Candidates to be the next president of the World Bank are being announced as the deadline for nominees approaches. Three African countries have endorsed the nomination of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The US is yet to name its candidate,...
Lire la suiteThe Guardian - Congo warlord Thomas Lubanga convicted of using child soldiers
The international criminal court has delivered the first verdict in its 10-year history, finding a Congolese warlord guilty of recruiting child soldiers. Thomas Lubanga was convicted of snatching children from the street and turning them into killers....
Lire la suiterfi - Pays-Bas: l'affaire Habré devant la CIJ à La Haye
La Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) examine à partir de ce lundi 12 mars une requête de la Belgique face au Sénégal, au sujet de l'ancien président tchadien Hissène Habré, réfugié à Dakar depuis qu'il a été chassé du pouvoir à Ndjamena en 1990. Bruxelles...
Lire la suiteLe Monde - L'appel des femmes arabes pour la dignité et l'égalité
Nous, femmes arabes impliquées dans les luttes pour la démocratie, la dignité et l'égalité, nous, actrices au premier plan des changements exceptionnels que connaît le monde arabe, tenons à rappeler à l'opinion publique que les femmes sont en droit de...
Lire la suiterfi - Syrie: Kofi Annan désigné par l'ONU et la Ligue arabe pour tenter d'éteindre l'incendie
Le secrétaire général de l’ONU Ban Ki-moon a nommé son prédécesseur Kofi Annan comme envoyé spécial de l’ONU et de la Ligue arabe en Syrie. Kofi Annan est chargé d’apporter tout son poids et son expérience diplomatique pour faire cesser les violences...
Lire la suiteReuters - Geldof Africa fund raises $200 million
Irish rock star Bob Geldof has raised $200 million for his "8 Mile" African private equity fund, cementing a shift in his global anti-poverty crusade from rich world debt forgiveness to promoting private enterprise. "Africa is now a continent of extraordinary...
Lire la suiteThe Economist - African resources: Wish you were mine
THE true extent of Africa’s vast wealth of resources is hard to guess. Geologists have picked over most of the rest of the globe in search of minerals, yet huge swathes of Africa remain largely unprobed. But the immense ore deposits so far discovered...
Lire la suiteCNN International - China, Russia veto U.N. resolution on Syria
As international anger grows over reports of mass carnage at the hands of the Syrian regime, a U.N. Security Council draft resolution condemning Syria failed to be adopted Saturday after veto-wielding members Russia and China voted against it. Earlier,...
Lire la suiteFreedom House: The Perilous State of Freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa
The progress that sub-Saharan Africa has achieved in building democracy over the past generation is coming undone. After two decades of significant gains, the continent has experienced a steady decline in democracy over the last several years. In 1972,...
Lire la suiteThe Economist - Arab spring economies: Revolutions have hurt the wallets of bosses and workers alike
ON a good day Abdenaceur Hammoudi takes home 15 dinar ($10) from selling fruit in the Tunisian coastal town of Tabarka. Since the overthrow of president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali last January, municipal inspectors no longer demand a three-dinar-a-day bribe....
Lire la suiteFrance24 - African Union selects Benin's president as chairman
African Union leaders gathered on Sunday for a two-day summit in Addis Ababa selected Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi to be the body's next chairman. The AU's top post rotates among member states and is held for one year. African Union leaders chose...
Lire la suiteBBC - UN panel aims for 'a future worth choosing'
Growing inequality, environmental decline and "teetering" economies mean the world must change the way it does business, a UN report concludes. Health and education must improve, it says. Subsidies on fossil fuels should end, and governments must look...
Lire la suiteRadio-Canada / Amnistie internationale critique les régimes arabes
Le recours du pouvoir à la violence pour réprimer la contestation dans les pays arabes risque de se poursuivre en 2012, selon un rapport publié lundi par Amnistie internationale. L'organisation des droits de l'homme prévient que certains régimes sont...
Lire la suiteSciDev.net - Developing world must lead on green economic policy
Yet more failure to make much progress on climate change in Durban means that developing countries must exert stronger political pressure. For three years in a row, there has been a disappointing end to international meetings that should have agreed on...
Lire la suiteSciDev.net - L'Australie veut partager son expérience dans le domaine agricole avec l'Afrique
Le gouvernement australien s’apprête à créer un centre international de la sécurité alimentaire dans le but d’offrir son expertise technique et en recherche aux gouvernements et aux institutions en Afrique qui souhaitent en bénéficier. Le Centre international...
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