Thursday 29 September 2011
Ibrahim Assane Mayaki has clear ideas on the conditions for rural development in Africa. In this exclusive interview with Afronline.org (Italy), Addis Fortune (Ethiopia), Sud Quotidien (Senegal), Les Echos du Mali (Mali) and Le Républicain (Niger), the Chief executive of NEPAD explains his vision on this crucial issue.
Wednesday 28 September 2011
Research by climate scientists at the Colombia-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT, by its Spanish acronym), reveals that an expected annual temperature rise of more than two degrees Celsius by 2050 will leave many of West Africa’s cocoa-producing areas too hot for chocolate.
Monday 26 September 2011
The training to be offered by GEMS Education, the world’s largest kindergarten to grade 12 education provider, The Varkey GEMS Foundation and UNESCO, is part of the ‘10,000 Principals Leadership Programme’ which was announced by President Clinton as a ‘commitment to action’ at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York Friday.
Saturday 24 September 2011
In its latest report Guinea: Putting the Transition Back on Track, the Brussels-based think tank warns that President Alpha Condé’s unilateral effort to overhaul the electoral system has gained little praise, and that with his party’s gloomy prospects for the legislative elections, suspicion is increasing.
Wednesday 21 September 2011
Despite impressive gains in gender equality, nearly 4 million poor women “missing” each year in developing countries.
Wednesday 21 September 2011
One badly injured inmate seen by Amnesty International had waited 8 days to be taken to a clinic. He had an open fracture (bone protruding through the skin) of his left arm which was visibly deformed, swollen and infected. As a result of the delay in receiving medical attention he was at high risk of permanent disability.
Tuesday 20 September 2011
In a speech at George Washington University entitled “Beyond Aid”, Zoellick said the world needs to recognize the new realities, unimaginable in 1944 when the World Bank was created, and move to a global system that integrates developed and developing countries, innovation, private investment, and the 50 percent of the world's population too often kept behind -- women.
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Scientists have developed and tested more than 50 improved varieties of sorghum that are resistant to both drought and Striga which could increase food production in the Horn of Africa.
Monday 19 September 2011
The deadly post-presidential election violence in the North and bomb blasts by the Islamic fundamentalist Boko Haram sect since President Jonathan’s 29 May inauguration indicate the enormous challenges facing the new government.
Saturday 17 September 2011
The activists, all former members of the Central Council of the ruling People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) party, were arrested after calling for democratic reform.
Friday 16 September 2011
According to Elusive Promises of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project, high transaction costs and other expenses will result in negligible carbon payments to farmers: at most a little over $1 per farmer per year for 20 years.
Wednesday 14 September 2011
More than 100 people are reported to have died after a petrol pipeline exploded and started a fire in an informal settlement located next to the pipe.
Monday 12 September 2011
The Science Journalism Colloquium (17-19 September) will focus on the three broad criteria for quality journalism training. More specifically, it will contribute towards UNESCO’s goal to improve science literacy among media professionals by incorporating it into journalism curricula.
Monday 5 September 2011
Last Thursday at 11:00 PM, the joint forces of SAF and the PDF opened fire on a three car SPLM convoy carrying a delegation out of Al Damazein at the town’s southern checkpoint.
Monday 5 September 2011
The goal is to rapidly and cost-effectively expand Africa’s scientific and technological capacity by providing advanced training to exceptional African students and enabling them to work effectively for the peaceful prosperity of the continent.
