Brussels, 29/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - African countries weakened by the global economic downturn should be our first thought. That is the main recommendation of the first ever European Report on Development (ERD), launched at European Development Days which ended on Saturday 24 October in Stockholm. Drafted by independent European experts, the report highlights the destabilising effect of the global economic downturn on the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and makes recommendations for the...