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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9878

8 April 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Commission pledges 115 million euros in aid for Southern and Eastern Africa

Brussels, 07/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - On the fringes of a visit to Zambia to negotiate an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton promised that the EU would provide €115 million in aid from the 10th European Development Fund to finance a transport route between northern and southern Africa. The planned new transport corridor is a project managed by the three main regional communities in Africa, the Common Market...

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