By Justus Wanzala NAIROBI (IDN) – Climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts in Africa are being undermined by lack of information on climate issues among the public, policy-makers and leaders in Africa, leading to poor and delayed decision making as well as untimely undertaking of remedial actions. This emerged during a Regional Climate Change Dialogue […]
Rwanda President Launches VW’s Car Assembly Plant in Kigali
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | KIGALI (IDN) – You’ll see plenty of Volvos, Mercedes, Hondas, Toyotas and even a Ford Windstar tootling around the booming cities of Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg. But these foreign cars were no spring chickens when they arrived in Africa after years of use. Often they had […]
Stories Behind IFAD’s Focus on Africa
By Kwame Buist ROME (IDN) – In its recently released Annual Report 2017, the Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – a specialised agency of the United Nations dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries – promises to leverage core resources of 1.2 billion dollars to fund a programme […]
Why Must President Biya Follow President Robert Mugabe?
By LIsa Vives | Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is seriously considering a re-election bid despite having served 36 years in the job and despite approaching 90 years of age. The President-for-Life syndrome is sadly alive and well. An editorial in the Liberian Daily Observer expressed on July 16 […]
Eritrea and Ethiopia End Two Decade Long War
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | ASMARA (IDN) – “And into ploughshares beat their swords. Nations shall learn war no more.” With those words of Isaiah, Ethiopia and Eritrea announced the end of a futile war and agreed to normalize ties, drawing the curtain on a 20-year military standoff on the Horn […]
UN Will Continue Support Of Africa’s Transformation Under Way
By Amina Mohammed Following are extensive excerpts from UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the 31st ordinary session of the African Union in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on July 1, 2018. – The Editor. NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (IDN-INPS) – The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, places great importance on our long-standing but new-found strategic partnership […]
Sham Organisations Pose A Serious Threat To Cooperatives
Viewpoint by Amy Zhang* MARRAKECH (IDN) – The United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, commemorated every year on the first Saturday of July, underlines the role of cooperatives in sustainable development, wealth creation, and poverty alleviation, giving the hope for an equitable future. But what led to the creation of cooperatives and how do they […]
UN Sounds Alarm About Ethiopian Dam Threatening World Heritage Site
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Lake Turkana, the reputed birthplace of mankind, has been designated an endangered environmental hotspot by a UNESCO panel. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1997, Kenya’s Lake Turkana stands among such treasures as the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon and the Great Wall of China. […]
Africa Is the Epicentre of UN Peace Operations Since 2008
By Timo Smit The author is a Researcher with the SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme. He is currently in charge of maintaining SIPRI’s database on multilateral peace operations (including data-collection), and conducts research on trends in peacekeeping. This article first appeared on June 20,2018. – The Editor STOCKHOLM (IDN-INPS) – This year it […]
13,000 Africans Left to Die in the Sahara
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – In one of the most shocking reports on the ill-treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers, the International Organization for Migration has confirmed that thousands of African migrants are being left to die in blistering desert heat after being deported by the government of Algeria and dumped […]