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Brazil Breaking BRICS?

Posted By: adminon: November 28, 2016In: FlashbackTags: Brazil, BRICS, CHINA, Dilma Rousseff, DONALD TRUMP, France, India, Michel Temer, Russia, SOUTH AFRICA, UN, US, WTONo CommentsViews:
Brazil Breaking BRICS?

Published originally in The Conversation online (Nov 20th, 2016) under the title “Brazil is breaking with its south-south focus. What it means for BRICS”, this piece hints about... Read more

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Who Succeeds Margaret Chan as WHO Leader? Asks Lyndal Rowlands

Posted By: adminon: October 30, 2016In: FlashbackTags: AIDS/HIV, CHINA, Dr David Nabarro, Dr Flavia Bustreo, Dr Miklós Szócska, Dr Sania Nishtar, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ebola, Esperanza Martinez, Ethiopia, France, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Hungary, ICRC, IPS, Italy, Lyndal Rowlands, Margaret Chan, Norway, Pakistan, Professor Philippe Douste-Blazy, Sierra Leone, Susannah Sirkin, Syria, tuberculosis, UN, WHO, ZikaNo CommentsViews:
Who Succeeds Margaret Chan as WHO Leader? Asks Lyndal Rowlands

Written and published originally by Inter Press Service News Agency, (IPS) under the title “Who Should Lead the WHO Next?”, the author pries into the question of successor of Dr Margaret Cha... Read more

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11th FRCN Annual Lecture: Obadiah Mailafia and the Long Shadows of the Sardauna of Sokoto

Posted By: adminon: October 29, 2016In: GovernanceTags: AU, Bishop Gabriel Ganaka, Dr Aminu Yusuf Usman, Dr Obed Mailafia, Dr Yima Sen, Facebook, FRCN, Google, Kaduna State, Kannywood, Lai Mohammed, Mohammadu Buhari, Nollywood, Samson Shuaib, Sardauna, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sokoto State, UN, Yakubu LameNo CommentsViews:
11th FRCN Annual Lecture: Obadiah Mailafia and the Long Shadows of the Sardauna of Sokoto

  It was a case of the Sardauna of Sokoto and only Premier of the defunct Northern Nigeria is dead but long live the Sardauna last Thursday at the 11th Annual Lecture of the Federal Rad... Read more

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Fact-check: Is Africa’s entire GDP equal to that of France? By Lee Mwitial

Posted By: adminon: October 25, 2016In: SpectacleTags: African, Barack Obama, Canada, CHINA, France, GDP, Hollande, Kenya, PPP, UN, USNo CommentsViews:
Fact-check: Is Africa’s entire GDP equal to that of France? By Lee Mwitial

As US president Barack Obama’s term ticks down, he has been keen to highlight his legacy. This includes his achievements in Africa, where his father hailed from. Speaking recently to an audi... Read more

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Reform in the Sahel: Mars, Mauritius or Mauritania?

Posted By: adminon: October 19, 2016In: SpectacleTags: Africa, Ahmed Mahmoud Dahan, Chinese, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, like the Europeans, Mars, Mauritius, MCM, Mohamed Djibril, MOROCCO, Russian, Sahel, Senegal, SNIM, South Korean, UN, Yahya Ould HademineNo CommentsViews:
Reform in the Sahel: Mars, Mauritius or Mauritania?

By Greg Mills Plans are afoot to extract more value and better integrate fishing into the Mauritanian economy. Doing so will require a break from the past – including making considerable inv... Read more

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Upsets in Projected Preponderance of Women in Power Globally

Posted By: adminon: October 06, 2016In: FlashbackTags: African, Angela Merkel, Brazil, CHINA, Dilma Rousseff, Dr. Nkosana Zuma, Germany, IMF, Liberia, Mrs Hilary Clinton, Park Geun-Hye, Sir leaf Johnson, South Korea, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, UN, UNSCNo CommentsViews:
Upsets in Projected Preponderance of Women in Power Globally

The expected preponderance of women in power as from 2017 has suffered severe setbacks within the last few months. By the earlier projection, a woman contender was expected to win the Secret... Read more

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What Africa Should Demand From the Next United Nations Secretary-General

Posted By: adminon: October 03, 2016In: SpectacleTags: Africa, NGOs, SDGs, UNNo CommentsViews:
What Africa Should Demand From the Next United Nations Secretary-General

The new secretary general of the United Nations should drive substantive reforms, particularly accountability of the international body. Shutterstock African governments and civil society sh... Read more

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Governor Atiku Bagudu’s Intervention

Posted By: adminon: September 30, 2016In: GovernanceTags: AAIN, Adams Oshiomhole, Atiku Bagudu, Benue State, Borno State, CDD, CHINA, CITAD, GCAP, Jigawa State, Kaduna State, Kebbi State, Lagos State, Military, PRP, UN, UNM, World BankNo CommentsViews:
Governor Atiku Bagudu’s Intervention

  Fewer and fewer statements concerning inclusion of poor people into the economy are heard nowadays in Nigeria. Instead of such statements, the society is served a menu of very obvious... Read more

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Managing the Border Crisis of the Africans Under Globalisation

Posted By: adminon: September 19, 2016In: SpectacleTags: Africa, Angela Merkel, Benin Republic, CHINA, Dr Willie Eselebor, ECOWAS, Europe, FRONTEX, Germany, Greece, HSN, IFRA, Indian, IOM, Professor Bawuro Barkindo, SPSP, Turkey, UNNo CommentsViews:
Managing the Border Crisis of the Africans Under Globalisation

By Adagbo ONOJA The past two decades have opened up every concepts and theories for contestation. One of such is the concept of borders. Once the definitive feature of sovereignty with a tak... Read more

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UN Refugees and Migrants Summit: All Talk, No Action

Posted By: adminon: September 19, 2016In: SpectacleTags: African, Cameroon, Chad, Kenya, Lebanon, Niger, Syrian, Uganda, UK, UNNo CommentsViews:
UN Refugees and Migrants Summit: All Talk, No Action

By Winnie Byanyima           I cried my eyes out when I arrived in the UK, a refugee. I remember the policeman at immigration control looking down at me, a lost and... Read more

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