African Union Ministers of trade have converged in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss the financial crisis and other challenges that are being faced by the continent.
Commerce Deputy Minister Richard Taima is attending the fifth ordinary session of the two day AU conference of Ministers which opened yesterday.
The conference is also expected to reflect on developments such as increasing food prices, climate change on the continent and global trade.
This session is a key institutional framework of the AU which provides a forum to review developments on the continent, take stock and asses policy implementation.
This is contained in a statement made to ZANIS by Zambia’s Embassy in Ethiopia First Secretary for Press Dorcas Chileshe.
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Prepare for hard times ahead.
My dear, for how long are we going to be reminded to prepare for hard times?
“In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasnt such a great idea after all.” Strobe Talbot, President Clintons Deputy Secretary of State, as quoted in Time, July 20th, l992.