Editorial
Let's join hands to save Planet Earth
Read Prof Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Kenya's Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources edited version of a speech she gave at the UN Convention on Climate Change Last week in Japan to mark the coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol.8 March 2005
AfricaWill NEPAD and APRM work?
Three years after its inception, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development [NEPAD] remains shrouded in secrecy. It is about time this secrecy was unravelled, lest NEPAD and its component – the African Peer Review Mechanism [APRM] – join other projects in gathering dust from the shelves23 February 2005 - NewsfromAfrica- Kenya
Kibaki should act decisively on corruption
The National Rainbow Coalition [NARC] - which won the December 2002 transition elections on a reform agenda, including zero tolerance of corruption - is now a major disillusionment to the electorate. Various reports released by the many anti-corruption watch-dogs in the country point to blatant corruption by key ministries. But like the fence sitter that he is, president Mwai Kibaki sees no evil and hears none. If yesterday’s mini shuffle was intended to send warning signals to the ‘gluttons who have vomited on our shoes’ as British High Commisssioner Sir Edward refers to them, then it failed miserably.15 February 2005 - Angola
Diamonds in Angola are forever, for those on the right side of the fence
The Catoca Mining Company in Lunda Sul provinve, turns out more than three million carats of rough diamond a year, accounting for 65 percent of the country’s production.The two main shareholders in Catoca Mining, with 32.8 percent apiece of its stocks, are the Angolan ENDIAMA state diamond firm and the Russian company Alrosa.25 January 2005 - AFP ![The implementation of Education For All [EFA] goals](http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/images/4540_a9113a.jpg)
The implementation of Education For All [EFA] goals
This issue focuses on the factors that impede the implementation of Education For All [EFA] goals. Five years after the Dakar Forum, 35 countries, 22 of them in sub-Saharan Africa, are very far from achieving the four Education for All [EFA] goals, namely universal primary education, adult literacy, gender parity and education quality. This is according to UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report: The quality Imperative [2005].17 January 2005