Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Africa on Mar 27th, 2010
The impact of the global financial crisis could cause Africa to miss the millennium development goal of halving poverty by 2015, the United Nations said on Thursday. The executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Abdoulie Janneh, said that Africa is the only continent not on track to meet the target. He […]
Posted in Africa on Mar 24th, 2010
A long-running campaign against a controversial project to build a giant hydropower dam in Ethiopia has escalated this week amid claims that thousands of local people would lose their livelihoods as a result. Tribal rights group Survival International said on Wednesday that over 200,000 Ethiopians who rely on fishing and farming will have their livelihoods […]
Posted in Africa on Mar 21st, 2010
Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Ghaddafi, has an interesting antidote to the frequent religious riots in Nigeria: break the country into two – something like the Islamic Republic of Northern Nigeria and Christian Republic of Southern Nigeria. In his own calculations, this is the ultimate recipe for peace and stability. There would be no more religious […]
Posted in Africa on Mar 19th, 2010
Harmful traditional practices that put African women and children at risk should be ended, an African Union official has said. The AU’s Commissioner for Social Affairs and Culture, Bience Gawanas, told news agency Voice of America that a campaign to fight traditional practices in Africa such as female genital mutilation, child trafficking and underage forced […]
Posted in Africa on Mar 17th, 2010
Human traffickers in Ethiopia have been using the upcoming football World Cup in South Africa to attract people into smuggling systems, according to the Ethiopian government. IRIN News reported on Tuesday that the State Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Zenebu Tadesse, claimed smugglers are using the notion that the World Cup had created employment […]
Posted in Africa on Mar 16th, 2010
The failure of civil servants to deliver government-run health, education or agricultural services due to small-scale corruption may put long-term development in Africa at risk, the World Bank said on Monday. The organisation released its Africa Development Indicators 2010 report describing the so-called practice of “quiet corruption” as one that involves small amounts of money […]
Posted in Africa on Mar 15th, 2010
The Russian Amb. Alexander Polyakov on the country’s foreign policy with Nigeria……
Nigeria is regarded as a strategic partner on the African continent, we simply take into consideration the fact that Nigeria is the most populated country in the so called sub Saharan or black Africa and it plays an outstanding role in maintaining peace […]
Posted in Africa on Mar 13th, 2010
The first riots in Jos, occurred in 1994, more than a decade later, the incessant violence continues. This year alone, crisis have erupted twice, the first being January 17; the recent took place a couple of weeks ago. The once peaceful state has many unresolved issues and many factors play a role in the continued crises, […]
Posted in Africa on Mar 13th, 2010
A man from Jos, Shamsudeen Salihu, was recently sentenced to nine months in jail for being a member of the Al- Qaeda Network and Boko Haram. He was arrested with a bale of Military camouflage materials in his possession.
Posted in Africa on Mar 12th, 2010
Up to 33 billion US dollars in food imports a year and a further three billion US dollars worth of food aid have failed to prevent one third of the African population from being chronically hungry, the United Nations has warned. The Director of Food Security and Sustainable Development at the UN’s Economic Commission for […]
