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Happy 2012! A little bit more than two weeks into the new year we have a lot to catch up with. There are a couple of articles in the pipeline, which will be published soon, one after the other. However, the biggest news is that we recently discovered and started collaborating with a bunch of…
On 21 and 22 June, US First Lady Michelle Obama visited Jo’burg and Soweto in South Africa to talk and take part at The Young African Women Leaders Forum: Media coverage in and across Africa was quite decent, but whoever expected coverage in the main US newspapers or other western media was left with not…
Celebrations of Africa Day and the International Year for People of African Descent The Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations in partnership with the United Nations Senior Africans Group and the African Diaspora are hosting today an event at the UN to celebrate African Liberation Day. Forging closer links between Africa…
“It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.”
The 10. Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and for Indigenous Peoples was held from 16 to 27 May 2011 in New York at the UN Headquarters. Find below pictures and statements from the African Delegation:
by SHALIN Finland Recommendations from panelists and participants of the International Seminar on Ethnicity and Conflict in Eastern Africa held at the Hotel Arthur, HELSINKI While taking into account that ethnicity is one of the identities embodied and expressed by citizens in the pursuit of political, economic, social and cultural freedoms And recognizing that it can…
Emmanuel Jal is a former child-soldier from South-Sudan, who is using Rap music to globally raise awareness about the destiny of war children. He has founded the organization gua Africa to create peace for kids, many of them former child soldiers; to build schools, and much more. Currently being in New York for the Tenth Session of…
Hey Nancie, I have been following your Blog – The Fashion Notebook – for a few months now and am repeatedly astonished about your creativity and obvious love for fashion. When have you started to develop this passion? I always loved fashion since I was young. But my perception of fashion then was more of creating…
“There is no lack of resources, no deficiency of knowledge and no shortage of plans. Africa’s progress rests above all else on the mobilisation of political will, both on the continent and internationally.” >> Read the Africa Progress Report 2011
The following text was written by Aisha Khadar Desince – Director of Khadarlis for Sierra Leone The Sierra Leone Civil War began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), supported by Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), invaded Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Momoh government, sparking…
African Perspectives 