December 12, 2012 |
Being South African, it felt like walking into another apartheid ambush. We witnessed violations of the international human rights law and the international humanitarian law on so many levels.
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July 2, 2012 |
Booming construction, a burgeoning middle-class, gleaming shopping malls. Ghana's oil-driven economic expansion is transforming the country, but many are being outpaced, slipping further into poverty.
April 25, 2012 |
Ottawa has announced that it will slash approximately $380 million in its foreign aid budget, cuts that will have a direct impact on many African countries.
March 19, 2012 |
The "Green Morocco Plan" was created to ensure the development of a secure agriculture sector in Morocco. It hasn't turned out that way though.
January 4, 2012 |
The specter of genetically modified organisms has loomed large in Europe and North America and is now being faced in Africa.
July 8, 2011 |
The women of Equatorial New Guinea have much to celebrate following the ratification of the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa.
January 25, 2011 |
Most newspapers are not publishing, leaving Zimbabwe’s independent media in an anemic state.
January 3, 2011 |
Sudan-appointed special prosecutor for Darfur has acknowledged that efforts to serve justice in the war-torn western region have been overshadowed by the political situation in the region.
November 9, 2010 |
From Dakar to Cairo to Cape Town, Africa's large cities are in trouble, wracked by a host of problems from a lack of clean water and sanitation to bad government and high unemployment.
September 16, 2010 |
Foreign land acquisition in Africa undermines the principle of nations' self-determination; support for sustainable local farming to ensure food security needs to be a priority.