KATHMANDU - The Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction (MoPR) together with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and German development agency Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), today inaugurated a new road that connects remote villages of Baitadi district in far-western Nepal, providing communities with better access to markets, health centres, schools and other key facilities.

Addis Ababa May 9/2013 Germany will further strengthen ongoing support through knowledge and technology transfer towards growth of Ethiopia's agricultural productivity, the Federal Minister of Agriculture of Germany, llse Aigner said.

A German-Ethiopian advanced training center with the Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center was inaugurated by Aigner and Agriculture State Minister Wondyirad Mandefro. The government of Germany allocated 2.7 million Euro budget for the center.

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L’évaluation a été confié au Centre International de Déminage Humanitaire de Genève (CIDHG) agissant en partenariat avec le programme universitaire indépendant Small Arms Survey. Le mandat comprenait:

• L'évaluation de l'efficacité des activités de dépollution de la zone de Mpila à Brazzaville;

• L'évaluation des processus de coordination entre les autorités nationales, l'équipe de l’action contre les mines des Nations unies (UNMAT), les partenaires d'exécution, les bailleurs de fonds et les autres parties prenantes;

By Marlon A. Loterte

LEGAZPI CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- The German government has donated P1.6 million to install local flood early warning system in the town of Malinao and Tabaco City in Albay.

This following the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) Thursday last week by Albay Gov. Joey Salceda for the provincial government and Olaff Neussner for the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ),

The signing of the MOA also marked the start of implementation of the project.

03/04/2013 - Development aid fell by 4% in real terms in 2012, following a 2% fall in 2011. The continuing financial crisis and euro zone turmoil has led several governments to tighten their budgets, which has had a direct impact on aid to poor countries. There is also a noticeable shift in aid away from the poorest countries and towards middle-income countries. However, on the basis of the DAC Survey on Donors’ Forward Spending Plans, a moderate recovery in aid levels is expected in 2013.

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BERLIN, March 20, 2013 (AFP) - Germany said Wednesday it was prepared to take in another 5,000 Syrian refugees in the coming months in response to deteriorating conditions in the war-ravaged country.

Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said Germany would grant asylum to 3,000 Syrians from June at the latest, followed by another 2,000 later this year in response to an "increasingly difficult" situation, bringing to about 13,000 the number of Syrian refugees taken in since the start of 2012.

"We want to take quick action," he told reporters.

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today received from the Permanent Observer of Germany to the organization, Peter Ammon, the commitment of the European country to contribute 500,000 Euros (approximately $650,000) to the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP-OAS).

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Federal Foreign Minister Westerwelle issued the following statement today on the occasion of the talks being held in Rome by the Group of Friends of the Syrian People:

“We are shocked by the images that reach us from Syria every day. In this emergency situation it is our duty to help our fellow man. The German Government is therefore making available an additional five million euros for humanitarian aid. We want to send a signal of solidarity and support to those who are suffering greatly in Syria and the neighbouring countries.”

GinaAger Town February 18/2013. Safe water project constructed in GinaAger Town, North Shoa Zone of Amhara State by Menschen für Menschen, a humanitarian organization, with over 7.2 million Birr was inaugurated over the weekend. Zonal Chief, Eshete Asfaw and Ambassador of Germany to Ethiopia, Lieselore Cyrus inaugurated the facility constructed with the financial support of the government of Germany and also with participation of the public.