International Affairs Forum

Wed. January 16, 2019

Social Media: Africa

601-630 Social Media articles displayed
for the Africa Region

Minority Rights Group International

Working to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities. Read More...

New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

An initiative by African leaders designed to address the current challenges facing Africa, such as poverty, underdevelopment and the continued marginalisation of Africa countries. Read More...

Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

An organization designed to harmonise economic development among the countries in Southern Africa. Read More...

Poverty in Africa

Online publication of the World Bank's Africa Region and deals with monitoring and measuring poverty keeps a Household Survey Databank, contains resources and support for people working to understand ... Read More...

The Nordic Africa Institute

Serves as a research, documentation and information centre on modern Africa for the Nordic countries. The Institute also encourages research and studies on Africa in the Nordic countries and co-operat... Read More...

African Publishers Network Online

The African Publishers Network brings together national publishers associations from 43 countries in Africa. Read More...

Roads Can Go a Long Way in Fighting Hunger

Firmino Mucavele, Chief Executive, NEPAD Secretariat asserted that overcoming a lack of infrastructure and the resulting post-harvest losses are key to fighting hunger in Africa. (World Economic Forum... Read More...

Africa rising in partnership with China

Just over a decade ago, invite a Chinese company to do business in Africa and you would most likely be considered mad. Now, more and more Africans are turning to China for their imports and to attract... Read More...

NEWSMAKER: Condoleezza Rice

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks with Jim Lehrer about the North Korea six-party talks, Iraq, and the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. by Jim Lehrer (Online NewsHour, 28 Jul 2005.) Read More...

Plans to Expand Security Council May Be Frustrated for Now

In this article, Warren Hoge reports on the vaious attempts to expand the security council, in particualr the proposal prepared by the G-4 nations of Brazil, India, Japan and Germany. Hoge writes th... Read More...

Seize the moment to turn Africa around

President Bush’s aid offer to Africa is an excellent start, however, Mr. Bush should reconsider British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s plan to double aid to Africa in what would be the most historically ... Read More...

Penny-wise, Pound-foolish

The author comments on the lack of U.S. security involvement in the oil and raw materials rich Africa where China is making trade inroads. He shows that the Commander of USEUCOM is lobbying the Bush ... Read More...

A First Step on African Aid

In the upcoming G-8 Summit in Scotland, President Bush must go beyond the usual rhetoric of promising hope to Africa, he must deliver. (New York Times, 14/06/05) Read More...

United States can't afford to be so stingy with humanitarian aid.

Considering all the political turmoil British Prime Minister Tony Blair has gone through over supporting President Bush’s War in Iraq, the American president should have been more willing to assist hi... Read More...

A noose, not a bracelet

The author argues that pleading for the oil rich Gulf States to save Africa is the wrong decision, the resource rich Africans need to save themselves. She goes to explain that Africa currently has th... Read More...

AFRICAN AID: Not even half a loaf

Mr. Bush's recent aid pledge to Africa is crumbs, according to the author, especially when compared to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's aid proposal. But the author hopes that leading up to the G8... Read More...

Neither famine nor feast

Although President Bush's aid pledge to Africa and climate control rhetoric were viewed as unfavorably by many Europeans; at least their is still hope in debt relief for the poorest nations. (The Gua... Read More...

Politics: Women's Insight

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has tried with this survey to identify what change is attributable to the ever greater presence of women in politics and what their qualitative impact has been on p... Read More...

Making Democracies Work: Social Capital and Civic Engagement in 47 Societies

The study establishes predictable patterns in the distribution of social capital around the world, and long-standing cultural traditions and historical legacies can help to explain the contrasts found... Read More...

Promoting basic education for women and girls: A Survey in Africa

UNESCO undertook a survey to understand the extent to which Member Stat survey to understand the extent to which Member States had implemented the recommendations in terms of setting up appropriate st... Read More...

Promoting basic education for women and girls: four African case studies

The four studies examine developments in both the fromal and the non-formal sectors of basic education in Ethipoia, Swaziland, Mozambique and burkina Faso. By Pai Obanya (2004, UNESCO) Read More...

Never again: educational reconstruction in Rwanda

The study documents the strategies of the management of education in Rwanda since 1994 war and genocide. By Anna Obura (2003, Unesco) Read More...

UN soldiers arrested in DR Congo

Six Moroccan soldiers serving as UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been arrested over sex abuse claims, Moroccan officials say. By Robert Walker (BBC News, 2/13/2005) Read More...

Jamboweb

Subject-based guide to African web sites and web content, the Jamboweb.com Network is a collection of online tools, services, and features Read More...

Rich Nations Hampering WTO Deals

How powerful is the WTO becoming? Of this power how much is in the hands of the developed nations? Article discusses the negative opinion the Gulf states have of the WTO. (Gulf Daily News, 10.21.04) Read More...

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