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United Nations Security Council Imposes Sanctions on Eritrea
Net News Publisher | December 24th 2009 by Terry
The United Nations Security Council has imposed arms and travel sanctions on Eritrea for supporting insurgents trying to topple the nascent government in nearby Somalia. The resolution, supported by 13 of the 15 members of the Council, places an arms read more
Wealth Distribution Around the World
Lucrative Investing | December 24th 2009 by Chris McClelland
This map basically means that the lighter color, the more equally the wealth in the country is distributed. You can tell where the most people suffer due to the darker shades of green seen throughout the map. The countries with the biggest gap b read more
Dakar, Senegal to Host 2012 ‘Africities’ Summit on Local Gove…
Net News Publisher | December 20th 2009 by Terry
The Senegalese capital, Dakar has been chosen to host the 6th Pan-African Forum of Africa’s Local Authorities and Governments (Africities) in 2012, the most important gathering on decentralized management and city management on the continent, Jean- read more
French President Welcomes Moroccan Sahara Autonomy Initiative
Net News Publisher | December 19th 2009 by Terry
The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has welcomed the Moroccan proposal for autonomy in Western Sahara as part of a political solution under the auspices of the United Nations. The statement issued Thursday in Paris said that Moroccan law applies t read more
Madagascar’s President Sacks Consensus Prime Minister
Net News Publisher | December 19th 2009 by Terry
Madagascar’s consensus Prime Minister, Eugene Mangalaza has been dismissed following his return from Maputo (Mozambique) where he had participated along with leaders of the three political movements and other heads of institutions of the transition read more
American Peace Corps Volunteers Restart Service in Ethiopia
Net News Publisher | December 18th 2009 by Terry
41 Americans Peace Corps volunteers have officially started their two year service in Ethiopia. “The forty-one Americans will spend the next two years as Community Health Volunteers in four regions in the country where they will focus on prevention read more
Copenhagen Police Battle With Climate Protesters
News And Idea | December 17th 2009 by Rina Tina
Copenhagen police major duty has become to charge on climate protesters. Police have charged back hundreds of protesters who tried to break through a perimeter fence at the UN climate summit venue in Copenhagen. The Bella Centre, where the conferen read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco Speaks in Favor of His Country’s Sa…
Net News Publisher | December 17th 2009 by Terry
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has spoken in favor of his country’s Sahara autonomy plan which he termed as a “basis” for the UN-backed negotiation process, at the African local governments’ summit “AFRICITIES” which opened in Marrak read more
Cameroon And Nigeria Begin Land Border Demarcation
Net News Publisher | December 15th 2009 by Terry
The first terminal concertizing the demarcation of the land border between Cameroon and Nigeria was laid Monday in the town of Banki-Amchidé (far north) in the presence of representative of the United Nations Secretary General Said Djinnit and Camer read more
Mediators in Guinean Crisis Urge Junta to Respect Electoral Calen…
Net News Publisher | December 14th 2009 by Terry
The 9th session of the International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G), held on Sunday in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), has recommended the completion of preparations in Guinea to allow the holding of legislative and presidential polls as soon as possibl read more
Morocco Accuses Algeria And the Polisario Front of Blocking Sahar…
Net News Publisher | December 13th 2009 by Terry
Morocco has accused Algeria and the Polisario Front of blocking the informal negotiations that should lead to the fifth round of talks on Western Sahara, backed by the UN since June 2007. Rabat’s response to the current stalemate led to a meeting b read more
Dictatorship more dangerous than climate change
Yipe Weblog | December 10th 2009 by Fiona Mwende
By Alemayehu G. Mariam The inconvenient truth about Africa today is that dictatorship presents a far more perilous threat to the survival of Africans than climate change. The devastation African dictators have wreaked upon the social fabric and ecosy read more
President of DR Congo Hails “significant Progress” Made in Pe…
Net News Publisher | December 8th 2009 by Terry
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila,has hailed the progress made as part of the ongoing peace process in his country, in his state of the nation address before the two houses of parliament held at the Palace of the read more
Opposition in Guinea Call for Formation of Transitional Governmen…
Net News Publisher | December 7th 2009 by Terry
The Forum of the ‘Forces Vives’ (civil society coalition ) of Guinea, which gathers the main political parties, Unions, and civil society organizations rejecting any candidacy of the military for the country’s upcoming elections, has condemned read more
Libyan And Egyptian Officials Discuss Areas of Bilateral Cooperat…
Net News Publisher | December 6th 2009 by Terry
Libyan Prime minister Elbougdadi Elmahmoudi and his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Nazif have attended in Tripoli the signing of a memorandum of understanding and an agreement related to industrial integration to enhance the bilateral cooperation between read more
Africa summit on climate change
KC's Artwork | November 26th 2009 by KC
The leaders of 10 African countries are gathering in Ethiopia to try to agree a common position on climate change. The summit comes ahead of crucial UN talks in Copenhagen in December. Under the auspices of the African Union, the meeting will read more
Organizing Workshops to Design Anti-Corruption Strategies
Economic World Today Blog | November 12th 2009 by kon5518
High-level participatory diagnoses have proved remarkably fruitful in generating frank analyses of sensitive policy issues, leading to suggestions for remedial measures. But sometimes there is no carrot or stick to keep that momentum moving. The div read more
Mali: Shopping in Bamako – Tailors
SocioLingo Africa | November 10th 2009 by sociolingo
I’m revisiting some of my old Mali diary entries from 2006 and taking a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Here’s a trip to the tailors of Bamako. (Thanks to Eric Kayne for this photo of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
Senegalese fisherman
SocioLingo Africa | November 10th 2009 by sociolingo
More than 20 years ago I lived in Senegal for a while. I was pleased to find on the BBC site a nice photo review of a Senegalese fisherman. It describes his life and for me it’s quite nostalgic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
CFP : African language technology
SocioLingo Africa | November 10th 2009 by sociolingo
Call for papers: Journal – Language, Resources and Evaluation, special issue on African language technology Following the EACL 2009 Workshop on Language Technologies for African Languages... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit read more
More on what motivates China
News Updated Frequently | November 9th 2009 by Tushar Mathur
As always the IPS has a great analysis on the new pledges of aid from China. It is not a part of our snippet below but it ther is an uncomfortable quote from Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe praising the aid pledges. Reporter Antoaneta Bezlova tells read more
Resource for teaching about West African conflict through music
SocioLingo Africa | November 8th 2009 by sociolingo
You might like to consider supporting this venture by buying their CD. (Seen on H-Afrteach) Greetings, Over the past two years, in collaboration with others at the University of Alberta, I’ve... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
Resource for teaching about West African conflict through music
SocioLingo Africa | November 8th 2009 by sociolingo
You might like to consider supporting this venture by buying their CD. (Seen on H-Afrteach) Greetings, Over the past two years, in collaboration with others at the University of Alberta, I’ve... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
Nigeria: no-electricity fridge invention
SocioLingo Africa | November 7th 2009 by sociolingo
No-electricity fridge invention wins Rolex award 2000 This is Mohammed Bah Abba’s Pot-in-pot invention. In northern Nigeria, where Mohammed is from, over 90% of the villages have no... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for f read more
Nigeria: no-electricity fridge invention
SocioLingo Africa | November 7th 2009 by sociolingo
No-electricity fridge invention wins Rolex award 2000 This is Mohammed Bah Abba’s Pot-in-pot invention. In northern Nigeria, where Mohammed is from, over 90% of the villages have no... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for f read more
Paper : Environmental goods collection and children’s schooling…
SocioLingo Africa | November 7th 2009 by sociolingo
About the paper Environmental goods collection and children’s schooling: evidence from Kenya. S. Wagura; W. Nyangena, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009 Via ELDIS This study examines the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my w read more
Paper : Environmental goods collection and children’s schooling…
SocioLingo Africa | November 7th 2009 by sociolingo
About the paper Environmental goods collection and children’s schooling: evidence from Kenya. S. Wagura; W. Nyangena, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009 Via ELDIS This study examines the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my w read more
Africa Book : School Construction Strategies for Universal Primar…
SocioLingo Africa | November 7th 2009 by sociolingo
Some years ago I visited a Fulani village in Mali, West Africa. I went to visit the family of my intern. While I was there I found out about the primary school that the community had built some years... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
Africa Book : School Construction Strategies for Universal Primar…
SocioLingo Africa | November 7th 2009 by sociolingo
Some years ago I visited a Fulani village in Mali, West Africa. I went to visit the family of my intern. While I was there I found out about the primary school that the community had built some years... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
DR Congo army ‘used aid as bait’
World latest news | November 7th 2009 by Aviz
The Democratic Republic of Congo army has used vaccination clinics as “bait” to attack civilians, says aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Thousands of Hutu civilians were targeted when they visited sites set up to combat a mea read more
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