Time to stop aid for Africa?
source:reuters
Far from being all bad news for Africa, the global financial crisis is a chance to break a dependence on development aid that has kept it in poverty, argues Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo, who has just published a new book “Dead Aid”.
Moyo’s book, her first, comes out at a time [...]
Source:delawareonline
January 15,2009:- After a year of unrelenting attacks by Somali pirates, it appears that the international community is finally coalescing together to fight the maritime marauders. This article assesses the damage wrought by the pirates and how various nations have reacted to the hijackings
Before 2008, scattered attacks by pirates from Somalia were reported but [...]
Source: NewyorktimesBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and MOHAMMED IBRAHIM
January 12, 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya — The window of opportunity that was created by the recent resignation of Somalia’s widely reviled president seems to be closing quickly, with Somali politicians bickering over how to replace him and violence now raging on several fronts.
On Monday, the speaker of Somalia’s transitional Parliament [...]
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As 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers depart, militia groups are battling to take more control from the weak transitional government.
By Jonathan Adams
Fierce fighting between rival Islamist militias left at least 25 dead in central Somalia on Sunday, as a struggle for the heart of this war-torn nation rages in the power vacuum left by departing Ethiopian troops. [...]
