Media Coverage

Draft Ministerial Statement: UNECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Abuja, 11-15 May 2005
Institute for Security Studies
Amoako bids farewell to ECA
GhanaWeb, 17 May 2005
 
Africa Calls for Debts' Cancellation
allAfrica.com, 17 May 2005

South Africa Advocates Aid Transparency Initiative
GhanaWeb, 16 May 2005
African finance ministers call for end to poverty
SABCnews, 16 May 2005

ADB Scales Up Support toward Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals
African Development Bank Group , 15 May 2005

More actions needed for big push in Africa: UN official
People's Daily Online, 15 May 2005

African finance ministers meet in Nigeria to fight poverty and AIDS
Daily Times, 15 May 2005
Africa brainstorms on poverty
Finance24.com, 15 May 2005
Africa sets sights on millennium goals
Business Report & Independent Online, 14 May 2005
More actions needed for big push in Africa: UN official
Xinhuanet, 14 May 2005
How Africa Can Achieve MDG, By Minister
ThisDay, 12 May 2005
Economic Growth Improving
MATHABA.NET, 12 May 2005

Africa: Economic Growth Improving
Africa Focus, 09 May 2005
290 million Africans live in abject poverty, says ECA
AngolaPress, 05 May 2005
AngolaPress
African Finance Ministers Prepare For Meeting on Poverty
PrensaLatina,
05 May 2005
Economic Commission to Discuss Africa Poverty
allAfrica, 05 May 2005
Africa's poor soars
News24.com,
03 May 2005
Africa's Finance Ministers to Chart New Course On MDGs
Public Agenda
, 02 May 2005

304m Africans Live Below Poverty Line - UNECA
allAfrica, 29 April 2005

Africa's Finance Ministers to chart new course on MDGs
Daily Mail, 26 April 2005

Africa's Finance Ministers to meet in Abuja
Africast, 26 April 2005
Africa’s Finance Ministers to Chart New Course Towards MDGs
Harold Doan, 19 April 2005
   

Press Releases

African Ministers Hear Calls For Faster Progress Towards MDGs
ECA Press Release No. 12/2005, Abuja, 14 May 2005
ECA's Conference of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Ministers kicked off Saturday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, with calls for renewed African commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and reducing African poverty.

Media Advisory 12/2005

Over 30 Ministers to Attend Abuja Meeting
Addis Ababa, 6 May 2005
The 38th Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development gets underway in Abuja, Nigeria, next week with some 49 ministers and central bank governors having so far confirmed their attendance.

Africa’s finance ministers to chart new course towards MDGs
ECA Press Release No. 08/2005, 19 April 2005.
The ECA’s 38th conference of African ministers of finance, planning and economic development will take place in the Nigerian capital Abuja from 14-15 May where discussions will focus on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how to achieve them.