IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=AF Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:45:10 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=AF 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2013:45:10&key2=1 By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NAIROBI (IDN) - A new report has warned that unless bribery is banned, 126 million citizens of the East African Community will be deprived of the benefits that economic integration promises to bring in its wake. These words of caution stem from the East African Bribery Index 2010 (EABI 2010) released by Transparency International-Kenya within about three weeks of the East African Common Market Protocol coming into effect on July 1, 2010. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2013:45:10&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-28%2022:45:29&key2=1 By Martin Khor* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint GENEVA (IDN) - The 20 billion U.S. dollar put aside by BP to pay for the effects of the Gulf oil spill contrasts with the lack of accountability of big firms that cause environmental harm in developing countries. In a widely publicised move in June, the United States President Barrack Obama succeeded in getting the oil company BP to set aside $20 billion into a fund to meet claims for compensating losses arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It is extraordinary that a giant company has been pressurised by a government to agree to pay so much. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-28%2022:45:29&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-28%2021:32:26&key2=1 By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) - As the mandate, being carried out by the UN-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID), comes to an end on July 31, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's report to the Security Council indicates that the situation in Sudan's western region is rather critical. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-28%2021:32:26&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-24%2015:41:39&key2=1 By Asha-Rose Migiro* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint NEW YORK (IDN) - The news of a pregnancy should ideally be met with joy -- but all too often there is justifiable fear. The African Union Summit, set to focus on the health of mothers and children, has a chance to transform this fear into hope. (The Summit concludes on July 27, 2010.) Ten years into the Millennium Development Goals, we know what African leaders have always appreciated: when you invest in mothers, whole societies benefit, and when you care for children, you raise a new generation of leaders. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-24%2015:41:39&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2009:59:49&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepthNewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) - Criticising South Africa for its failure to combat corruption in international business deals, a new report is asking the country to intensify its efforts to detect, investigate and prosecute cases of foreign bribery. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2009:59:49&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-20%2019:52:02&key2=1 By Satish Bhaskaran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PRETORIA (IDN) - A new report has commended South Africa for its growth performance which has improved over the past two decades, but pointed out that this was not sufficient either to offer enough employment opportunities for the young and growing population or to close the aggregate income gap with OECD countries. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-20%2019:52:02&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-11%2016:56:33&key2=1 By Nirode Masson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) - The United Nations is at a loss in West Africa. On the one hand, it is confronted with the resurgence of military coups, accompanied by paucity of good governance. On the other, deadly flooding, following on the heels of acute food shortages caused by prolonged drought and crop failure, is creating an alarming situation. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-11%2016:56:33&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-06%2002:14:43&key2=1 By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - Western Sahara, one of the most thinly populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands, is drawing renewed focus after having been consigned to mainstream neglect for years. The disputed territories are back on radar screens in the aftermath of new reports that the area is one of the most heavily mined territories in the world. These have been accompanied by one significant step taken by the United Nations. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-06%2002:14:43&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-05%2018:21:05&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) - Top-ranking leaders of the European Commission have told Zimbabwe that they expect "further concrete progress" and "clear signs of improved political environment", given which the country might receive additional money. The 27-nation European Union (EU) has provided the landlocked country in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers, 180 million Euros for health, education, food security and governance. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-05%2018:21:05&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-02%2012:54:34&key2=1 By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) - Somalia hit the top of the chart for the third consecutive year when the 2010 Failed States Index was recently unveiled by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace. Several African states followed Somalia in the first 20 listed. They are considered the worst failures. The index was compiled on the basis of 12 criteria: demographics, refugees, illegitimate governance, brain drain, public services, inequality, group grievances, human rights, economic decline, security forces, factionalised elites, and external intervention. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-02%2012:54:34&key2=1