Ethiopia is growing. Its growth, praised even by the usually skeptical international financial institutions, has brought a rare momentum of change in economic, social and political spheres. The age old Read More..
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Stakes Are High As a Series of Elections Looms Across Africa
The African Union’s (AU) early warning system will be working overtime in the next few weeks as Africa heads into a series of high-risk elections. Elections in Burkina Faso have Read More..
Will the New Deal End Conflict in South Sudan?
Despite the delay and substantive reservations, South Sudan President Salva Kiir has become the last but most vital signatory to the peace proposal tabled by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Read More..
Canada in Africa: 300 Years of Aid and Exploitation
Despite rhetoric about aid to the poorest people in the world, the Harper Conservatives have worked assiduously to ensure that Canadian corporations profit from Africa’s vast mineral resources. Even widespread Read More..
Senegalese Imam Calls for ‘Green Jihad’ Against Pollution
Senegalese imam Youssoupha Sarr urges his country’s parliament and the entire Islamic community to wage a green jihad against pollution. Speaking to Al-Jazeera English, Sarr said he cannot believe how Read More..
Ethiopian Government Dismisses Need for Food Aid
Government Communications Affairs Office (GCAO) says the country is self-reliant for any emergency food assistance in response to an impending drought season in large parts of Ethiopia. Lack and severe Read More..