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Improving internet connectivity for rural communities in Commonwealth Africa
Released:  30 November 2007
Launch of Commonwealth Connects COMARCI project

The Commonwealth’s response to HIV and AIDS
Released:  30 November 2007
“Overcoming HIV and AIDS requires leadership from all parts of society” – Don McKinnon

Secretary-General to visit Mauritius
Released:  29 November 2007
Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon will pay an official visit to Mauritius on 3 December 2007

McKinnon in Seychelles
Released:  29 November 2007
Secretary-General holds talks with President and Vice-President

Commonwealth Connects workshop on e-business and e-government
Released:  29 November 2007
E-business and e-government for the Caribbean workshop

Transforming societies – a democratic process
Released:  28 November 2007
Achieving political, economic and human development across the Commonwealth

Global ICT access for rural India
Released:  27 November 2007
Commonwealth projects address the deepening digital divide

Homespun Museveni delivers the big message
Released:  26 November 2007
Yoweri Museveni is a most unusual President. He has a lot of messages to put across and he does this with an endless fund of homespun tales. These days Commonwealth summits must have a theme and this year’s was the transformation of societies.

Sharma – Fifth in a remarkable line
Released:  25 November 2007
Since the Commonwealth set up a Secretariat in 1965 it has scored well with its Secretaries-General. They have made up a rich mix of personalities, each quite different from the other and each from a different region of the Commonwealth. Kamalesh Sharma is only the fifth in line in 42 years and the first from Asia.

CHOGM final communiqué released
Released:  25 November 2007
Commonwealth Heads of Government met in Kampala, Uganda between 23 and 25 November 2007 for their biennial meeting