Tunis, 16 June 2005 – The President of the African Development Bank, Mr. Omar Kabbaj, welcomed the agreement reached by G-8 Ministers of Finance to extend 100 percent debt stock relief on debt owed to the African Development Bank, the IMF, and the World Bank by heavily indebted poor countries that had reached their completion points under the HIPC initiative. He also urged othor donor countries to support the initiative.

Tunis, 21 February 2007 – The government of Niger’s efforts to improve the living conditions of the people have received a big boost from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, following the approval of a grant to finance a water supply and sanitation project in three rural regions of the country.

An extra-ordinary meeting of the Board of Governors has been scheduled to take place at the Bank’s Temporary Relocation Agency in Tunis on 21-22 July to elect a president from the two candidates – Mr. Bisi Ogunjobi of Nigeria and Mr. Donald Kaberuka of Rwanda who led the list of six candidates standing for the presidency of the Bank.

Tunis, 9 February 2007 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has signed two loans and three grants agreements totaling 61.50 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 92 million with Kenya, Tanzania and two East African regional organizations, to finance road infrastructure in the region.

La règle de la double majorité du scrutin veut que le vainqueur de ces élections obtienne 50%, au minimum du total des voix et 50,0l %  des voix des pays membres régionaux.

A l’issue du 5^e et dernier tour de scrutin, les résultats communiqués par la Présidente des Conseils des Gouverneurs étaient les suivants: