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AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, regional multilateral development bank, Governors support a successful African Development Fund replenishment (15/05/2013)

STATEMENT

During this important meeting, many issues were raised concerning the impact the ADF is having in our countries and its role in the transformation of our economies. The Bank for instance, has...

Failure to reach election agreement stirs up violence

ELECTIONS

Failure by Guinea's politicians to reach agreement for a long-delayed legislative poll is stirring up tribal violence, jeopardising economic gains and raising fears that the military could once...

Piecing it together: The status of health systems in post-conflict African countries

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa has been plagued by conflicts since the colonial era, and long thereafter. In the period between the 1960s and the 1990s, 48 African countries experienced about 80 violent changes of...

Failure to protect: Peacekeepers and the protection of civilians

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Nearly a month after launching its military intervention in Mali, France informed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that it would seek a United Nations (UN) force to replace the French-led...

Value of fraud in Africa doubles despite decline in occurrence – KPMG

CORRUPTION

Despite a decline in the number of fraud cases reported in Africa, the value of the reported cases more than doubled during the transition from the first to the second half of 2012, audit, tax and...

UNDP: Statement by the United Nations Development Programme, states that Global South is key to accelerating Human Development in sub-Saharan Africa (14/03/2013)

STATEMENT

Sub-Saharan Africa can achieve higher levels of human development if it deepens its engagement with other regions of the South, according to the 2013 Human Development Report, which is being...

The silent crisis: Mental health in Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Steadily approaching the title of the second highest cause of disability in the world, mental health disorders are an international health concern that is gaining considerable attention.(2) Of the...

Arms for Alms: Africa and its story of illicit trade in small arms

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Illicit trade of any form whatsoever affects both developing and developed nations alike. To add to it, if small arms are traded, the gravity of the situation tends to burgeon exponentially. Over...

Electoral accountability in Africa: Adding nuance to the debate

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

At the onset of 2013, the occurrence of presidential and parliamentary elections was widespread across the African continent. Indeed, Afrobarometer research suggests that Africans now use the...

Sierra Leone: an election without violence

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On 17 November 2012, the republic of Sierra Leone simultaneously held presidential, parliamentary, municipal and local elections. These elections were awaited not only by Sierra Leoneans but also...

EUEOM: Statement by Richard Howitt, European Union Election Observation Mission in Sierra Leone Chief Observer, final report on Sierra Leone elections (20/02/2013)

STATEMENT

This morning I am pleased to present the Final Report of the European Union Election Observation Mission. In this very room, some of you will remember that we delivered the preliminary assessment...

The African Union: A noble idea or an effective provider of peace and security on the African continent?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The history of the African Union (AU) started on 25 May 1963, when its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), was established in Addis Ababa.(2) The preamble of the OAU Charter...

SA: Statement by Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, congratulates President Ernest Bai Koroma of the Republic of Sierra Leone (27/11/2012)

STATEMENT

Noting the statement that was issued by the African Union Election Observer Mission on 19 November 2012, President Zuma and the people of South Africa also commend the people of Sierra Leone for...

Daily podcast – November 20, 2012.

PODCAST

South Africa's government-allied mining union has lost up to 20 000 members since the start of 2012, a year marked by painful strikes and loss of life.

AU EOM: Richard Howitt: Address by the European Union Chief Observer, on the occasion of the EU Election Observation Mission Preliminary Assessment to the Sierra Leone elections, Free Town, Sierra Leone (19/11/2012)

SPEECH

You will find a seven-page preliminary assessment of the elections drawn up by the European Union Observer Mission distributed immediately following this press conference. In it you will be able...

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