Posts Tagged ‘european-union’
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The European Union has extended targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe for a further period of 12 months, but has removed six individuals and nine companies from the list. The European Union said on Tuesday it chose to extend the measures because of ‘lack of progress in the implementation of the Global Political Agreement signed in September 2008′.
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Zimbabwe: European Union Extends Targeted Sanctions on Country
Tags: agreement, european, european-union, from-the-list, global, implementation, list, period, removed-six, zimbabwe
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Ivorian poultry producers are enjoying strong growth thanks to the imposition of a tax on imports of poultry products from the European Union and South America.
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Côte d’Ivoire: Policy Changes Revive Poultry Industry
Tags: european, european-union, implementation, imposition, list, poultry-products, removed-six, south, strong-growth
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Hassan Shehata can coach Nigeria at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa if he wishes, according to the Egyptian Football Association.
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Nigeria/Egypt: Egypt Coach Cleared to Work for Country
Tags: africa, european, european-union, fifa, imposition, list, poultry-products, removed-six, shehata, south, the-2010
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The European Union’s decision to extend sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and senior members of the ruling ZANU-PF party was endorsed by a leading human rights organization.
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Zimbabwe: Europe Extends Sanctions Again
Tags: africa, european, european-union, leading-human, president-robert, robert, ruling, the-ruling, zanu, zimbabwean
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
The European Union’s council of ministers will meet in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday to endorse a proposal to extend the sanctions against Zimbabwe until 20 February 2011.
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Zimbabwe: EU to Endorse Decision to Extend Targeted Sanctions by Another Year
Tags: africa, belgium, belgium-on-tuesday, brussels, european, european-union, extend-the-sanctions, sanctions, tuesday, zimbabwe
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
The delay in the signing of economic partnership agreements by East African Community member states has aroused the ire of the European Union.
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East Africa: EU Fury over Bilateral Trade Pact Delay
Tags: africa, area, aroused-the-ire, economic-partnership, european, european-union, friday, merchant-ship, naval-force, pirates-had, signing, the-ire, the-signing
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
Danish specialist troops seized a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden Friday, soon after Somali pirates had boarded it and tried to hijack it, the European Union’s naval force for the area said.
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Somalia: Nato Forces Recover Ship from Pirates
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
Ugandan MPs probably didn’t know what a firestorm David Bahati of the ruling National Resistance Movement would raise when he first presented his proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill in October 14, 2009.
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Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Law Sets Off Firestorm in the West
Tags: africa, area, david, david-bahati, economic-partnership, european, european-union, friday, merchant-ship, national-resistance, naval-force, pirates-had, the-ire, the-signing
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
The European Union should maintain its travel restrictions and asset freezes on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle until Zimbabwe carries out the concrete human rights reforms set out in the 2008 Global Political Agreement, Human Rights Watch said today. The EU is currently reviewing its sanctions policy toward Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe: EU - Keep Sanctions on Mugabe’s Inner Circle
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Ten terror suspects including two Nigerians said to be accomplices of Christmas Day United States jetliner failed bomber, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, have been arrested in Malaysia, the country has announced.
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Nigeria: Malaysia Arrests Suspected Accomplices of Alleged Plane Bomber
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