I have added another two new sections on the site. The first is Development - this site will deal with news specifically related to Development issues, the Millennium Development Goals and West Africa. The second is EMWAB - East Midlands West Africa Bureau - this site which I’m currently developing is specifically aimed at encouraging companies from [...] [...more]
I have created two new pages on the Top Menu bar - Country Blogs and Online Newspapers. The idea behind Country Blogs is to get a diverse range of views and experiences when it comes to each country. This could be someone living there, someone originally from there who is now part of the diaspora or [...] [...more]
News on Togo continually updated from thousands of sources around the net. Click here for full details: Togo News - Topix [...more]
Poverty in Africa is predominantly rural. More than 70 per cent of the continent’s poor people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for food and livelihood, yet development assistance [...] [...more]
A young inventor is hoping to tap the unbounded energy of children in a playground to power schools in Africa. Design student Daniel Sheridan has created a simple see-saw which generates enough electricity to light a classroom. The device works by transferring the power, created by a child moving up and down on it, to an electricity [...] [...more]
4 March 2008 “It is vitally important to recognise and value the press” – Barry Wells, US ambassador to The Gambia A media workshop on covering human rights issues, organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat together with the British High Commission and the US Embassy in The Gambia, opened in the town of Serekkunda on 4 March 2008 [...] [...more]
“Sisterhood of Suffering”: A Volunteer Fistula Surgeon Reports on Visit to Niger by Lauri Romanzi, M.D. “It was my second journey as a volunteer fistula surgeon to Niger that I met the woman who taught me what it means to expect the unexpected.” Women’s Voices for Change [...more]
AfriMAP, the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, is an initiative of the Soros Foundation Network’s four African foundations, and works with national civil society organizations to conduct systematic audits of government performance in three areas: the justice sector and the rule of law; political participation and democracy; and effective delivery of public services. [...more]
Thanks to the Niger1.com website for making me aware of Esther Garvi’s blog about living and working in Niger. “Born in Sweden, but came to Niger at the age of six. Still around. Am the greatest Niger fan you can find and cannot think of a better way to live my life than working for Eden [...] [...more]
When I started the EWAN website the big idea was to create a network of citizen reporters in each of the countries to let us know what was actually happening on the ground in each location. I was contacted today by Moussa who runs Niger1.com Its a great site with lots of local news and links. Please [...] [...more]
