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African governments accelerate anti-corruption drive

Anti-Corruption Forum Highlights Importance of Independent Bodies (allAfrica.com, 03-04-2007) Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Some 300 participants from all the regions of Africa gathered in Johannesburg on February 28 for the Africa Forum on Fighting Corruption intended to consolidate African anti-corruption initiatives. The three-day forum prepared a common African position for the Global Forum V on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding...

Fifty years on the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt

MANILA SULTAN, Egypt—Yassin Saeed remembers when the Nile’s annual flood drenched his village in the years before the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Now, former flood lands are green fields year-round. “Our lives were very hard,” said the 76-year-old Egyptian, recounting how his father, his brothers and other farmers had to use the traditional felucca sailboats to harvest the...

The Motherland’s major problem when it comes to farming is neglect

Food and farming are so important, the African Union declared 2022 the Year of Nutrition. And food security is so critical to realizing sustainable economic growth and development that it’s one of the Africa 2022 Year of Nutrition objectives. “Africa’s leaders must urgently strengthen their commitment to ending hunger in all its forms. The Year of Nutrition offers a unique...

Kerry’s mystery speech and other news from the OAU/AU Summit

If you go to the State Departments website and view the transcript of Secretary of State John Kerry's OAU/AU Summit remarks in Addis Ababa you'd think the speech went off without a hitch. Nothing could be further from the truth. According to Testanews.com, “Just like what happened to his predecessor Hillary Clinton, the electric power has just gone off...

UK official: Pay Zimbabwe for land reform

GINNEWS HARARE (GIN)–The British official who chaired Zimbabwe’s independence process has called on the UK government to meet its promises in helping pay for land resettlement and agricultural reform that has been at the center of controversy in this southern African country. Lord Peter Carrington says money set aside at the time of the Lancaster House negotiations at independence should be...

Is ‘real talk’ by African leaders a sign of the times?

Many world leaders mounted the speakers’ platform during the recent high-level general debate week of the 78th United Nations General Assembly. However, the tone of some African leaders was eye-opening and worth noting. The annual UNGA 78 gathering at UN headquarters in New York City is where the majority of member states give their input on pressing global issues....

African Union warns militias in Darfur

Qadhafi: Oil behind Darfur crisis (FCN, 12-08-2006)On the politics of Darfur negotiations (Sudan Tribune, 11-30-2006)Darfur, Sudan: Seeking the Truth (WEBCAST: Minister Louis Farrakhan, 05-07-2006)Sudan needs help, not sanctions - A report from Darfur (FCN, 09-23-2004) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Commission, Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare, recently warned of serious consequences if the militias should attack...

An African Giant Passes Remembering Ghana’s President Jerry John Rawlings

Another African tree has fallen with the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings, 73, who led Ghana’s successful transition to a stable democracy from military rule. “It is with great sadness that I announce to the nation that the first president of the Fourth Republic, His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings, has joined his ancestors,” said Ghana President Nana Addo...

Sudan: Its diversity, economics and history

KHARTOUM, Sudan—Nothing says diversity like Sudan. Once Africa’s largest country, now divided by neocolonial and neoliberal machinations the U.S. help to engineer, it’s separated as North and  South. But Sudan enjoys a rich cultural and ethnic religious heritage. Those things have endured despite economic and political turmoil as Sudan retains its sense of authenticity. Sitting in a cafe here with...

After fleeing Ukraine, South African students arrive home

JOHANNESBURG—Ten South African students who fled Ukraine after Russia’s invasion of that country recently arrived home, with 25 more expected over the next few days. Welcomed by cheering family and friends at OR Tambo International Airport, the students are among more than 80,000 foreign nationals who have left Ukraine since the Russian invasion, according to the International Organization for Migration. Returning...