Celebrating a continent
31 May 2013Africa turns 50 in style and with it capturing the imagination of a continent. The air of celebration and renewed sense of purpose has been (…)
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Africa a Net Creditor to the Rest of the World
31 May 2013Net Resource Transfers Out of Africa Range from US$597 Billion to US$1.4 Trillion from 1980 through 2009. Unrecorded Illicit Financial Outflows (…)
Reporter arrested after covering evictions in Ethiopia dam region
31 May 2013Ethiopian authorities have detained since Friday a reporter who sought to interview people evicted from their homes in a region where the (…)
AfDB funds Mozambique’s Massingir Dam emergency rehabilitation project
30 May 2013The African Development Bank on 28 May in Marrakech, Morocco, granted a supplementary loan of US$33.213 million to the government of Mozambique (…)
UNAMID promotes women’s participation in traditional mediation
30 May 2013Promoting women’s representation in traditional mediation mechanisms, implementing international instruments on women’s rights, and developing (…)
UNAMID remembers those fallen
30 May 2013The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) joined the UN worldwide in the commemoration of the International Day of United (…)
Monitor, Red Pepper closures spark protests in Uganda
30 May 2013Ugandan police on Tuesday assaulted and detained several journalists who were among a crowd of demonstrators protesting the government’s closure (…)
Somali Journalist Wounded after Surviving an Assassination Attempt in Kismayo
30 May 2013The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in the strongest terms possible the bullet wound of a Somali freelance journalist in an (…)
FAO offers sustainable farming model to meet increased demand
28 May 2013Save and Grow, an environmentally-friendly farming model promoted by FAO, can sustainably increase cassava yields by up to 400 percent and help (…)
African Union : Report of the Peace and Security Council
28 May 2013Report of the Peace and Security Council on its activities and the state of Peace and Security in Africa. I. INTRODUCTION 1. The report of (…)
Natural resources can fuel Africa’s economic transformation
28 May 2013Africa’s agricultural, mining and energy resources could boost the continent’s economic growth and pave the way for a breakthrough in human (…)
“Africa making great strides toward many MDG targets yet serious challenges remain.”
28 May 2013Converting Africa’s impressive economic performance over the past decade into greater gains on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) remains a (…)