UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon has told attendees at the Africa Consultative Forum that the continent needs foreign aid and fairer trading terms if it is to achieve its Millennium Development Goals (MDGS). In his message delivered by a spokesperson at the forum held in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, Ban also stressed that the continent’s prosperity was [...]
The World Bank and African Development Bank have been urged to do more for Africa’s most deprived people by senior financial ministers. The African Caucus Meeting, which took place in Sierra Leone between 16th -17th August, was hosted by President Koroma who said, “the fiscal and monetary stimulus provided by the advanced economies played a critical [...]
UN-HABITAT has donated US$20,000 towards a youth led project that supports disabled youth in the West African nation. The Handicapped Youth Development Centre which was almost closed because of lack of funding earlier this year may now breathe a sigh of relief as international funding sustains the longevity of its Disability Is Not Inability initiative. [...]
The gradual end of hostiles in West Africa has led to the revival of interstate connections over the past few years. The fragile balance that once characterised affairs between countries in the region is now changing and some frosty relationships are now beginning to thaw. This feeling was recently accentuated as Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to [...]
Sierra Leone is to receive an increase of US $23 million towards its Country Programme budget. The decision which has been approved by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Board will endeavour to aid some of the country’s most vulnerable, marginalised and malnourished people. The commitment made by the WFP will bring spending [...]
Repressive regimes and countries in conflict are among the military delegations are attending the 2010 Farnborough Air Show. Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will attend, having been invited by the UK government. Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) says that the presence of such countries makes a mockery of the system of arms export [...]
Amnesty International has called on the Kenyan authorities to halt the forced evictions in a Nairobi settlement that have left hundreds of families homeless and destitute. A bulldozer from the Nairobi City Council flattened market stalls in Kabete NITD on Tuesday 13 July for the second time this week. On Saturday 10 July, authorities had [...]
President Mwai Kibaki is challenging world leaders including US President Barack Obama and South African President Jacob Zuma to act decidedly on Somalia saying the situation was deteriorating as the world watches. President Kibaki, who made the remarks during a military cadet graduation, Wed, June 30, 2010, identified extremist insurgency and the issue of pirates [...]
A small, but yet major development took place at the Kampala review conference of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which took place from 31st May to 11th June. This was the decision to criminalise the use of armed force by one state against another, in contravention of the UN Charter. Although it will take place [...]
The current BBC Radio 4 series “Parting Shots” which recounts the practice by British Ambassadors and High Commissioners of sending a valedictory despatch on completion of their posting overseas has raised a few eyebrows around Africa and beyond. Traditionally outgoing ambassadors had complete freedom to write whatever they wished in their final despatch home – [...]
