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1.	Resolution from Pre-ACHPR NGO Forum in Swaziland
	Author: various	Date Written: 7 May 2008
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: Psambazuka News 369
	Secondary Category: Zimbabwe	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org/en
	Key Words: Swaziland, AU, African Commission,
	Summary & Comment: Here is the resolution on Zimbabwe of the Forum on the Participation in the 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights that was held in Ezulwini, Swaziland, from 3-5 May 2008. DN
2.	Campaign to restate and implement AU Abuja April 2001 15% Commitment
	Author: various	Date Written: 30 April 2008
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: Pambazuka News
	Secondary Category: AIDS and Health	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
	Key Words: AU Abuja, 15% commitment, HIV/AIDS, campaign,
	Summary & Comment: On the 7th anniversary of the pledge by African Union member states to allocate 15% of national budgets to health the Africa Public Health Alliance 15% Now Campaign urges African Heads of State and Government not to in any way revise, drop, or further delay implementing the Abuja April 2001 commitment. The the 15% Now Campaign also made a 7 point c . . . [expand]
3.	Zambia: NEPAD pact to boost farming in Africa
	Author: Francis Ayieko	Date Written: 21 April 2008
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: East African, Kenya
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL:
	Key Words: Zambia, CAADP. COMESA, sustainable, poverty, hunger,
	Summary & Comment: Agricultural experts, policymakers, and representatives from Africa and the international community will meet in Lusaka from April 29-30. Zambia will sign on to participate in a Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). The goal is to reduce hunger and poverty by half by the year 2015. Are GM seeds far behind? DN
4.	African governments reject U.N. intervention in Zimbabwe
	Author: Haider Rizvi	Date Written: 18 April 2008
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: IPS
	Secondary Category: Zimbabwe	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net/africa
	Key Words: AU, UN, EU, intervention, Zimbabwe,
	Summary & Comment: Despite mounting pressure from some major Western powers to intervene in Zimbabwe’s electoral crisis, U.N. involvement is still rejected by most members of the African Union. DN
5.	African Union Monitor Weekly Update
	Author: Issue 133, 2008	Date Written: 17 April 2008
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: African Union
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
	Key Words: AU Monitor, update,
	Summary & Comment: The AU Monitor and the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) invite research papers for the forthcoming publication "African Perspectives on Aid in Africa" to be published in September 2008. A comprehensive list of the past weeks events follows. DN
6.	African Union Monitor Weekly Roundup
	Author: Weekly Roundup	Date Written: 27 March 2008
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: African Union Monitor Weekly Roundup
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.aumonitor.org
	Key Words: African Union, Monitor, Roundup,
	Summary & Comment: Here is an overview of news about the Comoros, the AU Standby Force, food insecurity, alternative Chinese aid and trade, the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development, an up-coming media summit, ECOWAS, and UEMOA. DN
7.	Experts to interrogate the implementation deficit
	Author: Ato Mekonnnen Manyazewal, Addis Ababa	Date Written: 26 March 2008
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: UNECA
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.uneca.org
	Key Words: implementation, deficit,
	Summary & Comment: Why do nations sign numerous international agreements and fail to provide resources for their implement? In this article the Ethiopian minister of State for finance and economic development calls on the African Union experts gathered at a United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Devel . . . [expand]