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Is foreign aid helping or Hurting Africa

August 24, 2013 Global Authorafrica, Afroca Global Village, Bono, Dambisa Moyo, foreign aid, Guardian, Laura Miller, Malawi, Mercy Corps, New York Times, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The World Bank, Zambia

More than $50 billion of foreign aid is given to African countries every year to address poverty on the continent. Although this may seem generous, and to some a solid strategy to treat Africa’s ailments, Dambisa Moyo — a Zambian economist with a background that includes Harvard, Oxford and Goldman Sachs — says just the opposite. In her new book,... Read More

Mugabe savages West as new term starts

August 23, 2013 Global AuthorAfrican Leaders, mugabe, UK, USA, Zimbabwe

HARARE — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe began a new five-year term in office on Thursday and immediately launched the now traditional vitriolic attack on the West, which has questioned the manner of his landslide victory in elections held last month. . Read More

New Tshwane Principles address the balance between National security and Public’s right to know

June 12, 2013 Global Author

Johannesburg, June 12 – The question of how to ensure public access to government information without jeopardizing legitimate efforts to protect people from national security threats is the focus of a new set of global principles being unveiled today. . Read More

Africa wishes Nelson Mandela (Madiba) Well

June 10, 2013 Global Author

Blantyre, Malawi, June 10 _ The African Union has sent bed-ridden former South African president Nelson Mandela a goodwill message on behalf of peoples on the continent. "I am sending him our fervent prayers and numerous get-well-soon messages from the entire staff of the Commission, Organs and People of the Union," reads a statement issued in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday... Read More

Un makes history: Over 156 States vote in favor of the Arms Trade Treaty

June 4, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg

By Jennifer Fierberg at the UN More than 500,000 people are killed by armed violence every year. The over 156 states voted in favor of the Arms Trade Treaty need to show leadership by signing and ratifying the treaty as quickly as possible. On Monday June 3, 2013 history was made the UN with the signing of the Arms Trade... Read More

Thambo Mbeki bemoans the loss of billions in Africa to Illicit Money laundering

May 3, 2013 Global Author

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki says Africa is losing billions each year to illicit capital outflows in development. Addressing members of the 53rd Liberian Legislature in a joint session Tuesday in Monrovia, he said that the rate at which Africa loses development money through illegal means is alarming. . Read More

Why does the media focus on reporting bad news from Africa and what impact does it have? asks Simon Birch

March 25, 2013 Global Author

Disaster, disease and disorder: for decades now our TVs and newspapers have been flled with the latest unfolding debacle in Africa. How many times have we watched grim-faced reporters broadcast live from equally grim, fy-infested refugee camps?The trouble is that whilst there’s nothing made up about the horrors of Darfur, the reality is that they’re not happening everywhere in Africa,... Read More

Legal Scrubbing is a dirty game

March 22, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg

On day four of the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations at the UN in New York City a draft of the Arms Trade Treaty was presented to all 148 nations present. But to each and every delegation there were complex words such as "of" and "in" that had to be changed and could only be announced through a speech. While the... Read More

Teach Men That Women Are In Control Of Women

March 17, 2013 Global Author

I am troubled by how many men choose to be stubbornly stupid when it comes to the issue of rape. Why is it so hard to grasp that when a man violates a woman and her body, the man is to blame? Because he violated her; because no means no; because no matter what a woman is wearing or anything... Read More

AU Security Council Calls for More Troops in Mali

January 28, 2013 Global Author

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — The African Union Peace and Security Council says more troops are needed for the African military force being deployed in Mali. The AU security council Friday called on African countries to deploy the soldiers quickly. At a meeting in Addas Ababa, Ethiopia, the AU security council approved a declaration calling for an increase in the number... Read More

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