iConflict contributor Henry Namwenda, of the Youth Development Foundation in Zambia, just sent us an update on his work in Zambia.
This nation is riddled with high rates of HIV infection. A trend that grew exponentially since his country banned condom distribution in all schools. Young people like Henry (he is 19 and already making a […]
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Stephen Castle of the International Herald Tribune reports, “Intended to bolster Europe’s influence in Africa, a summit meeting between leaders from the two continents was dominated Saturday by tensions over trade and direct criticism from European leaders of human rights violations in Zimbabwe.”
This is the first summit in 7 years between the African countries and […]
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, the eminent Professor and advocate for solving the problems of impoverished nations, was very critical on UN peacekeepers in Darfur.
“You could put the peacekeepers in there, they won’t change one iota on the ground in terms of the grim realities of the harshness of life in Darfur,” Sachs said, pointing to the […]
The United States is now the only major industrialized nation to not sign onto the Kyoto Protocol. The newly elected leader of Australia, Kevin Rudd, announced today his nation had signed onto the pact.
This announcement comes as the Bali Conference begins which seeks to create a road map for a new international agreement on […]
Businessweek this so.
According to the magazine:
In many ways, Africa’s economic situation seems hopeless. While $625 billion in foreign aid has poured in since 1960, there has been no rise in the region’s per capita gross domestic product, notes William R. Easterly, economics professor at New York University. What’s more, from 1976 to 2000, Africa’s […]
The New York Times put Nigeria on Page 1, which we applaud. The media needs to pay more attention to developments across Africa.
In the article, the Times explores the efforts by the Federal Nigerian government to crackdown on Hisbah and other religious militias that as recently as a year ago, brutalized many in the country.
Many […]
20% of the entire Zambian population has AIDS, according to the 2006 Global Report on the Epidemic. The illness affects more women than men in sub-Sahara Africa. With half of the Zambian population under the age of 15, it has been estimated that there are 710,000 AIDS orphans in the nation. Faced […]
As a big admirer of TED, I was really pleased to get this email today from the organization. Although the recently held TEDAfrica event was billed as a one time event, it was so popular they just had to bring it back.
For those who have never been to a TED conference or haven’t downloaded […]
As HIV/AIDS roars through Africa, how does government respond to such a crisis? In Zambia, starting in 2004, they banned condom distribution in all schools. Today, more and more young people of this African nation are afflicted with the virus.
iConflict friend and contributor Henry Namwenda of Zambia gave us some interesting information (as […]