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Africa Renewal - Volume 29, Issue 1, 2016
Volume 29, Issue 1, 2016
The Africa Renewal magazine examines the many issues that confront the people of Africa, its leaders and its international partners: sustainable development goals, economic reform, debt, education, health, women's empowerment, conflict and civil strife, democratization, investment, trade, regional integration and many other topics. It tracks policy debates. It provides expert analysis and on-the-spot reporting to show how those policies affect people on the ground. And, it highlights the views of policy-makers, non-governmental leaders and others actively involved in efforts to transform Africa and improve its prospects in the world today. The magazine also reports on and examines the many different aspects of the United Nations’ involvement in Africa, especially within the framework of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).
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Africa watch
Author: Pavithra RaoThe situation is dire: slaughtering wild animals for their horns and tusks is mushrooming and the statistics are so worrisome that experts are calling for a crackdown on wildlife crime.
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How healthy is Africa’s sovereign bond debt?
Author: Masimba TafirenyikaWhen Uganda dropped plans last year to raise money by issuing dollar-denominated debt, some experts faulted the decision and its timing as ill-advised when interest rates on global capital markets were at historic lows. By stepping back, the country resisted a trend that has gradually become a bond-selling spree in Africa, an attractive alternative for getting money on the cheap to finance crucial infrastructure with less strings attached. And Uganda did not go quietly; it warned other African countries to stay away from dollar-denominated debt because if not properly managed, it could become a major millstone when economic fortunes change.
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Gender equality within reach
Author: Zipporah MusauWhen the Rwandan delegation went to Beijing, China, in 1995 for the landmark women’s conference, just a year after the genocide in their country, the East African nation was cited as one of the worst violators of women’s rights. Today, as the world marks 20 years since the Beijing Declaration on gender equality, Rwanda leads other countries with women making up 64% of parliamentarians.
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Investing in women’s employment essential for economic growth
Author: Jocelyne SambiraMagette Wade was in her San Francisco apartment getting ready for the day when she had her “light bulb” moment. Although her beauty cabinet was full of organic and natural products, Ms. Wade says she still reached for the plantbased creams made by herbalists in her native Senegal. In that moment, Tiossano, a luxury skin care company, was born.
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Women seek greater role in rebuilding the Central African Republic
Author: Zipporah MusauThe current security and humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) is dire—a reality that has prompted women of the CAR to make one urgent request to the international community: to be included in the conflict-stricken country’s ongoing peace-building process.
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Progress towards gender parity still slow, uneven - Interview: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women
Author: Phumzile Mlambo-NgcukaIt’s been 20 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap that set the agenda for realizing women’s rights, was signed by 189 governments. While there have been many achievements since then, several pledges remain unfulfilled. Africa Renewal’s Zipporah Musau spoke to the Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, on Africa’s accomplishments and remaining challenges.
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Millions of girls remain out of school
Author: Franck KuwonuBright-eyed and clever, a young girl from a small village in Malawi shares her wish for a better life. From her confines, up early in the morning, cleaning and cooking, eating last, marrying young, she has little chance for school, much less a future with a career.
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A celebratory rise in women’s political participation
Author: Kingsley IghoborA few weeks after she was sworn in as Malawi’s first female president, Joyce Banda travelled to Liberia in late April 2012 to meet President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who has occupied Liberia’s highest office since January 2006. Glowing in African attire, both leaders bantered like sisters during a press conference.
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Looking beyond the rhetoric of an African Union year for women
Authors: Ecoma Alaga and Ndidi AnyaegbunamAt this year’s annual summit of the African Union, attending leaders declared 2015 the Year of Women’s Empowerment in acknowledgement of the increasing role women are playing in Africa’s development. The declaration comes as the continent prepares to kickstart the implementation of its 50-year development plan that was launched in 2013. Dubbed Agenda 2063, the plan is a pan-African vision that is expected to steer the continent towards “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena”.
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Women’s Situation Room: Unique approach to reducing electoral violence
Author: Jane GodiaViolence during an election cycle is an all-too-frequent phenomenon in most African countries where it may be triggered by political or ethnic tensions, or flawed electoral processes. Tragically, those most affected by the violence are women and girls. As governments grapple with the problem, women in Africa have invented a new mechanism to help reduce violence during elections – the Women’s Situation Room (WSR).
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Ebola: Bumpy road to zero transmission
Author: Kingsley IghoborPaolo Conteh, Sierra Leone’s defence minister and head of the country’s National Ebola Response Centre, was an athlete who set a 400-metres national record in 1982 that remains unbeaten to this day. These days, Mr. Conteh uses a sporting analogy to explain the fight against the Ebola virus disease, which has resulted in more than 22,000 infections and over 9,000 deaths in the three most affected countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
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If you want to liberate your body, liberate your mind - Inteview: Sam Kutesa, President, UN General Assembly’s 69th session
Author: Sam Kahamba KutesaRecently the United Nations declared 2015-2024 as the International Decade for the People of African Descent. Africa Renewal‘s Masimba Tafirenyika sat down with the president of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, Sam Kutesa, who is also Uganda’s foreign minister, to discuss why the global body is so concerned about discrimination against people of African descent.
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African-Americans, in reverse migration, resettle in Africa
Author: Efami DoviIn Prampram, a town just an hour’s drive east of Ghana’s capital Accra, many holiday houses line the shores of the South Atlantic Ocean. One of them belongs to Jerome Thompson. Located only 500 metres from the water, Mr. Thompson’s house is resilient to the effects of the salt and wind. The floors, windows and doors are made of hard wood. His self-designed furniture is made from quality Ghanaian timber and hand-carved by local artisans.
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Refugees turn to Ethiopia for safety and asylum
Author: Sulaiman MomoduAs a 17-year-old boy, James Gaw Tot fled war in South Sudan to the safety of Ethiopia. Little did he know he would call this country his home for the next 23 years.
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Africa grapples with a jobless growth - Interview: Aeneas Chuma, International Labour Organization regional director for Africa
Author: Aeneas ChumaUntil recently, rising demands for African commodities boosted most of the region’s economies. Yet unemployment, especially among the youth, remains high. Africa Renewal’s Franck Kuwonu spoke with Aeneas Chuma, the head of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Africa, about the state of employment and other labour challenges facing the region.
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Is Africa the new face of rising wealth and opulence?
Author: John NjirainiNot many people in Africa, the majority of whom can hardly afford more than one meal a day, know of the existence of the Maldives, an island in the Indian Ocean. Yet, the island nation, a popular holiday destination for the rich and famous, is the hotspot for African holidaymakers taking a breather away from home
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Africa wired
Author: Bo LiThere was a time when technology was a maledominated field. However, with the advancement of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, ICT infrastructure and availability of capital for start-ups, the past decade has witnessed the rise of a new generation of IT girls and “cyberellas” in Africa.
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