Nearly half of all children in sub-Saharan Africa are living in extreme poverty, according to a joint Unicef-World Bank report released on Tuesday, with figures showing that almost 385 million children worldwide survive on less than $1.90 (£1.50) a day, the World Bank international poverty line. Extreme poverty leads to stunted development, limited future productivity as adults, and intergenerational transmission… Read more »
Im not going to talk about the articles I posted I’m just going to tell you how I feel about Africa. Africa, when most people think of Africa they think of crazy animals that you see in a zoo, and living on the Sahra. In reality its probably one of the worst places on the planet. Don’t get me wrong… Read more »
21 September 2016 – Speaking from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Hage Geingob, the President of Namibia, recalled last year’s commitment by UN Member States to a new agenda for Sustainable Development to “join the global drive towards ensuring a life of dignity for all.” “We are all in agreement that effective implementation of this agenda will require coherence… Read more »
If the drama that was Hakainde Hichilema v Edgar Chagwa Lungu (2016/CC/0031) has any lessons for the continent, it is how not to adjudicate upon a presidential election petition. Three judges of the court effectively succeeded in making an unfortunate mockery of their bench and risking the otherwise good image Zambia’s electoral process has enjoyed for a few decades now…. Read more »
BY Everson Mushava For the past few months, Nera has been protesting against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, but most of the demonstrations have been thwarted by the police. After a meeting of the Nera technical group on Monday, the opposition parties resolved to intensify their push through both protests and other strategies that would also include ratcheting up international pressure… Read more »
The Cameroonian Minister of Posts and Telecoms, Minette Libom Li Likeng, and the Managing Director of Eneo, Joël Nana Kontchou, signed on 20 September 2016 in Yaoundé, the capital of the country, an agreement on the retrocession to the State of Cameroon of a network of more than 700 Km of fibre optic built by the public electricity service concessionaire…. Read more »
