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Published: 01 December, 2008

Former president of Botswana Festus Mogae was awarded the second Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership in a ceremony in Alexandria, Egypt. Mr Mogae was cited for his successes in expanding the Botswanan economy and in reducing the country’s HIV/Aids rate.

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The possible rise in sea levels this century, according to the United Nations Panel on Climate Change. The UNPCC convened 187 nations in Poznan, Poland, in preparation for the creation of an international treaty on climate change in Copenhagen in 2009.

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China’s 2010 target for Sino-African trade, up from $39.7bn in 2005. China has also more than doubled the number of tariff-free import items from its African partners, to more than 440.

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