges Africa to enhance regional unity to tackle its challenges
APA-Addis Ababa ( Ethiopia ) The United Nations Economic Commision for Africa (UNECA) on Monday urged Africa to enhance its regional unity to tackle its challenges affecting millions of people in the continent. While speaking at the gathering of the 1st African Union and ECA ministers of Economy and Finance taking place in Addis Ababa , the ECA executive director, Abdoulie Janneh told the gathering that there is a great need for the continent to enhance its unity to tackle common challenges.

APA

Africa achieves marginal economic growth in 2007
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) 26/03/2008    - Africa registered a marginally better economic growth performance in 2007, but the continent is still far from achieving the necessary momentum to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the target date of 2015, according to UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdoulie Janneh.    

Pana Press

Economic growth fails to reduce poverty in Africa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Dr. Maxwell M. Mkwezalamba, the African union's commissioner for economic affairs has stated that despite economic growth rates of at least five percent per annum by most African countries in the last three to four years the growths have failed to generate adequate employment and significantly reduction in poverty levels.
According to the Commissioner the relatively high economic growth rates may not be sustainable owing to their having largely emanated from increases in demand for Africa 's commodities and price of fuel.

Sub Saharan Informer

AU-ECA Conference to be held here
ADDIS ABABA - The first session of the joint meetings of the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held March 31 - April 2, 2008 here in Addis.

ENA