A new global initiative ensuring the social protection of the world’s poorest people is a growing necessity, two United Nations independent experts said today, noting that without such a programme, chronic unemployment, food insecurity, and natural disasters would pose continuous impediments to those seeking to emerge from poverty. In a joint news release, Magdalena Sepúlveda […]
Nov 20 2012 | Posted in
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By Eliot Pence South Africa has spent over a decade defining itself as different from the rest of Africa. Now, as its foreign policy pivots back to Africa and seeks to cash in on the continent’s growth, the country has sought to define itself as the leader of, and commercial gateway to, the continent. […]
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By Yunus S Saliu Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie, the minister of Tourism and Culture last Thursday attended the 7th Annual Africa Travel Association (ATA) Presidential Forum on Tourism held in New York University, USA. The high-level event focused on the benefits of tourism, particularly in relation to the economy, environment, and people and issues that […]
Oct 18 2012 | Posted in
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Speaking on the last day of General Assembly’s high-level debate, a range of African leaders and government officials today called for greater United Nations help in combating the twin scourges of war and poverty, at the same time seeking greater representation for Africa on the Security Council. “Since 1945 the essential rules governing the workings […]
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Neda Boin (22), Sierd van der Bij (23) and Christiaan Triebert (21) are the lucky Dutch trio who began on 1 October a three-month-long hitchhiking trip from Groningen in the Netherlands to Cape Town, South Africa. They are part of the Thumbs Up Africa project, which aims at raising global awareness about sustainability. Sierd kicks […]
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By Phyllis D. Osabutey THE WEST African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) says it has begun repairs of its damaged pipelines that occasioned a load shedding exercise in the country over the past one month. According to the Managing Director (MD) of WAPCo, Mr. Charles Adeniji, the company will at the latest complete and resume […]
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By Marishka Van Steenbergen Nyamizi, a 73-year-old widow from Sukumaland, Tanzania, was returning home from work one night when she was attacked by a man with a machete. He chopped off her hand and slashed her head, knocking her unconscious. She had earlier received a threatening letter telling her to leave her village. Nyamizi […]
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Africa’s twin education crisis is reinforcing inequalities and fuelling political instability, according to a new report published today by the Africa Progress Panel, referring to both the quality and quantity of African education. Between 2000 and 2009, the number of children out of school dropped from 42 million to 30 million, but – with the […]
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By Marishka Van Steenbergen Nyamizi, a 73-year-old widow from Sukumaland, Tanzania, was returning home from work one night when she was attacked by a man with a machete. He chopped off her hand and slashed her head, knocking her unconscious. She had earlier received a threatening letter telling her to leave her village. Nyamizi […]
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By Matthew Onah It was a black Independence Day for the inhabitants of Mubi town, Adamawa State, as at least 46 persons, mostly students of three tertiary institutions, in the town were massacred in cold blood on Monday night by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram. The casualties, believed to […]
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