How much popular support Boko Haram enjoys in northern Nigeria is a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” After all, in the war between Boko Haram and the Nigerian security forces some 20,000 people have died, and up to 2.5 million are internally displaced or are refugees. (All such numbers are at best estimates.) Yet the fact that… Read more »
Some peacekeepers in the capital Juba abandoned their posts inside “Protection of Civilian” sites – where tens of thousands have sought safety from successive bouts of fighting – while outside the fortified bases, peacekeeper presence was “non-existent.” They refused to help when foreign aid workers were attacked and some of them gang-raped in a hotel close to a UN base…. Read more »
In its short, seven-year insurgency, Boko Haram has emerged as one of the most ruthless and deadly radical militant groups on the planet. But the 20,000 people killed in the recent clashes in northeastern Nigeria could be dwarfed by the number of childrenfacing death through malnutrition in areas affected by the fighting, the UN has warned. Nowhere else in the… Read more »
“We have decided to delay the elections to avoid locking out a huge number of people – most of them young voters,” Kabila told reporters in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar Es Salaam. “As many as 10 million unregistered voters could miss out on the chance to vote if we proceed with the elections.” Congo has not had a peaceful transition… Read more »
A politically stable and peaceful environment is essential for economic development. Conversely, a thriving economy is a major factor in securing political stability. International exchange also promotes the transfer of skills and technology. Germany and Europe need to shift their focus from poverty reduction to the promotion of private business involvement.
With the slump in global commodity prices and the slowdown in emerging markets continue to weigh on export revenues and fiscal positions of key companies in the region, operational risk for companies doing business in Sub-Saharan Africa is on the increase. Supply chain risk in Sub-Saharan Africa worsened from 5.526 points to 5.544 during the second quarter of 2016, as… Read more »
A JRC paper published in Nature Energy reveals that changing the existing energy infrastructure that is unexploited or poorly used in sub-Saharan Africa could reduce the cost and lower the chances of risk for investors, and enable 15.4 million people get access to sustainably produced electricity. This attempt requires an investment of € 1 – 1.5 billion to generate an… 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… Read more »