Africa Global Village

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

Kenya To Become First East-African Oil Exporter By 2016

August 23, 2013 Global Authorafrica, Investments, kenya, Oil

It was some seven years ago that UK-based oil exploration firm Tullow Oil Plc ($TUWOY) first discovered promising reserves in the land-locked East-African nation of Uganada.Indeed, the company’s discoveries in Uganda, as well as in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, had caught the attention of a number of major companies, such as Royal Dutch Shell ($RDS.A), France’s Total SA... Read More

President dos Santos is “missing”

August 8, 2013October 22, 2016 Global Authorafrica, Angola, Dos Dantos, President missing, Southern Africa

President Jose Eduardo dos Santos left Angola on June 26th for a private visit to Barcelona in Spain, where he is reported to have travelled in the past for medical attention. With his stay overseas now exceeding 44 days, more than the duration of any previous visit, his absence has come under scrutiny in Angola. While he may well reappear… Read More

BEYOND THE BIG STICK, CHEQUE BOOK AND GUNBOATS

June 20, 2013 Global Authorafrica, Barack Obama, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Theogene Rudasingwa

AN OPEN MEMO TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON THE EVE OF HIS SECOND VISIT TO AFRICA Your Excellency, Shortly, you and your family will board Air Force One and head to Africa, on a journey that will take you to Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa. During your first term in the White House you visited Ghana, where you made the… Read More

CHRISTIAN SAVIORS & THE ADOPTIONS INDUSTRY IN CONGO EXPLOITING AFRICA’S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE: CHILDREN

June 19, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergafrica, Child Trafficking, DRC, International Adoption, Jennifer Fierberg, Keith Harmon SNow

First Published: 18 June 2013 Jennifer Fierberg & Keith Harmon Snow An investigation in the adoptions industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals that the U.S. Embassy is facilitating the trafficking of Congolese children. Interpreting the bible to prophesize the adoption of children as a soul-saving imperative, affluent U.S. Christians have spawned a new and massive movement using their privileges… Read More

“Africans want to lead a peaceful and progressive life” ~ An interview with Brigadier General Mujahid Alam

April 11, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergafrica, Amnesty international, Arms Trade Treaty, Jennifer Fierberg, Mujahid Alam, UN

By: Jennifer Fierberg While in New York City at the United Nations covering the Arms Trade Treaty negotiations I had the amazing opportunity to interview Retired Pakistani Brigadier General Mujahid Alam on his role in the negotiations and how a strong Arms Trade Treaty could affect Central Africa. General Alam spent fifteen years in Central Africa and wrote a very… Read More

Until the lions can tell their stories, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter

August 23, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergafrica, African Expectations, Benin, book review, development, Ghana, Mafoya Dossoumon, politics, Rwanda

African Expectations by Mafoya Dossoumon Book Review By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW If you are looking for fresh new ideas from an emerging energetic leader look no further than African Expectations by Mafoya Dossoumon. Mr. Dossoumon describes his book, “African Expectations” as a collection of essays about how political, economic, and socio-cultural issues hinder Africa’s development and how the most important... Read More

Mauritius to forge stronger economic policies with Africa and Asia for the future

July 13, 2012October 21, 2016 Global Authorafrica, COMESA, Finace Minister, Mauritius, SADC, Xavier-Luc Duval

With its strong dependence on European markets, the Mauritian economy and businesses should continuously be forging policies to endure competitive and economic challenges, according to Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Xavier-Luc Duval. . Read More

Maruritius: Civil Service reforms on the cards by the Mauritain Government

July 2, 2012October 21, 2016 Global Authorafrica, africa Islands, Agnès Monique Ohsan Bellepeau, east africa, Government Reforms, Mauritius

In a bold move, the government has expressed concern over the many complaints rifling in from Mauritians over slow and coarse service from the public sector and will be seeking reforms in the civil service to boost service delivery to stem and identify problemsin government departments. . Read More

Kwame Nkuruma – Biography

June 15, 2012 Global Authorafrica, Ghana, Gold Coas, Kwame Nkuruma

The Rt. Hon. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972), P.C. was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1951 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Nkrumah was the first President of Ghana and the first Prime Minister of Ghana. An influential 20th-century advocate of Pan-Africanism,... Read More

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