The decision to give Zimbabwe no more than a slap on the wrist for the human rights abuses which its army has committed on the Marange alluvial diamond fields in the south-east of the country seriously threatens the future of the diamond industry's initiative to avert consumer boycotts of its gemstones.
President Paul Kagame yesterday addressed the opening ceremony of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action still falls far short of that needed to avert catastrophe. Africa will suffer consequences out of all proportion to its contribution to global warming, which is primarily caused by greenhouse gas emissions from wealthy countries.
"Overall, we call for a doubling of U.S. aid to global health from nearly $8 billion a year to $16 billion by 2011. A six-year scale up of a sufficiently resourced initiative would total $95 billion. While this reflects higher levels than the President's original announcement, 40% of this increase is for the total of $14 billion that must be invested in health workforce - which we believe could ...
Unity Party Senatorial aspirant Clemenceau Blayon Urey, has begun undertaking a private initiative aimed at bringing relief to residence of Montserrado through a quick impact road rehabilitation project.
Leaders of nine major faiths have presented 60 ideas to lessen carbon emissions to the United Nations after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon singled out the religious community as key in fighting climate change. The Norwegian Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Development Plan in charge of development, Olov Kjoerven, on 4 November called climate change "the greatest threat that ...
Ghana is seeking private investment in agri-business as part of it's national priority to achieve food security, minimise spending on imports and also to earn more from value added agricultural products.
In recent years Zimbabweans have faced severe food shortages and staggering hyperinflation. As a result, residents in the capital, Harare, have increasingly turned to urban gardening. They grow produce just about anywhere they can – in backyards, vacant lots, on roadsides and on rooftops.
Uganda's external debt burden could reach unsustainable levels by 2015 unless efforts are made to match borrowing to economic growth.
Concerns abound about a nine billion dollar Chinese investment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially around environmental consequences and transparency. And, on the Chinese side, investors complain not only about the lack of security in the DRC but about their own government not providing enough support.
Scores of activists on Wednesday blocked the main entrance to the venue of key UN climate talks in Barcelona, demanding heavy cuts in greenhouse gases.
South Africa will strengthen relations at the 4th Forum on Africa-China Cooperation (FOCAC) which kicks of today in Egypt.
The sound of the evening bell at a local boarding high-school in Wajir, in the northeast of Kenya, did not always signal the end of the day's classes. Instead it marked the end of the evening bathroom break as "bucket toilets" were emptied for the day.
As the world marked the International Day on Climate Action on October 24, the issue of climate change has assumed a larger dimension. With the Climate Summit coming up in December in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the International Conference on Carbon Credit Opportunities in Abuja on November 9-11, Abimbola Akosile examines a scenario, which has a lot of potential for Nigeria
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) considers gender mainstreaming, or involving women in farming development efforts, an essential component of its efforts to improve food security in Africa. This is especially the case when it comes to economic empowerment. Annina Lubbock is Ifad's senior technical advisor for gender and household food security. She oversees how to improve ...
