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The European Union said it signed a voluntary partnership agreement with Ivory Coast to combat the problem of illegal logging.
Last week's donor conference for Malian reconstruction exceeded expectations set by leading delegates, Malian and European leaders said Tuesday.
Militants aligned with al-Qaida fighting in Mali and other parts of North Africa are "armed to the teeth," the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman said.
The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court said she was alarmed by reports that Malian forces committed abuses in their fight against northern rebels.
The European Union's development commissioner said Ghana is a valued partner for the promotion of sustainable energy solutions in Africa.
The European government said it was supporting political transition in Yemen through a package of measures meant to help address governmental challenges.
EU worried by African famine
Despite substantial financial commitment for drought and famine relief in the Horn of Africa, more work needs to be done, European leaders said.
Investments in Europe's clean energy sector grew by a modest 4 percent in 2011, but it remained the globe's top destination for such dollars, a new report says.
Negotiated political settlements with ethnic groups in Myanmar are a "key ingredient" to long-term national stability, an EU official said.
The European Union and the United States must work together in order to make a December climate-change conference a success, said Andris Piebalgs.
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A child is seen playing at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Berlin on June 18, 2013. Obama is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and will later speak at the Brandenburg Gate where fifty years earlier, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David Silpa