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	<title>African Diplomacy Observer</title>
	<link>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com</link>
	<description>News, Information  and Analysis on diplomatic (national, regional and international) actitivites within Africa, with a particular focus on political, security and peace issues</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Military Exercise in the ECCAS Region</title>
		<link>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/25/military-exercise-in-the-eccas-region/</link>
		<comments>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/25/military-exercise-in-the-eccas-region/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding</category>
	<category>Defense Diplomacy</category>
		<guid>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/25/military-exercise-in-the-eccas-region/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The ten member States of the Economic Community of Central African States -ECCAS-&nbsp;(Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,&nbsp;and Sao Tome&nbsp;and Principe),&nbsp;plus a non-member State, Togo, carried out on 17 November 2007 a common military exercise in Chad. The exercise code-named &quot;Bahr el-Gazel 2005&quot; took place in the Chadian town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President of Mali Visits Algeria</title>
		<link>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/25/president-of-mali-visits-algeria/</link>
		<comments>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/25/president-of-mali-visits-algeria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Algeria</category>
	<category>Visits</category>
	<category>Bilateral Diplomacy</category>
	<category>Mali</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Amadou Toumani Touré, the President of the Republic of Mali&nbsp; arrived in Algeria on Friday 23 November 2007&nbsp;for a two-day&nbsp;visit of state at the invitation of his counterpart, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. During this visit, President Toure is due to sign minutes of the 10th session of the Algerian-Malian Border Bilateral Commission held in Algiers on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President of the SA Parliament Visits His Algerian Counterpart</title>
		<link>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/24/president-of-the-sa-parliament-visits-his-algerian-counterpart/</link>
		<comments>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/24/president-of-the-sa-parliament-visits-his-algerian-counterpart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Algeria</category>
	<category>South Africa</category>
	<category>Parliamentary Diplomacy</category>
		<guid>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/24/president-of-the-sa-parliament-visits-his-algerian-counterpart/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The president of the South African National Assembly, Mrs. Baleka Mbete, started on 23 November a-three-day-official visit in Algeria to &quot;strengthen and reaffirm friendship ties&quot; between the two countries. According to a communiqué of the Algerian National Popular assembly, the&nbsp;aim of this visit is to &quot;contribute to the reinforcement of relations between the two parliamentarian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Côte d&#8217;Ivoire Foreign Minister Visits Kuweit</title>
		<link>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/23/cote-divoire-foreign-minister-visited-koweit/</link>
		<comments>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/23/cote-divoire-foreign-minister-visited-koweit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Côte d'Ivoire</category>
	<category>Visits</category>
	<category>Bilateral Cooperation</category>
		<guid>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/23/cote-divoire-foreign-minister-visited-koweit/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	C&ocirc;te d&#8217;Ivoire Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Youssouf Bakayoko, undertook a friendship and work visit to Kuweit from 13-14 November 2007. the Ivorian Foreign Minister was invited by his Kuwaiti counterpart and ws also carrying a message of the Ivorian President, Laurent Gbagbo, for the Kuwaiti leader, His Highness the Emir Cheick Sabah Al-Ahmed El [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African Diplomacy at the UN</title>
		<link>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/10/african-diplomacy/</link>
		<comments>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/10/african-diplomacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Books on Diplomacy</category>
		<guid>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/10/african-diplomacy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	&quot;The UN Experience deals with some of the many issues, affecting Africa, which came before the United Nations in the immediate, post-independence period. Of major importance were the establishment of the Economic Commission for Africa, and the revocation of the Mandate which conferred on South Africa responsibility for the administration of the Trusteeship Territory of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Deputy Secretary of State&#8217;s African Trip</title>
		<link>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/09/us-deputy-secretary-of-states-african-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/09/us-deputy-secretary-of-states-african-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Agenda</category>
	<category>Visits</category>
		<guid>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/09/us-deputy-secretary-of-states-african-trip/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ambassador John Negroponte, the US Deputy Secretary of State, will carry out an African tour that will bring him to C&ocirc;te d&#8217;Ivoire as from the&nbsp;10th of November 2007. During this step, the&nbsp;US official&nbsp;will seize this opportunity to learn from the Ivorian peace process&nbsp;evolution. He&nbsp;will meet with the Ivorian President, Laurent Gbagbo, the Prime Minister, Guillaume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African Union Launched its First Diplomatic Mission</title>
		<link>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/08/african-union-launched-its-first-diplomatic-mission/</link>
		<comments>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/08/african-union-launched-its-first-diplomatic-mission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Africa Union</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	A couple of months ago, in July 2007, the African Union (AU) launched in the United States its first&nbsp;diplomatic mission ever accredited&nbsp;to a country. This mission is a fundamental shift in the AU representation policy and practice abroad. In fact, so far, AU&#8217;s representation or external relations on the continent and outside were managed through&nbsp;Sub-regional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessing China&#8217;s Commitments vis-à-vis Africa</title>
		<link>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/02/assessing-chinas-commitments-vis-a-vis-africa-made-in-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/02/assessing-chinas-commitments-vis-a-vis-africa-made-in-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>China-Africa Relations</category>
		<guid>http://diplobserver.blogsome.com/2007/11/02/assessing-chinas-commitments-vis-a-vis-africa-made-in-2006/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	One year ago, in November 2006, China and African States gathered in Beijing for a Forum on Sino-African Cooperation. At the end of this Forum, the Beijing Action Plan (2007-2009) was set up to establish a new sino-african strategic partnership based on equality, mutual confidence in&nbsp;political relationships, wiw-win cooperation in&nbsp;economical relationships, and in mutual exchange [...]]]></description>
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