Development
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Relief Food Workers Dying of Starvation |
| As you prepare for and look forward to careers in international development, I am compelled to issue a warning. With the hindsight of someone who spent five years in the development business, I'm going to tell you that the development industry hurts people in the developing world. Its greatest success has been to provide good jobs for Westerners with graduate degrees from institutions like this one.... |
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Leaders or Lidded? |
| Our Creator was good enough to ensure that all of us age and die. No human being is immortal, thus it does not matter how many terms one serves. Eventually, one must pass on the mantle. It would be better to do this when one is still popular and in accordance with the provisions of the constitution.... |
Q&A
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Your Excellencies: We are Watching Your Steps! |
| It is time they collectively worked with a view of building true democracy in the continent. We are all responsible to end civil wars and conflicts that have spread all over our continent. This is the initial point if we wish to make our continent a better place.... |
Regions
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Mother Africa is Born! |
| Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been sworn in as President of Africa's oldest republic, making her Africa’s first elected female leader. The ceremony was attended by Presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo, US First Lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice among others.... |
Profiles
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History of Guinea |
| The origin of the name Guinea itself is obscure. Some suggest that Guinea might have been derived from the ancient Niger River Basin trading center, Djenne. More likely it was derived, through Portuguese usage, from the Berber Akal-n-Iguinawen (land of the blacks). Yet another possibility is that it comes from the word geenay, meaning “women” among the coastal Soussou, and that somehow this name came to be applied to a widespread area of the African Coast.... |
Environment
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The Multinational Curse to Marginalized Folk |
| Although mining is becoming a global industry, the Act limits competition by restricting investments. As a result, the local population of indigenous Maasai feels that they have no legal standing with which to engage the mining industry, thus being subject to forces that they are completely unable to control.... |
Commentary
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King and Malcolm: Dream or Nightmare? |
If blacks or any other people define their freedom struggle in terms of the superiority of
their culture over others, they will experience a similar fate as whites. A healthy respect
for one’s culture does not mean disdain for others.... |
Report
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Deserting Disaster |
| Formerly, disaster planners thought disaster preparedness only referred to getting ready for an emergency response, but the concept is, in reality much more complex. Disaster preparedness consists of a wide range of measures, both long- and short-term, designed to save lives and limit the amount of damage that might otherwise be caused by the event.... |
Thoughts
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Africans Whom Westerners Should Heed |
| If there is reason for hope in Africa, it is not because Westerners may foolishly throw more good money after bad. It is because some native Africans are plainly telling the world about the painful lessons we all must learn from past policies... |
Press Statement
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Press Statement |
| Economic, Social & Cultural Council (ECOSSOC) of the Africa Union is designed to promote and defend the culture of good governance, democracy, human rights and freedoms and social justice. It is also focused on fostering gender equality and youth representation.... |
