Archive for: July, 2012

Africa: Mountain Development Climbs Up the Global Agenda

The future of mountains and mountain people got a much-needed boost at June’s U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio+20 declaration, “Our Common Vision”, adopted by heads of state and top-level government representatives from around the world, recognizes the global benefits of mountain ecosystems and the vital contributions of mountain […]

Africa: Negotiations for an Arms Trade Treaty a Victory for Advocacy Groups By Guy Lamb

Last week London motorists and pedestrians were surprised to see a lone Cold War era military tank adorned with ‘Control Arms’ banner slowly navigating its way around the tourist hotspots of the British capital. Curiously, it was not a military exercise, but rather a publicity stunt by Oxfam and Amnesty International to draw attention to […]

Africa: First Shots Fired in the Coming Mobile Content War – Competition Breaks Out Amongst Music Streaming and Download Platforms

By Russell South wood, Institute for Security Studies (Tshwane/Pretoria)   London — There are now several online and mobile music TV platforms that have started in Africa. Some like Iroko Partners started with Nollywood film and went into music, whilst others like Spinlet have started with music and could easily go into TV programming. Orange […]

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