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January 3, 2009 :: Evelyn Winston Perez :: No Comment Yet
John Atta Mills, leader of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, has won the presidency, paving the way for Ghana to again demonstrate its standing as an established democracy in which a peaceful transfer of power is the accepted process.
December 21, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
There are over 230 million people suffering from hunger or undernourishment in India. No other nation has so many people suffering chronic malnutrition, and the undernourished in India represent 27% of the worldwide hunger-stricken population. While India’s economy develops and the potential for an expanded middle class takes root, the total number of Indians going [...]
December 11, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment
The climate change conference currently underway in Poznan, Poland, seeks to build on the Bali agreement, adopted by 180 countries in 2007, in hopes of achieving a global emissions regime. A sweeping economic downturn overtaking North America and Europe, and now hitting China’s manufacturing and export base, it is feared, will hamper efforts to implement comprehensive green industrial and economic reforms.
December 9, 2008 :: Evelyn Winston Perez :: No Comment Yet
The spread of cholera due to Zimbabwe’s foundering hygienic infrastructure is reaching crisis proportions. UNICEF is calling for an emergency fund of $17.5 million to fight the spread of cholera in Zimbabwe, calling the outbreak “a cholera crisis of unprecedented levels”. With 13,960 cases already declared and an estimated 589 dead to date, the UN warns upwards of 60,000 people could become infected if drastic and immediate action is not taken to contain the epidemic.
December 8, 2008 :: Evelyn Winston Perez :: No Comment Yet
Reports from Ghana suggest turnout was historically high and the elections peaceful and without significant irregularities. While many voters were forced to wait in long lines for hours, and some began forming lines at polling stations the night before the vote, there were few reported incidents of serious problems. It is expected the election will result in Ghana’s second successive peaceful transfer of power, which the AP cites as “a litmus test for a mature democracy and a feat that only a handful of other nations in Africa have accomplished”.
November 28, 2008 :: Evelyn Winston Perez :: No Comment Yet
Warning that a military crackdown in the wake of last week’s failed coup attempt could destabilize the West African country, the UN Peace-building Commission has called on teh government of Guinea-Bissau to guarantee civilian rule and the rule of law. The sitting president, João Bernardo “Nino” Vieira, initially came to power in a coup, was ousted during the 1998-99 civil war, and returned to power in the 2005 elections.
November 24, 2008 :: Evelyn Winston Perez :: No Comment Yet
As civilians have fled clashes among rebel militia and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, calls have been mounting for UN intervention to restore peace, prevent atrocities against civilians and ensure the delivery of much needed humanitarian aid. The UN Security Council (UNSC) voted last Thursday to send reinforcements of 3,085 additional soldiers to try to better secure the region now inflamed with rebel-government clashes.
July 27, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
There are few things more damaging to the right of witnesses and bystanders to contribute to the resolution of a given problem than harboring the assumption that no one involved has anything to contribute. For western and Asian lookers on, viewing the problems of the African continent as outsiders, there is absolutely nothing to be gained by surrendering to the ugly bias of the belief that Africans cannot contribute to the change and development they both need and deserve.
July 23, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has reportedly signed an agreement with the government of Robert Mugabe to meet to discuss a power-sharing arrangement between the ruling Zanu-PF party and Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change, which many believe won disputed elections outright earlier this year. The meeting would be the first face to face meeting in ten years between the rivals.
June 23, 2008 :: Denver Lessing :: No Comment Yet
Pres. Robert Mugabe has been accused by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, as well as numerous independent observers, of using state-backed and paramilitary violence to intimidate his opponents and “rig” the vote scheduled for 27 June. Now, the MDC’s leader Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn his candidacy for the vote, calling the entire process illegitimate. Tsvangirai won more votes than Mugabe in the 1st round of voting, even by the state’s official count, which many believe may have been manipulated in order to force a runoff.
June 7, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
In a not-too-thinly-veiled effort to rig the outcome of the 27 June runoff election, in which Robert Mugabe (Zanu-PF), incumbent with 28 years in power, will contest Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC), the Mugabe regime has attacked foreign diplomats looking into charges of state-sponsored violence, banned all NGOs from the country, cracked down on foreign press, and beaten and detained members of the opposition. Tsvangirai has been detained twice in the last week.
April 11, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
The Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by Morgan Tsvangirai, has been meeting with African leaders in an effort to shore up support against the regime of Robert Mugabe, which preliminary vote counts suggest may have lost the recent election, both for parliament and the presidency. Mugabe’s suppoerters have been fighting to keep down opposition support, while Mugabe has refused to allow vote counts to be made public.
March 25, 2008 :: staff :: No Comment Yet
As part of the Crisis Policy Forum, the HotSpring collaborative innovation initiative is now planning an effort to tackle the problem of food supply management and chronic food and water scarcity in Africa. The lessons from this experiment in collaborative research will be applicable in many cases to other situations around the world, and we [...]
March 25, 2008 :: staff :: No Comment Yet
As part of the Crisis Policy Forum, the HotSpring collaborative innovation initiative is now planning an effort to tackle the problem of food supply management and chronic food and water scarcity in Africa. The lessons from this experiment in collaborative research will be applicable in many cases to other situations around the world, and we are open to spurring dialogue in those areas as outgrowths of this ongoing discussion.
August 8, 2007 :: staff :: No Comment Yet
Arusha, Tanzania, played host last week to leaders from “more than 10 Darfur rebel groups”, as the groups held talks to work out common ground and a structure for negotiating peace with the Sudan government, in light of the coming deployment of 26,000 UN-mandated peacekeepers for Darfur. The conflict which began as an effort to stamp out regional differences and secure control for Khartoum has become a crisis of global interest and one which the United Nations now seeks to put an end to.
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