May 29, 2012
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“Africa – a Place Where You Will Make Money, Not Lose Money” – IPS ipsnews.net.
If African countries continued to rely on external funding, they would be turned into “choice-less democracies”, he warned, because dependency on foreign aid means that political and economic agendas are partially set overseas.
May 23, 2012
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Charities Act deferred over cost.
LEGISLATION THAT would require charities to make their financial information public has been deferred for cost reasons, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has confirmed.
The Charities Act, providing for the regulation and supervision of the charitable sector, was passed in 2009 but has not been enacted in full. Mr Shatter said the prospect of full implementation was examined in the context of last year’s comprehensive review of expenditure.
May 16, 2012
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Kenyan bishop to sue RTE over Mission to Prey via @independent_ie.
A THIRD cleric is taking legal action against RTE claiming serious defamation as the fallout from the ‘Mission to Prey’ programme continues.
The Irish Independent has learned that papers were lodged earlier this week at the High Court by Kenyan Bishop Philip Sulumeti.
May 4, 2012
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allAfrica.com: Senegal: Greenpeace Welcomes Cancellation of Fishing Authorizations.
Greenpeace welcomes the decision of the Senegalese government to cancel licenses of pelagic fishing vessels issued to 29 foreign trawlers from Russia, Comoros, Lithuania, Saint Vincent Grenadine and Belize.
“These kinds of licenses are a direct threat to employment and food security for millions of Senegalese who have been dependent on fishing for centuries,” says Raoul Monsembula, Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace.
May 3, 2012
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Most Irish believe overseas aid remains vital.
A MAJORITY of Irish people believe overseas aid remains important despite the State’s economic crisis, a new survey suggests.
The poll from Ipsos MRBI, commissioned by Dóchas, an umbrella group of more than 40 development organisations, found that 85 per cent of respondents rated overseas aid as “important” or “very important”. The findings mirror a similar survey conducted by Eurobarometer last year, which also found less than half of Irish people believe the Government should increase its overseas aid budget.
May 1, 2012
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Document Details | Towards a Parliamentary Strategy for African Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.
While it is a recognised universal fact that eliminating gender inequality and achieving women’s empowerment are paramount to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, progress with implementation of the MDGs is the slowest in those areas that depend most heavily on improving the status of women and girls.
April 26, 2012
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Fear and Loathing in the Ivory Coast | Think Africa Press.
The word in Abidjan is that no-one leaves town after dark, that the road to the north becomes a bandits’ nest after 10pm.
The same story circulates in the central city of Bouaké. “Everyone distrusts everybody else”, one inhabitant told Think Africa Press. A graphic picture in the government newspaper Fraternité Matin shows a minibus that has veered off the road; the torso of the lifeless driver has slumped off the front seat and hangs suspended at an angle. “Killed just like that,” reads part of the caption…
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