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Developed world mining and energy companies operating in Africa should pay more taxes to help the world's poorest continent climb out of poverty, the president of the African Development Bank said...
Chairperson of the African Renaissance and Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has called on the youth to pursue humanity instead of opulence.
Delivering the keynote address today (21...
This paper discusses how drug trafficking in West Africa causes severe economic, social, political and public health problems across the whole region. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
How to better utilise the wealth from Africa’s non-renewable resources – oil, gas and minerals – to eradicate poverty in Africa? This was one of the important questions asked at discussions...
On Saturday afternoon, 9 March 2013, five days after the Kenyan general election, Isaak Hassan, Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), announced the final results...
In our briefing today, we will focus on (1) the general elections in the Republic of Kenya, (2) the situation concerning Saharawi prisoners in Morocco, (3) the SADC Council of Ministers which is...
“We will continue ensuring that Africa continues to have a strong voice in international forums such as the G20, World Economic Forum and many others” so said President Jacob Zuma in his...
A number of African countries have attempted to consolidate their democracies by scheduling presidential and Parliamentary elections in 2012. Egypt’s Parliamentary and presidential elections...
Kofi Annan, the former secretary-general of the United Nations, addressed the 1,300 young delegates in Pittsburgh, United States, referring to them as “almost another United Nations, except with...
In 2004, the then Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, called for a “uniquely African Green Revolution in the 21st Century,”(2) signalling a need for African countries to...
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said on Thursday that the people calling for the nationalisation of the country's mines were economically empowered, and that they had wasted the money...
Despite being discovered three decades ago, AIDS continues to be a leading cause of death throughout Africa. Research by UNAIDS estimates that there are 42 million people in the world currently...
Mme Arbour noted: "The challenges in ensuring elections with integrity are not unique to emerging or transitioning democracies - even Western countries with a long history of democratic...
The United Nations Security Council and the international community should not place too much hope in the impossible mission Lakhdar Brahimi has assumed, taking over from Kofi Annan as the new...