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27 May, 2009
På vems uppdrag?
Anna Tibblin, Swedish Cooperative Center
Är Kooperation Utan Gränser en biståndsorganisation eller del av en folkrörelse? Är det någon skillnad och spelar det i så fall någon roll?
Forum syd gav nyligen ut debattboken Grus eller Guld, som handlar om folkets bistånd och vilken betydelse det har – eller inte. Jag fick förfrågan om jag ville tycka något… Resultatet följer nedan.
Är Kooperation Utan Gränser en biståndsorganisation eller del av en folkrörelse? Är det någon skillnad och spelar det i så fall någon roll?
Forum syd gav nyligen ut debattboken Grus eller Guld, som handlar om folkets bistånd och vilken betydelse det har – eller inte. Jag fick förfrågan om jag ville tycka något… Resultatet följer nedan.
Kenya: Uhuru Generation: Over 3 million will retire into poverty
The East African
The spectre of massive old-age poverty is hovering over Kenya as the first major wave of retirements of salaried workers and civil servants since Independence draws closer.
The spectre of massive old-age poverty is hovering over Kenya as the first major wave of retirements of salaried workers and civil servants since Independence draws closer.
The Woes of a People Enslaved by Alcohol: A review of Francis Nyamnjoh’s: the Travail of Dieudonné
GEF's Outlook, George Esunge Fominyen
The characters of The Travail of Dieudonné readily accept their unfortunate fate. Theirs is a world of misery in which insultingly rich and corrupt officials reap of an undemocratic government in which poor governance thrives, while the masses abandon themselves to sexual perversity and self-pity with the help of alcohol. In many ways, it is Cameroon seen through a glass of beer and Cameroonians locked inside a bottle of lager.
The characters of The Travail of Dieudonné readily accept their unfortunate fate. Theirs is a world of misery in which insultingly rich and corrupt officials reap of an undemocratic government in which poor governance thrives, while the masses abandon themselves to sexual perversity and self-pity with the help of alcohol. In many ways, it is Cameroon seen through a glass of beer and Cameroonians locked inside a bottle of lager.
Is aid working?
Financial Times/ arena
Botswana is Africa’s greatest success story and also its largest aid recipient, with aid per capita four times larger than the continent average. In Mozambique, aid has helped support sustained growth of nearly 5 per cent annually over 15 years, and helped support rapid growth in Uganda, Tanzania, and several other countries, alongside helping secure the peace in Liberia.
Botswana is Africa’s greatest success story and also its largest aid recipient, with aid per capita four times larger than the continent average. In Mozambique, aid has helped support sustained growth of nearly 5 per cent annually over 15 years, and helped support rapid growth in Uganda, Tanzania, and several other countries, alongside helping secure the peace in Liberia.
Corruption is the reason why Africa is Africa today
The Washington Post
Corruption Cop, A Conversation With Nuhu Ribadu, Anti-Corruption Crusader
One of Ribadu's first moves was to go after the Nigerian scams that duped e-mail recipients around the world into get-rich-quick schemes.
Corruption Cop, A Conversation With Nuhu Ribadu, Anti-Corruption Crusader
One of Ribadu's first moves was to go after the Nigerian scams that duped e-mail recipients around the world into get-rich-quick schemes.
African Reverie
the ROOT, miki turner
A back to Africa movement that comes with white sand beaches, great wine and incredible diving. Who knew history looked so good?
A back to Africa movement that comes with white sand beaches, great wine and incredible diving. Who knew history looked so good?
South Africa: ANC has a gender issue
Times South Africa, Lindiwe Mazibuko
Let us be clear about what some of the root causes of female oppression in our society are.
# The belief still held by many men that unprotected sexual encounters with multiple partners is their right;
# The failure of many men to take responsibility for the children who result from their behaviour in this regard;
# The extent to which these sexual encounters drive the spread of HIV-Aids — and why it is women who carry the burden of this disease; and
# The violence against women which results from failed relationships.
Let us be clear about what some of the root causes of female oppression in our society are.
# The belief still held by many men that unprotected sexual encounters with multiple partners is their right;
# The failure of many men to take responsibility for the children who result from their behaviour in this regard;
# The extent to which these sexual encounters drive the spread of HIV-Aids — and why it is women who carry the burden of this disease; and
# The violence against women which results from failed relationships.
Zimbabwe Law Society holds first protest free of police violence
Times online, Jan Raath
A small piece of history was made in Harare yesterday when the Zimbabwe Law Society was able to stage a demonstration without getting beaten up.
....when normal decency becomes "breaking news" ..... (BH)
A small piece of history was made in Harare yesterday when the Zimbabwe Law Society was able to stage a demonstration without getting beaten up.
....when normal decency becomes "breaking news" ..... (BH)
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