West Africa Category Archives: West Africa
The World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture started as a mere idea in Paris in 1956, where the Paris-based Pan-African Cultural Society summoned a meeting of writers and artists to discuss the “resurgence” of the African … Continue reading
What is Africa to me; Copper sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men, or regal black Women from whose loins I sprang When the birds of Eden sang? One three centuries removed From the scenes … Continue reading
Macaulay’s Children When the British fully took over India, they set upon establishing an intermediary race of Indians whom they could entrust with their work at middle and lower levels of government and administration. Again, in the words of Macaulay: … Continue reading
The Fuel Subsidy Maze: PPPRA, CBN, MOF, OAGF, NNPC and all the Alphabetic Soup Start from 1/1N and work your way through to 10/13N Diagram adapted from a textual description by Office of Accountant General OAGF (Nation, April 23, 2012; … Continue reading
Africa Center for Strategic Studies Media Review for April 10, 2012 President leaves Malawi in ruin President Bingu wa Mutharika dies of a heart attack and leaves behind a country in ruin. CNN’s Nkepile Mabuse reports. CNN In Malawi, A … Continue reading
MAR 21 2012, 7:15 AM ET 859 If we are going to interfere in the lives of others, a little due diligence is a minimum requirement. Left, Invisible Children’s Jason Russell. Right, a protest leader in Lagos, Nigeria / … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Together, Occupy D.C., Occupy Oakland, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Boston, Occupy San Francisco , Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Live Streams Use this address: ows@readersupportednews.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to … Continue reading
In this interview, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), discusses the violence in Syria and his organization’s role in high-level meetings, one of which resulted in drafting Kofi Annan as a special envoy for the … Continue reading
In this interview, Ellen Margrethe Løj discusses her experiences as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia and Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Ambassador Løj faced a sudden crisis as SRSG in 2011 as the … Continue reading
Organized crime in West Africa has been on the agenda of the UN Security Council twice in recent days: on February 21, the Security Council focused on the situation in the Sahel region; and on February 27, it examined the … Continue reading
LIU Brooklyn’s Martha Lewis, a biology major, conducts some tests in the lab. (LIU photo) Martha Lewis to present research on drug-resistant bacteria at major conference Brooklyn, NY– A war-ravaged childhood in her native Sierra Leone did not deter … Continue reading
Older women especially bear the brunt of caring for orphans As Africa’s population grows, so does the number of older people. Traditionally, extended families have taken care of elderly members but that’s now changing, meaning aging Africans are facing … Continue reading
1. Grey College South Africa 2. Rift Valley Academy Kenya 3. King Edward VII School South Africa 4. Hilton College South Africa 5. St. George’s College Zimbabwe 6. Prince Edward School Zimbabwe 7. International School of Kenya Kenya 8. Accra … Continue reading
A FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS Dear Friends and colleagues The questions remain: How do Nigerian fuel subsidies work, what are their purposes, and who benefits? Nigerians and sympathizers took to the streets in DC, London, New York, … Continue reading
=20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 Is this an African issue? I don`t know who Olbermann is but has h= e anything to do with Africa? Patricia ( Great Britain) — In Mwananchi@yahoogroups= .com, Christine Tonye <ctonye85@…> wrote: > > This is really … Continue reading
=20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 Is this an African issue? I don`t know who Olbermann is but has h= e anything to do with Africa? Patricia ( Great Britain) — In Mwananchi@yahoogroups= .com, Christine Tonye <ctonye85@…> wrote: > > This is really … Continue reading
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mtandao hauna mipaka wala imani wala makundi – mipaka hiyo , imani na makundi yanatengenezwa na watu waliomo kwenye mitandao mfano wewe unaposema god ni mungu GOD inaweza kuwa kifupi cha neno fulani la … Continue reading
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mtandao hauna mipaka wala imani wala makundi – mipaka hiyo , imani na makundi yanatengenezwa na watu waliomo kwenye mitandao mfano wewe unaposema god ni mungu GOD inaweza kuwa kifupi cha neno fulani la … Continue reading
