May 14, 2014
Africa: Most New Jobs Will Be Urban
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Excerpts from "Cities of Hope", published by the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg: Read more »
May 08, 2014
Africa: World Economic Forum Africa - Not What You Imagine [blog]
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The official conference hasn't even started yet, except for an opening reception I missed last night because the Rockefeller Foundation – a Forum strategic partner –… Read more »
Africa: Mayors Seek Bigger Role In Climate Change
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Some of Africa's biggest cities are joining an international drive by city governments to respond to global climate change. Read more »
May 07, 2014
Africa: Urban Planners Skeptical of 'Smart Cities'
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Urban planning experts are anxious that what they call “fantasy designs” for new African “smart cities” will serve the interests of African elites and… Read more »
May 06, 2014
South Africa: City Women Generate Food & Income on Tiny Urban Plots
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"It's a lot of work", says Mama Lulama Jim as she takes respite from the wind in a makeshift container kitchen. She pauses to study her notes made during an early morning… Read more »
Africa: Africa Focuses on Building Resilient Cities
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Developing viable, livable and resilient cities is increasingly seen as being of critical importance to giving opportunities to Africans to improve their lives. Read more »
May 05, 2014
Congo-Kinshasa: Hope for Kids in Kinshasa [guest column]
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Despite horrific abuses perpetrated on women and children, the atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) rarely make international headlines. Read more »
May 04, 2014
Africa: It's Not Just About Growth, Its About the Right Kind Of Growth [guest column]
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Around this time every year, I often get asked the same question; isn't the World Economic Forum just one big talking shop? It's a fair one. Once every twelve months, leaders from… Read more »
May 03, 2014
Nigeria: Agriculture is 'Game Changer' for Growth and Curbing Conflict - Minister [interview]
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Dr. Akin Adesina, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Nigeria, is an agricultural economist with decades of experience working to make agriculture productive and… Read more »
Ethiopia: Kerry Backs Journalists Ahead of World Press Freedom Day
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United States Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken out publicly against the Ethiopian government's use of anti-terrorism laws "as mechanisms to be able to curb the free… Read more »
April 30, 2014
Africa: Kerry Pledges to Promote Democracy, Rights & Peace [interview]
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United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Addis Ababa today on the first stop of a visit to east and central Africa. As his trip began, he responded by email to… Read more »
South Africa: Minister's Comment Over Kenya Swimmers Sparks Twitter Storm
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South African Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has sparked controversy over comments made about Kenyan athletes, the Mail and Guardian reports. Read more »
April 26, 2014
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai 'Suspended' in Party Infighting
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Infighting within the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) intensified on Saturday when some party officials announced the suspension of the party leader, Morgan… Read more »
April 23, 2014
Africa: Africans Want Democracy But Are They Getting It?
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Popular support for democracy and against one-party rule in Africa has risen substantially in the past decade, but most Africans don't think they are actually experiencing… Read more »
Africa: Asking Africans About Democracy
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Where in Africa is support for democracy the highest? Where is it the lowest? Who believes they are reaping its fruits? Who doesn't? Read more »
Africa: Africans Now Back Institutions More Than 'Big Men' - Afrobarometer [document]
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Excerpts from Afrobarometer's report, Demand for Democracy Is Rising in Africa, But Most Political Leaders Fail to Deliver: Read more »
April 17, 2014
Africa: World's Media Chiefs Press African Leaders on Freedoms
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Editors and publishers from across the world have singled out the governments of Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Swaziland for threatening free expression and media freedom. Read more »
Africa: U.S. Private, Public Sectors Step Up to Power Challenge [guest column]
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My grandmother spent her whole life in southern Ethiopia and passed away a few years ago without ever having switched on a light. I also spent much of my early life in Africa,… Read more »
April 16, 2014
Ethiopia: Stop Arresting Journalists, Say World Editors, Publishers [document]
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The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute calling on the Ethiopian government to review its use of anti-terrorism laws against… Read more »
South Africa: Press Leaders Struggled to Get Visas for Congress [document]
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The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute expressing deep concern that South African diplomatic missions were obstructive in responding… Read more »
South Africa: Send 'Secrecy Bill' for Court Review, Says IPI [document]
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The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute calling on South Africa's president to send the 'secrecy bill' for constitutional review: Read more »
Eswatini: IPI Calls On Swazi Govt to Free Editor [document]
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The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute calling on Swaziland's government to drop charges against jailed editor and human rights… Read more »
April 13, 2014
Africa: From North to South, East to West, Media Freedom in Africa Under Challenge [document]
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The executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), Alison Bethel McKenzie, delivered a wide-ranging report on press freedom in the world to the institute's world… Read more »
April 12, 2014
Nigeria: President Has Failed, APC Ready to Lead - Tinubu [interview]
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Nigeria's election next February will be the first nationwide two-party contest since the end of military rule in 1999. The emergence last year of the All Progressives Congress… Read more »
April 09, 2014
Africa: World Bank Seminars to be Streamed Live
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A series of seminars focusing on key issues affecting Africa's development will be held in Washington, DC, this week - and streamed live on the web - to coincide with the World… Read more »