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June 2011

Donated food for Saharawi refugee camps during month of Ramadan

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Algiers, June 1, 2011 (SPS) - About 150 tons of food will be sent next week to the Saharawi refugee camps, indicated, Tuesday in Algiers, the president of the Algerian Red Crescent (ARC), M. Hadj Hamou Benzeguir.

"A caravan carrying about 150 tons of food will be sent next week to the Saharawi refugee camps on the occasion of the month of Ramadan," expected at end of July, specified Mr. Benzeguir in a statement to the press on the sidelines of a departure ceremony of a caravan carrying school fits to Sahrawi refugee camps.

Democracy and growth on EU/ AU summit agenda in Brussels

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Brussels, June1, 2011 (SPS) - The African Union (AU) Commission and the European Commission are meeting in Brussels for their 5th annual College-to-College session held on May 31, June1, moving forward on a joint agenda of the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership and focus their discussion on two pressing issues of present concern: democracy and growth, according to statement of AU reached SPS Tuesday.