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Politics will to translate development into real, coordinated action crucial for very small island states.
Development is a political process, and politics is central to successful public administration which involves processes and institutions through which citizens and groups
At least 6,137 Angolan refugees in DR Congo returned home until June 22, through the border post of Quimbata, municipality of Maquela do Zombo, Uige, as part of the voluntary repatriation process carried out since 1 May, …
Continue readingCertain governments in East Africa have recently come under scrutiny for cracking down on peaceful protests. Yet freedom of assembly is a fundamental right enshrined in international law and in the constitutions of these nations.
2011 was a watershed year
ncreasing agricultural productivity need not entail greater environmental stress. Jamal Saghir, director for sustainable development for the Africa region at the World Bank, points the way forward.
Twenty years since Rio, the human family has made significant strides in …
Continue readingThis week President Kagame officially closed the Gacaca tribunals. While Rwandan authorities celebrate the virtue of these community courts intended to bring genocide criminals to justice, unresolved feelings plague the survivors – both those whose loved ones were killed and …
Continue readingAs the United Nations summit on sustainable development entered its last day in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, President Jacob Zuma has called on world leaders to renew political efforts towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The …
Continue readingA REPORT of a study on sexual abuse in schools in Ghana indicates that 91.8% of the victims of sexual abuse in schools were female students between the ages of 15 and 18, with JHS as the modal class of …
Continue readingThe usual somber atmosphere at the Supreme Court in Accra, gave way to hilarious laughter from both the bench and audience, when the state attorneys were a subject of mockery at the Supreme Court in the trial of Assin North
Aid agencies working in northern South Sudan are worried about refugees from Sudan's war-torn Blue Nile State who are reaching under-resourced camps in increasingly poor health.
In recent weeks over 35,000 people have flocked to a site 50km from the …
Continue readingA UNHCR report released today reveals deep imbalance in international support for the world's forcibly displaced, with a full four-fifths of the world's refugees being hosted by developing countries – and at a time of rising anti-refugee sentiment in many …
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