Posted on 20 February 2008
Freetown (Sierra Leone) - Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has said his country has the poorest health facilities and health service delivery in the West African sub region. Speaking at the opening of the week-long 48th annual conference of West Africa College of Surgeons (WACS) at the Miatta Conference Centre, [...] Continue Reading...
In its first report, the Africa Progress Panel, launched by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has largely ducked the problem of “naming and shaming” Western countries that have fallen short on promises to increase aid and African states that have not brought in reforms to improve democracy. The report, launched in London by former UN [...] [...more]
Nigeria needs $85bn (£42.7bn) of investment in its power infrastructure in order to produce electricity 24 hours a day, experts say. The sum is 17 times the amount the government announced it would spend on the power sector, and four and a half times the country’s oil savings. Most of Nigeria’s 140m residents live without reliable power. Read [...] [...more]
I was looking at this poll recently on the BBC News website where they used the story of 24-year-old Ugochukwu Nwaokporo who was released on bail earlier this month after spending seven years in a Nigerian prison without being charged. The question that titled the poll was “Does African justice deserve the name?” I want to focus [...] [...more]
The largest African recruitment event in the world, the sixth Careers in Africa Recruitment Summit in London, took place on 23-25 May 2008. More than 1500 African graduates and professionals residing across Europe and Africa were selected and invited to attend the Summit, chosen from over 14 000 applicants. Over 3000 interviews with senior business representatives [...] [...more]
Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film. Why? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it’s easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that – to help people see themselves in others – through the power of [...] [...more]
All over the world there are a multitude of causes that are celebrated and honored on different days throughout the year. In Africa World Press Freedom Day (on 3 May) is one that carries an exceptional weight. Prominent journalists from across the continent from South Africa to Tunisia spoke to RAP 21 on what [...] [...more]
With the price of oil at a record high, Africa needs alternative sources of energy. . As sunlight is readily available on the continent, solar energy should be a viable solution. So far just two African countries, Morocco and Algeria, have begun to explore the potential of solar power by building massive plants in the desert. [...] [...more]
What is it that has captured the imagination of the rural farmers in Zambia, the gold miners in South Africa and the game wardens in Kenya? What does the small shopkeeper in Dakar, the wheelchair bound tailor in Harare and the aging tribal leader on the Zambezi have in common? They each rely on their [...] [...more]
