In this Issue:

• A message from the Director
• Supporting Malawi in overall regulatory handling of Bt cotton multi-location trials
• Strengthening regulatory capacity of Institutional Biosafety Committees in Nigeria
• ABNE conducts stakeholders’ consultative workshop on the revised Togo biosafety law
• NEPAD/ABNE pays a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation of Ghana
• Capacity of African regulators and policy makers strengthened through regulatory study tour in South Africa