The international community is being urged to put commitments to gender equality into action by ensuring that development assistance to post-conflict countries also reaches women on the ground.
Africa’s plan to create a free trade zone across the continent will be fully supported by the UN, according to a senior official working on African issues.
Political leaders have set the target of 2017 for the Continental Free Trade Agreement to be implemented.
Richard Curtis is known around the world as the film-maker behind international hits such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mr. Bean, Love Actually, and Bridget Jones’s Diary, as well as for his involvement with the charity Comic Relief.
