School children between 3 and 12 years from the Ibadan International School (IIS) have raised about three hundred and fifty thousand naira (N0.35 million or $2,000) to support the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s Forest Project. The donation is part of the school’s efforts towards supporting good causes in the society. “This donation is to [...]
Autocracy and aid dependency killed an agriculture success story By Masimba Tafirenyika Once againMalawifinds itself in a tight spot. A food crisis set off by erratic rains, rising food prices and economic hardships is slowly unfolding. Sadly and unexpectedly,Malawihas lost its hard-earned status as an agricultural success story. Many are now wondering what went wrong [...]
The members of the African Federation of Environmental Journalists (AFEJ) are today overjoyed the celebration of the World Human Rights Day and vowed to observe and document the human rights violations in across African region as everyone has the right to be heard and to shape the decisions that affect their community. This right is [...]
Tackling youth unemployment is a complex task in this West African nation and starts with improving access to basic education By Dennis Zulu, Chief Program Officer, ILO Office for Nigeria, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The room was filled with about 50 excited Liberian youth, all sporting white T-shirts with the inscription “Graduate” printed [...]
A “make or break” point for the country’s new leaders By Jocelyne Sambira When a Turkish Airlines flight touched down at Aden Adde International Airport near the Somali capital of Mogadishu on 16 March, it seemed like a sign of good things to come. It was the first time in more than 20 years that [...]
Innovative surgery gives women normal lives By Jocelyne Sambira Tonte Ikoluba was 13 years old when her grandmother came to her family home to circumcise her. It was important she go through the rite, her grandmother said, in order to become a respectable woman and increase her chances of getting married some day. “I closed [...]
Unstable Addis, Nairobi governments to derail Somalia’s peace process By Drs Fatuma Lamungu Nur – New York, USA (WaGosha) It’s an open secret that Somalia’s failure is the result of miscalculated Somali foreign policies since the independence in 1960. Somali leaders in 1960ties pursued a policy of creating “Greater Somalia” by claiming regions in Ethiopia [...]
Carbon Footprint of South Africa 2010 Just 60 Per Cent of Projected Figure – Other Achievements Noted in Water and Waste Reduction Rio de Janeiro, 9 October 2012 – As Brazil prepares for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Tuesday released a report on the environmental performance of South [...]
Light-Weight Stadium, River Restoration and Clean-Up of Historic Docklands among Key Achievements Achim Steiner Comments on Tour of Olympic Park and Thames Barrier with UK Secretary of State Caroline Spellman London, 26 July 2012 – Many of London 2012’s sustainability measures were given the thumbs up by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme Executive Director [...]
By Kingsley Ighobor and Aissata Haidara Hand-dyed polished cotton — called bazin — is the mainstay of Malian fashion. The blind singers Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia extolled the fabric in a song released in 2005, “Beaux dimanches” (“Beautiful Sundays”). The song’s scintillating lyrics include the lines: “Sunday inBamakois the wedding day / Men and [...]
