Dakar, May 12 (APS) – President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal threatens to sue the FAO, accused of deducting 20 per cent of the aid funds collected on the behalf of the African countries confronted with food crisis.
Dakar, May 7 (APS) – Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade pleads for the elimination of the FAO and the transfer of its competences and facilities to the International Fund for agricultural development (IFAD) that will be then turned into a new organisation called ‘’World Fund for Assistance to Agriculture’’ with its headquarters in Africa.
Dakar, April 29 (APS) – President Abdoulaye Wade has launched a new agricultural programme called GOANA to achieve self-sufficiency in his country, and to tackle the crisis triggered by rising global food prices.
Dakar, April 15 (APS) – The different components of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) will be ‘’very soon’’ integrated into the African Union (AU), following a decision made by the Implementation Committee members during a meeting in Dakar on Tuesday.
Dakar, April 14 (APS) -The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) implementation committee will meet in Dakar on Tuesday to put this African Union initiative into the ‘’right path’’, according to an official source.