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Food security, climate change and global resource scarcity
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"Not every country in Africa can reach every target – but every country can go further and faster."
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Priorities for EU’s 2013 cooperation with MENA countries unveiled
Libya and Algeria may soon fully participate in the European Union’s cooperation instrument for its North African and Middle Eastern neighbors and receive more European aid by 2013.
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Brazil teases wish list for Rio+20
Amid criticism of its credentials as host of an upcoming major U.N. conference, Brazil has identified the issues it hopes to see on the final outcome document to be adopted at the end of the event.
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Recommended: Policies tackling job creation in North Africa
How can policymakers address youth unemployment in North Africa? The African Development Bank in North Africa 2012 report puts the spotlight on this problem and recommends several policy options governments can adopt to address the situation.
Rebel group gives green light to aid convoy to Timbuktu
An aid convoy containing food and medical supplies may finally reach Timbuktu in northern Mali.
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