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- Treaty of Paris - 23 July 1952
- Treaty of Rome - 1 January 1958
- Maastricht Treaty - 1 November 1993
- Treaty of Lisbon - 1 December 2009
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- Sunday 21 April 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 20, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has denied that the government is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land in order to lease it to foreign investors.
“As far (...)
- Tuesday 28 August 2012
August 27, 2012 (NAIROBI) - The international community will need to be tougher with the successor to Meles Zenawi’s leadership of Ethiopia to prevent negative consequences at both national and regional levels the International Crisis (...)
- Friday 12 October 2012
October 11, 2012 (JUBA) - The French government as part of the European Union has called for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty in South Sudan, saying the practice provides no alternative to fighting crime in the new nation. (...)
- Sunday 25 March 2012
By Julius N. Uma
March 25, 2012 (JUBA) — The European Union (EU) has allocated €9m for humanitarian assistance to people affected by over two decades of the Joseph Kony-led Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) as part of the United Nations and (...)
- Tuesday 23 April 2013
April 22, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The European Union announced on Monday it will sink more than 14.5 million euros ($18.8 million) into health-related programmes in Sudan in an effort to strengthen the sector. A nurse medicates a patient in (...)
- Friday 8 March 2013
March 7, 2012 (JUBA) – A European Union (EU) envoy has called for an independent judiciary in South Sudan, describing it as a “cornerstone” for the rule of law and respect for fundamental human rights in the new nation. South Sudan Chief (...)
- Saturday 7 August 2010
August 6, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The former UK Ambassador to Sudan, Dame Rosalind Marsden, will become the European Union’s Special Representative to the country on September 1.
Marsden who served as UK Ambassador until May this year will (...)
- Tuesday 24 May 2011
May 23, 2011 (JUBA) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organization, has suspended its primary health care activities in the disputed oil-region of Abyei in the aftermath of violent clashes over the (...)
- Wednesday 27 March 2013
March 25, 2013 (BOR/JUBA) – A caravan stands next to a tent. On it was a phrase, “Bye Bye Guns – I don’t need you any more”, signifying the start of an anti-small arms campaign in South Sudan’s largest state. Balázs Horváth, UNDP Country (...)
- Thursday 16 October 2003
KHARTOUM, Oct. 16, 2003 (KUNA) — An official report released here said the European Union (EU) was the largest importer of Sudanese exports, followed by Asian countries.
The report on the Sudanese trade exchange and exports during (...)
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