UN | Intervention

Rising Sino-Japanese competition in Africa

Posted By: adminon: September 09, 2016In: SpectacleTags: African, CHINA, Japan, Kenya, Shinzo Abe, Sino-Japanese, TICAD, UNNo CommentsViews:

By Yun Sun On August 27 and 28, the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) was held in Nairobi, Kenya—the first time the TICAD has b... Read more

Report Online Hate Speeches, Nigerians Told

Posted By: adminon: September 07, 2016In: FlashbackTags: Banki-moon, Borno State, CITAD, Hon Isah Hassan, IGF, Kano State, Mallam Y Z Yau, Mary Uduma, Mohammed Saleh Binga, NCC, NIGF, NITDA, UN, Yobe StateNo CommentsViews:

Nigerian citizens have been called upon to report all hate and dangerous speeches online to the dangerous speech observatory currently being run by the Kano based Centre for Information Tech... Read more

Unpacking Nigeria’s More Conflict Management Training, More Conflicts Paradox, Part 2

Posted By: adminon: September 06, 2016In: GovernanceTags: ASCON, CEPACS, Christians, DFID, Dr Ojiji, Dr Tukur Baba, Dr Tunde Akanni, EU, Ibadan, IPCR, Jos, Kogi, LAGOS, Muslims, Nsukka, Sokoto, UN, ZariaNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA The first part of this Special Report titled “Nigeria: Why the More Conflict Management Training, the More Conflicts? Part 1” featured Professor Oshita Oshita, the Director G... Read more

The Return of Polio and Yellow Fever in Africa

Posted By: adminon: August 19, 2016In: SpectacleTags: African, DRC, NIGERIA, UN, WHONo CommentsViews:

Polio is back in Nigeria at the same time that the World Health Organisation, (WHO) is embarking on a Yellow Fever campaign in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.T The conversation... Read more

The Next UN Secretary General Should Be a Woman

Posted By: adminon: August 06, 2016In: FlashbackTags: Ban Ki-moon, UN, Winnie ByanyimaNo CommentsViews:

The Next UN Secretary General Should Be a Woman – and Must Be a Feminist By Winnie Byanyima Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Credit: UN Pho... Read more

Sense and essence of Intervention

Posted By: adminon: July 26, 2016In: World From AfricaTags: UN, Usocial order, Win-winNo CommentsViews:

When one of Nigeria’s most established dailies today sneaked into the media market in the late 1990s, it did so with an editorial entitled “On a wing and a Prayer”. The summoning in daring t... Read more