Friday 6 July 2012
The report maps poverty, livestock-keeping and the diseases humans get from animals, and presents a “top 20” list of geographical hotspots.
Tuesday 3 July 2012
The report, Assessing Progress in Africa Towards the Millennium Development Goals 2012 states that Africa has made major strides in primary school enrolment, gender parity in primary education, the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments and a marked decline in HIV/AIDS new infection rates.
Tuesday 3 July 2012
As President Salva Kiir, in office since July 9, continues along the path of building a sustainable democracy, the African nation faces significant economic and political challenges.
Thursday 28 June 2012
Despite historic victory in which Morsi was on Sunday declared Egypt’s first civilian president, he still has to contend with a ruling military seeking to retain broad powers and with a precarious economy.
Monday 25 June 2012
Throughout the final phase of the negotiations leading up to the Rio+20 outcome document, there had been an obvious move away from straight language on rights and equity principles.
Thursday 21 June 2012
For Africa, the transition to green economy would be perilous without time-bound and quantifiable means of implementation which consist of adequate financial resources, appropriate technology transfer and sustained capacity strengthening.
Tuesday 12 June 2012
The report, ‘If you resist, we’ll shoot you’, highlights how Congolese security forces and armed groups alike are able to commit serious human rights violations because of the ease of which weapons and ammunition are available.
Friday 1 June 2012
Prison health care in Africa is under-resourced, and increased funding is needed to ensure adequate treatment is available, including anti-retroviral (ART) therapy as treatment for HIV, and for HIV and TB prevention
Friday 25 May 2012
“Technical cooperation for development is new for Brazil, but since the second term of former President Lula aid development has become a pivotal tool for Brazil’s foreign policy” says Minister Marco Farani is the Director of the Brazilian Agency of Cooperation. In this interview released to Sud Quotidien (Senegal), Les Echos (Mali), A Semana (Cape Verde), L’Autre Quotidien (Benin), @Verdade (Mozambique) and Afronline.org (Italy), Minister Farani explains the challenges that Brazil has to face in Africa.
Ethiopia/Tanzania
This new investment was announced at the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum
19 May 2012 - NewsfromAfrica
Thursday 10 May 2012
Challenges met by the Panel of Experts on the Sudan throughout 2011 essentially show the inefficiency of the sanctions regime established by the United Nations Security Council, says Claudio Gramizzi
Tuesday 8 May 2012
The plans to establish the Criminal Court of the Continent comes at a time when many African ICC state parties, more so Kenya have been championing complete withdrawal from the Rome Statute that founded the ICC
Friday 4 May 2012
In the last decade Africa has seen an increase in inward investment from 339 new projects to the continent in 2003 to 857 in 2011 (an increase of 153 per cent).
Thursday 3 May 2012
Somalia retains the dubious claim to being the most insecure country for journalists in Africa where four journalists have been murdered from January to April 2012
Friday 27 April 2012
The Trial Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, sitting in The Hague because of security concerns, found Taylor guilty of 11 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the West African country between 1996 and 2002.
