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Conference places urban poverty on top of Africa’s agenda
	Durban, 4 Feb 05 UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, told delegates attending the African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development that African countries were poorer now than they were in the early 1960s, partly because the continent had been not been integrated into the world trade system on favourable terms.


High-level talks begin at African housing and urban development conference
	Durban, 3 Feb 05 DURBAN, 3 February 2005 - Ministers and senior officials from more than 40 African countries gathered in Durban, South Africa on Thursday at the First African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) to thrash out ways of tackling growing urbanization in a continent where, south of the Sahara, over 70 per cent of urban dwellers live in slums.


African countries urged to speak with one voice
	Durban, 2 Feb 05 Experts meeting at the ongoing African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) joined the African Union and UN-HABITAT with passionate calls for Africa to speak with one voice at a series of forthcoming international meetings.


African governments meet to discuss the continent’s urban future
	Durban, 1 Feb 05 An African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) opened in Durban, South Africa, yesterday with a warning that unless African countries take urgent action on runaway urbanization and growing slums, they will fail future generations.


African ministerial conference on housing and urban development
	Durban, 31 Jan 05 Cabinet ministers and senior officials from more than 40 African countries will gather in Durban, South Africa, this week for the first African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD).


Dubai Awards for best practices in human settlements
	Dubai, 31 Jan 05 The 2004 Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment will be conferred on Monday to an international array of 10 winners from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Iran, Kenya, Palestine, Spain, Togo, and Uzbekistan.


Italy releases funds for implementation of Serbian housing programme
	Belgrade, 28 Jan 05 UN-HABITAT this week received 5.9 million euros from the Italian Goverment to start implementation of a new social and housing integration programme for tens of thousands of war refugees and other vulnerable people in Serbia.


UN-HABITAT, European Commission pledge increased cooperation to address Africa’s urbanization challenges
	Nairobi, 28 Jan 05 UN-HABITAT and the European Commission this week pledged greater collaboration to help African countries address the challenge of rapid urbanization on the continent.


Commission for Africa Holds Consultation Workshop in Uganda
	Kampala, 27 Jan 05 More than 100 participants converged at the Speke Resort in Kampala last week for a Commission for Africa (CFA) consultation workshop with calls for greater attention to problems facing the African continent.


Reducing poverty is possible, says new UN Report
	Nairobi, 26 Jan 05 The countries of the world stand a fair chance of cutting poverty by half in the coming decade and enabling billions more people to enjoy the fruits of the global economy, says a new landmark report by the United Nations.

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