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News Archive

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Chair of Commonwealth observers meets head of Nigerian electoral body
Released:  31 March 2011
“I share the sense of excitement and anticipation that we have come across in Nigeria, but also their apprehensions" - chair Festus Mogae ahead of Nigerian elections

Rwandan Information Minister Protais Musoni announces changes for the media at Commonwealth Rwanda Media Forum
Released:  31 March 2011
Government of Rwanda will replace the country’s state-owned television network with a public broadcaster

Turning job seekers into job makers
Released:  31 March 2011
Commonwealth Secretariat launches a youth enterprise centre in India to aid young entrepreneurs in realising their aspirations

Media needs to do more for good governance and development – Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General
Released:  29 March 2011
Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba addresses the Commonwealth Rwanda Media Forum on the media’s role as agents of development

Nigeria polls a chance to write a new electoral chapter, say Commonwealth Observers
Released:  28 March 2011
"It is vital that Nigeria write a new electoral chapter, restoring public confidence in the country's democratic institutions and processes" - Festus Mogae

Caribbean school children to benefit from Commonwealth and Microsoft collaboration
Released:  28 March 2011
Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth of Learning and Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago jointly agree to improve access to, and use of, information and communication technologies

Commonwealth supports ICT teacher training in Guyana
Released:  25 March 2011
South African specialist deployed to assist Guyana Ministry of Education in realising its ICT in Education Initiative

'The Commonwealth has to embrace reform' - Sir Ronald Sanders
Released:  25 March 2011
The Eminent Persons Group has made bold recommendations, he says

Collaboration between central and local governments examined at forum
Released:  24 March 2011
National goals can be more easily achieved through a stronger interface between politicians and bureaucrats - Max Everest-Phillips

'Now is the time for reform' declares Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group
Released:  23 March 2011
EPG issues statement following its fourth meeting before its report is sent to Commonwealth Heads of Government