Development
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Grass War in Africa |
| Farmers in Western and parts of Rift valley spend an average of 6 man hours a day weeding. While this is happening, the Eastern and Northern parts of Kenya report persistent clan wars over grass for cattle, sheep and goats.... |
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Africa: Key to World Riches |
| Africa has tremendous potential; rich mineral deposits, large timber reserves, vast pastures for livestock, soils and climatic conditions that are well-suited to the production of export crops and the considerable hydro-electric potential of its great rivers. But the continent is still a long way from realizing its potential.... |
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Africa on Right Track: IMF |
| A radical improvement in the economic prospects for much of Africa is essential if the Millennium Development Goals are to be realized. The most heartening aspect of recent economic developments is that the policy reforms are essentially domestically driven. This greatly strengthens the prospect that further reforms will be implemented and will bear fruit.... |
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Blueprint for Harnessing Natural Resources |
| The development and utilization of natural resources is an involving and costly undertaking hence the importance of partnerships with development partners, particularly the UN agencies, bilateral sources, international and regional financial institutions. No doubt, the type of partnership and assistance required would vary from country to another.... |
Q&A
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A Free Human Mind is Capital |
| Kalawaani Mwanzo Mpya self help group has gone an extra mile to cope up with the famine by employing the “push and pull” method. They heard about it on radio and opted to try it out.... |
Regions
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Uganda: The Beginning of the End? |
| It is important for every qualified citizen to exercise their democratic right to decide who governs them though it is also democratic if you feel that none of the candidates or parties represents your interest to refuse to vote.... |
Profiles
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History of Cote d’Ivoire |
| Cote d’Ivoire is located in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. It was divided into various isolated kingdoms at the time of European discovery in the 15th century, organized as a French colony in 1893, became a part of French West Africa in 1904 and declared its independence in 1960. Yamoussoukro is the capital and Abidjan is the largest city and de facto administrative center.... |
Commentary
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End of Innocence |
| The children of pre-independence generation are under threat from not only some elders of their society but also certain aspects of their culture. Criminologist and human rights experts predict more child trafficking, enslavement, defilement, and other child abuses in the next few years as poverty and other social distress increases.... |
Events
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Launch of National High School Debate on Development Issues |
| IREN Kenya) is set to launch a National Debate Contest in Kenyan high schools based on issues raised in Jasira za Jonathan Gullible: Mtalaa wa Soko Huria.... |
Agriculture
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Revitalizing Africa’s Agriculture |
| Agricultural subsidies and support measures of key trading partners of Africa typically encourage the continent's imports and hinder its exports. Charity must begin at home: With an annual food and agricultural import bill of US$ 10-20 billion, the biggest challenge that Africa probably faces in the area of market access is granting its own (domestic) food and agricultural systems full access to the regional (intra-African) market.... |
Report
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The Kenya Free Malaria Zone Project |
| The Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) is happy to be associated with the Free Africa Foundation’s (FAF) initiative to eradicate Malaria in Africa. Koshin Mohamed, representative of FAF, James Shikwati, Director IREN and Hon. Prof. Ruth Oniang’o launched the pilot initiative in Lufumbo Village in Western Kenya.... |
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IREN Agriculture Project |
| IREN team members received a surprise guest early this week. The guest from a famine stricken area, came loaded with two cartons full of mangoes and a basket of vegetables.... |
Thoughts
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The Law in Africa |
| ‘The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.’ People in Africa must be wary of any one who attends to them in the name of saving or helping them.... |
