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ABB to Commence Production of Central Photovoltaic Inverters in South Africa
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, plans to start production of central inverters in South Africa to support the rapidly growing local photovoltaic (PV) market and local content ...
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Uganda president ousts army boss amid dispute
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Uganda's president fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of ...
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Human Rights Minister Meets with the Chairman of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council
Rabat, May 24. (BNA) - On the sidelines of the on-going visit of the Bahraini official human rights delegation to Morocco, Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman met here today with the Chairman of the Moroccan National Human Rights Council (NHRC) Idris Al-Yazmi, in the presence of and NHRC's members, as well as former members of the Equity and Reconciliation ...
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Zimbabwe activist Prisoners denied Aids drugs
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS ...
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Responding To The Challenge Of Sex Work In Ghana
Sex work by definition is any transaction in which sex is exchanged for money or gifts.The consistent and persistent focus by the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) and its partners on high impact HIV interventions for sex workers in Ghana over the years is gradually paying off. In 2006, HIV sero-prevalence among sex workers was 38 per cent and this reduced to 25 per cent in 2008 and in 2011, it has ...
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Zimbabwe Mugabe Trip to Tokyo to Gobble Millions
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will next week gobble millions of dollars when he takes a huge entourage of more than 50 government officials to attend the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad) from June 1 to 3, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal. Top government sources said Mugabe is expected to take a high-powered delegation of cabinet ministers, directors of ...
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South Sudan Marrying Off South Sudans Girls for Cows
Juba - "Our daughters are our only source of wealth. Where else do you expect me to get cows from?" asks 60-year-old Jacob Deng from South Sudan's Jonglei state. Deng's attitude is a widespread one here as the practice of child marriage is still supported in many South Sudanese communities, where girls are seen as a source of wealth because of the bride price families are ...
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Guinea Bissau Security Council Adopting Resolution 2103 Extends Mandate
Acting on the recommendation of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) for one year, deciding also to readjust its presence so it could help the West African nation restore constitutional order following the 2012 military coup and hold elections by the end of ...
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Africa Development and the Double-Sided Mirror
There is a need for a cultural rebirth in Africa as part of the radical economic and social transformation of the continent. A new African consciousness that is free from the chains of 'colonial', 'post-colonial' and 'decolonial' must be located in African reference ...
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Africa Africas Dream of Unity
The African Union is turning 50. It was established as an organization to fight for African unity and initially fought against colonialism. Today it seeks African solutions for African problems. An African continental union which is economically strong and politically autonomous - that was the vision Kwame Nkrumah had back in 1958, just one year after he had led the British colony of the ...
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Africa Celebrating Tajudeen the OAU and AU - Which Way Africa
This special issue celebrates not only 50 years of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union (AU), but also the life of the late Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, a staunch Pan-Africanist. Some of the themes of this issue are set out, as well as future challenges facing the AU and ...
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South Africa Research and Policy Brief - Mamphela Ramphele
The launch of the 'political party platform' Agang in February 2012 has shifted Dr Mamphela Ramphele from being a commentator on South African politics to being an active participant in the months leading up to the national election in 2014. This article draws together some of Dr Ramphele's views on issues affecting South Africa and ...
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Africa The Birth of the OAU
To us in Ghana, the conference that was held in Addis Ababa in May 1963 to give birth to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was as exciting as an international football match. Lined up on one side of the "pitch" was a group of African states known as the 'Monrovia Group'. Most of it members were drawn from an earlier group called the 'Brazzaville Group' formed ...
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Africa Amnesty International APP for Protecting Activists Up for Technology Award
A mobile alert app designed by Amnesty International to help protect human rights activists in danger is in the running for the prestigious Global Impact Award. The Panic Button app, which allows activists to secretly disclose their location to key contacts in an emergency, is among 10 finalists vying for four £500,000 development grants from Google. Three winners will be selected by a ...
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Africa Where Is Nkrumahs United States of Africa 50 Years On
The African Union must cultivate a united Africa and national governments need to be keenly wary of the divide-and-rule tactics of external powers pursuing selfish ...
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Gambia IMF Approves U.S.$2.3 Million Disbursement for Gambia
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday completed the first review of The Gambia's economic performance under a program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The completion of the review enables the disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 1.555 million (about US$2.3 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR ...
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Tanzania Indian Diabetes Drug Sparks Controversy
Zanzibar - AS the controversy over the efficacy of an Indian-made diabetes drug, Wosulin, hots up at Zanzibar's Mnazi Mmoja main hospital, patients are being put in danger. Some 6,000 diabetics have refused to use Wosulin drug made by the India-based company, Wockhardt Limited, resolving to find other optional medicines to survive. "We have vowed not to use the medicine until our ...
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Sudan Sudan Regrets Juba Statements As Kiir Reaffirms His Top Priority to Kenyan Pipeline
Khartoum/Juba - Sudan's foreign ministry regretted statements issued by South Sudanese officials claiming that oil flow was deliberately blocked for political reasons, while in Juba president Salva Kiir reaffirmed that an alternative pipeline through Kenya remains his top priority. Khartoum and Juba agreed since last March to resume oil production and its exportation though a Sudanese ...
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Kenya SMS Service to Stop Coffee Theft Set Up
Coffee Management services has put a mobile alert that will ensure curbing of coffee theft. Coffee management services project manager Catherine Ng'ang'a said that the decision was reached at after a series of coffee theft in Central Kenya. She said that they have set up alarm system gadgets that will give an alert to the person incharge of the dispatch store,chairman of the society ...
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Liberia China Expresses Interest in Mt. Wologizi
The Government of the People's Republic of China says the controversial Wologizi Mountain in Lofa County remains its vested area of investment in Liberia. Chinese Ambassador to Liberia Zhao Jianhua said even though no formal negotiation has been made yet, but his country has expressed interest in the mountain. "Wologizi remains one of China's interests, but it has to be ...
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Africa The Organization of African Unity African Union at 50
The AU has now entered the new fifth era of delivery and democracy to avoid uprisings and revolutions and to ensure human security by re-inventing Pan-Africanism for 21st century ...
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Africa Peace in Our Time
African leaders at independence set out to create new countries where the issues of development and social justice were to replace the marginalisation and core violence of the colonial order. A peaceful internal and external environment was critical to ushering in development. The leaders came together collectively to guarantee this peaceful environment - their most imaginative tool was the ...
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Kenya Grannys Quest for 29 Years Worth of Dues
An 89-year-old Kiambu woman has appealed to President Uhuru to help her get her dues. Magdalene Wangui said she worked for presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi at Harambee House and State House Nairobi for 29 years without pay. Wangui, who lives in Riabai village in abject poverty, was sacked after the Kibaki government took over power in 2002. "I have work documents and a State House ...
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Namibia Electricity Up By 12 Percent
ELECTRICITY consumers in Namibia will pay on average 12% more from the beginning of July. The Electricity Control Board (ECB) announced at a media conference yesterday that it had approved an increase of 13% on NamPower's bulk tariff which will lead to an increase of the distribution tariff by an average of 12 %. ECB Chief Executive Officer Siseho Simasiku said the proposed tariff ...
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Africa Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance
The AU is well placed to articulate the Pan-African agenda for the benefit of the people, yet the majority of African presidents are busy with self-preservation and less supportive of initiatives that promote regional and continental integration. When will the Union to stop being a talking and become a serious ...
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