The Foreign Ministers of Algeria, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Qatar, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, UK and US, and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs call upon all parties to the Libyan Political Dialogue to immediately approve the political agreement brokered by UN Special Representative Leon following the meetings of the parties in Skhirat and […]
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The CFA Franc: Africa’s financial anachronis
Nicoletta Fagiolo (nsnbc) : More and more voices on the African continent, from expert economists, businessmen to politicians and simple citizens are questioning the CFA franc system that rules the monetary regime in francophone West Africa.
Africa finance and investment forum 2015 in South Africa
A Public Private Dialogue on Impact Investment in Africa Mapping the Road to Developing Africa’s Impact Investment Sector In the framework of AFIF 2015, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will organise a Private-Public Dialogue (PPD) on Impact Investment in Africa. The PPD will facilitate the exchange of information and collaboration between key public and […]
Madam Ambassador upholds African Fashions from Liberia
Throughout the developed world African nationals are racing to build sustainable marketplaces for independent designers of Afro-centric inspired fashions. Numerous African inspired Fashion Week events have emerged throughout three major continents. North America, Western Europe and West Africa. Setting the pulse for this movement is the World Fashion Organization’s agenda to develop wealth creation and […]
Libya: joint statement by western governments
Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States strongly condemn the ongoing barbaric acts by ISIL-affiliated terrorists in the Libyan city of Sirte. We are deeply concerned about reports that […]
Obama’s speech in Ghana. July 11, 2009
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release July 11, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE GHANAIAN PARLIAMENT Accra International Conference Center Accra, Ghana 12:40 P.M. GMT THE PRESIDENT: (Trumpet plays.) I like this. Thank you. Thank you. I think Congress needs one of those horns. (Laughter.) That sounds pretty […]
Southafrican ports: APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD VALLIHU AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
[Johannesburg, 13 April 2015] Mr Richard Vallihu took up the reins as Chief Executive of South African port authority, Transnet National Ports Authority, on 1 April 2015. He succeeds Mr Tau Morwe, who led the company formidably for a number of years before opting for early retirement in March 2015.
Libya: joint declarations of foreign ministers
Foreign Ministers Fabius, Steinmeier, Gentiloni, García-Margallo, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Hammond, and Secretary of State Kerry welcome the resumption of the Libyan political dialogue under the auspices of Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Bernardino Leon in Morocco April 15 and the next meeting of the political parties in Algeria April […]
The Road to Garissa
Shailja Patel stresses some historical facts which led to the late killings of Garissa, Kenya. By Shailja Patel 2015 the morning after a massacre 2014 #KasaraniConcentrationCamp: ”Operation Usalama Watch was launched on April 2, 2014, following a major terrorist attack last year and a series of smaller bombings in Nairobi and Mombasa. The name “Kasarani […]
Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan, Dies at 82
By JONATHAN KANDELL MARCH 22, 2013 Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author and towering man of letters whose internationally acclaimed fiction helped to revive African literature and to rewrite the story of a continent that had long been told by Western voices, died on Thursday in Boston. He was 82.