- African Ministers urged to practice civil registration and vital statistics Addis Ababa, 13, August 2010 - The first African ministers conference have been urged to come up with a strategy that will enable policy-makers to make evidence-based decisions in aid of Africa’s development. The conference, at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, towards improving civil status information for efficient public administration and generation of vital statistics for national development and MDGs monitoring in Africa from 13-14 August, 2010. In one of the opining remarks, the chief economist and vice president of African development bank group, Professor Mthuli Necube as s…