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The latest in-depth analysis of African and United Nations issues by the Africa Renewal team.
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Words into deeds on SDG 16 in Africa
Submitted by: Sahra El Fassi on 4 November 2015African leaders at the 70th United Nations General Assembly last September stressed the importance of good governance and indicated a realistic chance that they would integrate Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) into existing African development frameworks.
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Addis deal sealed
Submitted by: Jocelyne Sambira on 16 July 2015A Global Development Partnership deal sealed between rich and poor nations in Addis was formally adopted Thursday in a room packed with participants from all over the globe. Cell phones were out and lights were flashing as people tried to capture the moment. "We've opened the doors and now we can run through them," Amina Mohamed, the Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning told reporters on the last day of the financing conference.
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The home stretch
Submitted by: Jocelyne Sambira on 15 July 2015Three days after the start of the financing for development conference in Ethiopia, we are in the home stretch. Negotiations on a draft text entered their final stages on Wednesday.
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The #FFD conference is not about “putting money on the table”
Submitted by: Jocelyne Sambira on 14 July 2015Riding back to my hotel after Day 2 of the Financing for Development Conference, my mind was racing over a conversation I just had with the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes.
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Leave no one behind in the new development agenda
Submitted by: Jocelyne Sambira on 13 July 2015“Leave no one behind in the new development agenda” was the appeal made by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the opening of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Monday.
