Plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria

The Chairman of the Committee of Ambassadors of the ACP Group H.E. Fatumanava III Dr. Pa’o LUTERU, Ambassador of Samoa, was shocked and dismayed to learn of the tragedy that occurred in Nigeria on 3rd October 2013 when an Associate Airlines plane crashed at the Lagos airport, killing at least 15 of its passengers.  

Geneva, 1 October 2013/ ITC/ ACP: Electronic commerce, or e-commerce, has become a significant tool in unlocking job creation and innovation for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries.

Brussels, 30 September 2013/ ACP: Prominent academic and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Prof. E. Nigel Harris stressed the role of tertiary education as an engine for economic growth in developing countries, while calling for deeper collaboration across ACP regions in the process.

Brussels, 30 September 2013/ ACP: The Democratic Republic of Congo has completed the process of ratifying the 2010 revised version of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, also known as the Cotonou Agreement.
 

Brussels, 30 September 2013/CTA/ACP: The 33^rd Brussels Briefings session this Wednesday 2 October will bring together researchers, politicians and experts to discuss the topic ‘Agriculture: a driving force for economic and social transformation in Africa.’
 

Brussels, 24 September 2013/ ACP: The ACP Secretary-General, Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, was deeply dismayed to learn of the terrorist attack carried out by the militant Islamist group, Al-Shabaab, at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday 21 September 2013.