By Own Correspondent – JOHANNESBURG — The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) today commemorated 50 years of independence of 17 African countries. The Guest of Honour for this ceremony was the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Ali Hassan Mwinyi who was received by the President of the PAP, Hon. Dr. Moussa Idriss Ndélé. In his speech, the former President of Tanzania lamented the fact that African countries have political independence, but not economic independence. According to him, “the attainment of political independence by the African countries did not lead to economic independence. African countries soon realized that there... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, October 6th 2010 |
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo – International Medical Corps has been awarded $10 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to assist survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through the Bienvenue aux Changements dans la Communauté (BCC) program. As lead grantee, International Medical Corps will implement the program with partners Search for Common Ground and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs. While providing a comprehensive and innovative program to prevent SGBV, International Medical Corps and its partners will utilize behavior change communication to impact... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 5th 2010 |
The third German-Nigerian Business Forum is taking place in Hamburg, Germany from September 20-21. The event provides a platform for key public and private sector players from Nigeria to share information and create opportunities for partnerships with German companies. After a successful second German-Nigerian Business Forum in Abuja in November 2009, with more than 300 participants, the organizing parties, the German-African Business Association in co-operation with the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in West Africa and the Nigerian-German Business Association, once again bring together German and Nigerian business partners at this year’s forum. The two-day conference gathers a wide... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 |
By Phil Mercer – Asylum seekers hold a protest on the roof of the Villawood detention center in Australia as the country has been urged to end detention of Child Asylum Seekers. Eleven detainees at an Australian facility for illegal migrants have ended their rooftop protest after more 29 hours. The men had been threatening to kill themselves if Australian officials did not reconsider their applications for asylum. Australian authorities spent Tuesday negotiating with 11 detainees holding a protest on the roof of a building at the Villawood detention center in Sydney. They began the protest Monday after a Fijian... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 21st 2010 |
More than 300 policymakers from over 60 African and European delegations met at the first High Level Meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) in Vienna on September 14, 2010 to determine the partnership’s future. Gudrun Kopp, Parliamentary State Secretary for the German Development Ministry of (BMZ), represented Germany at the conference and partnered with EU Commissioners Günther Oettinger and Andris Piebalgs, as well as AU Commissioner Dr. Elham M.A. Ibrahim, in the debate on future goals. Kopp stressed that Energy is pivotal for development. This is why Germany has supported the partnership from the start and is one of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, September 19th 2010 |
