International Political Forum


 
Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
Recent
Most Commented
Random
 

 
Africa

Development For Whom?

Last March, Dr. K. M. Rabiul Karim of the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and other scholars published an article on Global Water Forum about a water development project that caused an increase of marital violence in rura...
by Anna Lazzarin
0
Full Story »

 
 
Africa
International Political Forum

Stability In The Balance: Elections In Guinea-Bissau

On Sunday April 13th the chronically war-torn state of Guinea-Bissau successfully held its first round of presidential and People’s Assembly elections since a 2012 coup d’état interrupted the last planned vote. The coup, c...
by Tarleton Watkins
0
Full Story »

 
 
Africa

Imagining a ‘new’ Swaziland

The ultimate yardstick for democracy and multi-party politics in Swaziland, once ushered in, will not be the ousting of an undemocratic government. Rather, it will be the strides taken to liberate the people from grinding pover...
by Mark Mngomezulu
0
Full Story »

 

 
Africa

Good News: The EU Has Agreed To More Corporate Transparency

On 9 April, following months of negotiations, MEPs and ministers finally agreed to new transparency rules regarding payments to governments from the extractive sectors, involving companies from the mining, oil and gas, as well ...
by Thomas Bignal
0
Full Story »

 
 
Africa
International Political Forum

Mandela: The last Of The Global Icons?

Mandela, as the eulogies which were sent from all corners of the globe showed, was a man revered by almost everybody. At his funeral Obama mixed with Raul Castro, Robert Mugabe and Oprah Winfrey. As we lose the last of the grea...
by Joe Corry-Roake
0
Full Story »

 
 
Africa

A Graduate Had an Idea That Changed A Country

Founded in 2009, PING (Positive Innovation for the Next Generation) is a youth-led organisation based in Gaborone, Botswana aiming to use technology in creating and educating the next generation of problem solvers. In the summe...
by Kayleigh Board
0
Full Story »

 

 
Africa

Civil Society In Morocco And The Evaluation Of Public Policies

Democratising in Morocco is more far-reaching than ever before due to the growing role of civil society at the national level.
by Mohammed Qasserras
0
Full Story »

 
 
Green

COP18: Climate change and Africa’s health

For health anywhere to be sustained, people need clean air, safe water, adequate food, tolerable temperature, stable climate, and high levels of biodiversity. Climate change is envisaged to alter all these requirements of a hea...
by Daniel Wasonga
1
Full Story »

 
 
Europe

Radi-Aid: Africa for Norway {Video}

Brr..it’s COLD in Norway! The charity aid single has been flipped on its head! Radi-Aid: Africa for Norway is a campaign by The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund, that aims to challenge...
by Natasha Lipman
0
Full Story »