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/ 23 December 1997
THE European Union will propose a complete revamp of the Lomé Convention, its long-standing trade deal with the former African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) colonies, when the treaty comes up for renewal next year. Recently released EU negotiating guidelines suggest that the ACP countries, which encompass nations in differnet parts of the world and with […]
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/ 9 December 1997
AN expert at a workshop on drought management argued that the El Niño phenomenon’s impact on Southern Africa has been exaggerated and is already weakening, Business Day reported this morning. Neville Cross of Omnia Holdings says that the El Niño phenomenon disappeared entirely for about eight days in November, then returned in a much weaker […]