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News Archive

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Suspension of Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General's mission to Rwanda
Released:  18 April 2010
Postponement due to current conditions affecting travel throughout Europe

Secretary-General to visit Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa
Released:  16 April 2010
Visits part of regular consultations with leaders on organisations' activities

Deputy Secretary-General leads team to Rwanda
Released:  16 April 2010
A multi-disciplinary delegation from the Commonwealth Secretariat in London will visit Rwanda from 18 to 21 April 2010 to explore, with the government and other stakeholders, areas of cooperation with and assistance to the country

Commonwealth conference in Mauritius to focus on IT services
Released:  16 April 2010
Meeting aims to promote trade in professional services as a way creating alternative and additional sources of employment, incomes and livelihood

Winners of Commonwealth Writers’ Prize ‘take readers outside comfort zone’
Released:  13 April 2010
Rana Dasgupta scoops Best Book prize while Glenda Guest wins in the Best First Book category

Hopes for peaceful elections in Guyana as media strike deal
Released:  13 April 2010
Secretariat teams up with United Nations to broker media code of conduct for Guyanese elections and beyond

Recent reforms help Mauritius dodge global crisis
Released:  13 April 2010
Robust growth has made the economy resilient to external shocks

Country report: Spotlight on Swaziland
Released:  13 April 2010
Helping officials implement local government reforms and lawyers draft new legislation are among the Commonwealth’s work programmes in this Southern African country

Expert Analysis: Are the Commonwealth's cities getting sick?
Released:  13 April 2010
Professor Cliff Hague, one of the authors of a new Secretariat discussion paper on the State of Commonwealth Cities, warns of the risks of failing to address urbanisation:

Commonwealth News: March- April 2010
Released:  13 April 2010
A comprehensive briefing on news from the Secretariat and other Commonwealth organisations from 31st March – 13th April