My name is Nina Eklund and I am currently working at a Kenyan Non Governmental Organization called Wayo Wayo Africa. We are located in Kibera, one of the world’s largest slum areas – right outside central Nairobi. Some estimates show that one million people live in Kibera. The houses consist of clay walls and iron…
Now in it’s 9th year, the annual international conference on ICT for development, education and training – e-Learning Africa – took place in Kampala, Uganda last week: More than 1500 participants and about 300 speakers from 68 countries gathered for three days at the Speke Resort and Conference Centre in the Ugandan capital Kampala, set on the edge…
by Judyannet Muchiri, NAYD Editor From Nelson Mandela to all the men and women who went beyond the call of duty to give us the present day Africa as we know it. Their courage in the face of insurmountable circumstances amaze us and as such we have a moral obligation to continue with their work…
We are a groupe of morrocan people willing to organize a festival called Festival of Alternatives and resistance, and we are looking for help to succeed in the project. The Festival de Résistance et d’Alternatives (the Festival of Resistance and Alternatives, FRA) offers a place dedicated to innovation, exchange and participation where everyone can express themselves freely. During…
How to tell the story of a war no one’s ever heard of? Nuban Ahmed Khatir is using the only ‘weapon’ he has: a camera. John Dickie’s Eyes of Nuba screens on Sunday, 26 January 2014 at 22h30 GMT on Witness, Al Jazeera’s flagship documentary strand. The 25-minute documentary tells the story of Ahmed Khatir from Nuba Reports,…
KHWEDOM COUNCIL SAYS GOVERNMENT IS AT ‘WAR’ WITH SAN News Release from Khwedom Council, Botswana Gaborone, May 21 – Despite court defeats and international condemnation, the government of Botswana is continuing its assault on the San by attempting to forcibly relocate another community from land they have occupied for decades, says the Khwedom Council, a…
Last Friday on South 2 North, Al Jazeera’s new global talk show broadcast from Johannesburg, Redi Tlhabi questioned the idea of foreign aid. “Most people would agree that donating money to a good cause is a positive thing,” says Redi. “But, looking deeper into aid and development, a more complex picture emerges. In some cases, foreign…
Applications for the Second AWE (African Women in Europe) 2013 Awards are now officially open. This year, the AWE Awards Event Ceremony will be held in London, UK at Holiday Inn London-Kensington Forum on the 29th June 2013. The A.W.E award aims to recognize and honor African Women in Europe members of good standing living,…
Coinciding with International Women’s Day, this Friday on Al Jazeera’s new global talk show South 2 North, Redi Tlhabi discusses the global rape epidemic with Professor Ratna Kapur, Professor Farid Esack, and Dr. Amelia Kleijn. In December 2012, 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Pandey was gang-raped and savagely beaten on a bus in Delhi, India. She subsequently…
Tomorrow, Kenyans will hold their general elections. This blog post is a message of Peace; an assembly of how Kenyans have prepared and do what is possible to allow for a peaceful electoral process.
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