DEVELOPMENT:    EU Promises Action Over MDGs
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BRUSSELS, Sep 22 (IPS) - EU development commissioner designate Louis Michel  has promised to make the MDGs "central to all of the European  Commission's policies."
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BRUSSELS, Nov 1 (IPS) - A leading development group has welcomed EU  proposals to allow export of cheap medicines to poor countries  fighting HIV/AIDS and other killer diseases.
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EU and African ministers vow action on migration, but fail to set up a fund requested by African states.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 15  (IPS) - Central African countries have committed themselves  to finalising an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the  European Union by June this year.
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The leaders of Italy, France and Spain sent a letter to the European Union on Monday, urging the bloc to approve measures to help them cope with the flood of illegal migrants from Africa.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 14 (IPS) - Anti-poverty campaigners are concerned that a new  European Union proposal for improving development aid may not  result in sufficient extra money for health and education in poor  countries.
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The European Union's head office proposed new regulations Friday to allow the export of cheap copies of patented drugs to poor nations fighting AIDS and other killer diseases.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 20 (IPS) - African governments are worried that funds from the  European Union (EU) to help them increase their countries'  share of world trade could be at the expense of other forms of  development aid.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Fresh challenges and opportunities for EU  development policy will be explored at a critical meeting next  week.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 24  (IPS) - The European Union is beginning to take action over  the human rights crisis in Darfur  ahead of the Aug. 29 United  Nations deadline to the Sudanese government.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 27 (IPS) - The European Union's humanitarian aid policy  does not draw a sufficiently clear distinction between responses  to emergencies and longer-term development assistance, a new  report has concluded.
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The European Commission will unveil plans in the coming months for a partnership between the European Union and China over Africa, EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel said Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS, May 25 (IPS) - The European Union and West Africa could scarcely  be more different in terms of wealth, yet a pending trade  agreement risks making the disparity even greater.
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The leaders of Italy, France and Spain sent a letter to the European Union on Monday, urging the bloc to approve measures to help them cope with the flood of illegal migrants from Africa.Comment
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The European Union is to draw up plans for a force to go to countries neighbouring Sudan's Darfur region.
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The European Union took the first step on Monday towards sending forces to Chad and the Central African Republican to help the United Nations protect refugees trapped in the violent region bordering Darfur.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 25 (IPS) - An EU âaction planâ to soften the blow from  proposed sugar reforms is not good enough, some of the poorest  developing countries say.