Madagascar
The hot underground rocks in East Africa’s Rift Valley are thought to be a promising solution for energy production. The first results were recorded in Kenya, under the auspices of the United Nations and the expertise of the Icelanders.
In Africa, high-temperature geothermal resources – used to generate electricity – are usually found in areas of tectonic and volcanic activity...
Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa has escaped being bruised by the global economic downturn, explains Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the Madrid-based World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), a United Nations agency. His organisation, which has 154 country members and over 400 affiliates, promotes the development of sustainable and universally accessible tourism, particularly in developing...
The winning in 2012 of the bid to site the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – the most powerful radio telescope in the world would bring a plethora of benefits to South Africa and the African continent, says South Africa’s Project Director for SKA, Dr. Bernie Fanaroff.
South Africa was short-listed to site this iconic telescope in 2006 by the SKA Steering Committee....
The report presented on 7 July 2011 by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, on the state of progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows uneven improvement. While it highlights success in many areas, such as access to treatment to combat HIV/AIDS, it also states that the most vulnerable in society still do not have access to education or health care.
There...
Taking Africa-EU space cooperation to new heights
The future of space cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the African continent was explored at a ‘Space for the African citizen’ event in Brussels on 16 September hosted by the EU’s current Belgian presidency.
Sabine Laruelle, Belgian Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises, the Self-Employed, Agriculture and...
Three years after its launch, the initiative on a Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) between the European Union and poor developing countries most vulnerable to climate change is on track.
The GCCA intends to step up cooperation and dialogue between the EU and the developing countries that are hit earliest and hardest by climate change and have the least capacity to react. These are...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
A more open European Union market for Zambia’s sugar exports is creating new investment and jobs and increasing the country’s export receipts.
Since last year, the duty and quota-free market is ushering in new investment opportunities for sugar in Zambia’s huge arable lands to supply new markets and new industries. It is predicted that Zambia’s sugar industry will grow...
Ah ... the pursuit of self-interest ... that greatest of all motivators of mankind ... can sometimes have wider benefits and it is indeed a cornerstone of modern society. My neighbour and I agree not to clobber each other over the heads because it is in our mutual and separate self-interest.
Self-interest is then also the main driver of South Africa's keen promotion of the economic...
There are more than 300 players in the field of international solidarity in the Lower Normandy region. Most have joined forces as part of the ‘Horizons Solidaires’ association, which is aiming to develop a new approach: a territorial approach to development.
Lia Chevalier, project representative for Horizons Solidaires, explained: “These players, most of which are non-...
The hot underground rocks in East Africa’s Rift Valley are thought to be a promising solution for energy production. The first results were recorded in Kenya, under the auspices of the United Nations and the expertise of the Icelanders.
In Africa, high-temperature geothermal resources – used to generate electricity – are usually found in areas of tectonic and volcanic activity...
Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa has escaped being bruised by the global economic downturn, explains Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the Madrid-based World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), a United Nations agency. His organisation, which has 154 country members and over 400 affiliates, promotes the development of sustainable and universally accessible tourism, particularly in developing...
The winning in 2012 of the bid to site the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – the most powerful radio telescope in the world would bring a plethora of benefits to South Africa and the African continent, says South Africa’s Project Director for SKA, Dr. Bernie Fanaroff.
South Africa was short-listed to site this iconic telescope in 2006 by the SKA Steering Committee....
The report presented on 7 July 2011 by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, on the state of progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows uneven improvement. While it highlights success in many areas, such as access to treatment to combat HIV/AIDS, it also states that the most vulnerable in society still do not have access to education or health care.
There...
Taking Africa-EU space cooperation to new heights
The future of space cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the African continent was explored at a ‘Space for the African citizen’ event in Brussels on 16 September hosted by the EU’s current Belgian presidency.
Sabine Laruelle, Belgian Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises, the Self-Employed, Agriculture and...
Three years after its launch, the initiative on a Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) between the European Union and poor developing countries most vulnerable to climate change is on track.
The GCCA intends to step up cooperation and dialogue between the EU and the developing countries that are hit earliest and hardest by climate change and have the least capacity to react. These are...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
A more open European Union market for Zambia’s sugar exports is creating new investment and jobs and increasing the country’s export receipts.
Since last year, the duty and quota-free market is ushering in new investment opportunities for sugar in Zambia’s huge arable lands to supply new markets and new industries. It is predicted that Zambia’s sugar industry will grow...
Ah ... the pursuit of self-interest ... that greatest of all motivators of mankind ... can sometimes have wider benefits and it is indeed a cornerstone of modern society. My neighbour and I agree not to clobber each other over the heads because it is in our mutual and separate self-interest.
Self-interest is then also the main driver of South Africa's keen promotion of the economic...
There are more than 300 players in the field of international solidarity in the Lower Normandy region. Most have joined forces as part of the ‘Horizons Solidaires’ association, which is aiming to develop a new approach: a territorial approach to development.
Lia Chevalier, project representative for Horizons Solidaires, explained: “These players, most of which are non-...
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