S.Africa calls for open World Bank appointment
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South Africa urged the United States on Saturday to abide by an agreement of the Group of 20 economic powers for an open and transparent appointment of the new head of the World Bank.
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How to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society are pressing themes as a summit of African leaders opens Thursday.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday urged developed countries to do more for Africa, including opening their markets to trade.
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A senior U.N. official on the new British-backed Commission for Africa expressed hope Thursday that Britain's prime minister can convince other leaders to double or triple their development assistance to the world's poorest continent.
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KAMPALA, Uganda Feb. 27--South African President Thabo Mbeki on Monday named an interim health minister to replace the ailing but controversial Manto Tshabalala-Msiming, whose reluctance to embrace lifesaving AIDS drugs provoked international rebuke and landed her the derisive nickname Dr. No.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Friday for the World Bank to assume an environmental role capable of taking on the global challenges posed by climate change.
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The G24 group of developing nations demands a bigger say at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown opened a week-long tour of Africa with an appeal for the developed world to back a "new Marshall Plan" to ease the continent's chronic poverty.
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The United Nations is asking Europe to send more troops and military support to the world&#39;s hot spots, particularly in Africa.
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Africa cannot thrive unless Kenya does, so Africans must make solving its crisis a priority, the head of the African Union told the continent's leaders Â among them the Kenyan president Â at Thursday's opening of a three-day summit.
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South Africa will push for the revamp of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund when it takes the helm of the G20 bloc next year, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said.
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Aid to Africa needs to increase by at least 60% if poverty is to be cut, the World Bank said.
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Former UN chief calls for a South African-style truth and reconciliation commission to help end Kenya's crisis.
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The World Health Organization   urged South Africa on Thursday to act quickly to stamp out a   highly-resistant (WHO) form of tuberculosis that has killed at   least 52 people and could spread fast.
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Africa is suffering a crisis of leadership and its heads of state must show more mutual confidence and solidarity if they want to advance continental integration, the African Union's top diplomat said on Monday.
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The Rwandan government Friday expressed welcome to the South African government&#39;s call to the United Nations, which urged the latter to mandate its peacekeepersin the Democratic
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BRUSSELS, Sep 27 (IPS) - Senior World Bank staff have asked the European  Union to consider extending the end-of-year deadline it has set  for a series of free trade agreements with Africa.