Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN , Nov 15, 2011 (IPS) – South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to build a major hydroelectric power project, which is said to bring electricity to more than half of the continent’s 900 million people. But economic [...]
Europeans Enjoy Best Healthcare – Africans the Worst
July 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsReport By Richard Johnson LONDON (IDN) – Whereas poverty and rampant corruption stand in the way of healthcare facilities in most of the developing lands, ageing population in Western Europe is posing a serious challenge to levels which presently make countries of the region outshine, says [...]
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Majority Still Lack Access to Safe Water
July 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Charles M. Mushizi MBABANE, Swaziland, Jul 12, 2011 (IPS) – Only two in every five people in the Southern African Development Community has access to safe water for drinking and household use. Three quarters of those lacking access, live in rural areas and the majority of these [...]
UN: Somalia Is ‘Worst Humanitarian Disaster’
July 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA, Qatar, Jul 11, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – The head of the United Nations refugee agency has described the situation in drought-hit Somalia as the "worst humanitarian disaster" in the world, after meeting with those affected at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. The camp, located [...]
New Born South Sudan Has Ambitious Goals
July 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsReport NAIROBI (IDN) – While top government leaders of the world’s newest nation, South Sudan, have announced plans to make the country not only the "hub" of Africa but also the bread basket for the Eastern African region, the Civil Society Taskforce is [...]
Fragile Peace Greets Independent South Sudan
July 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsReport NAIROBI (IDN) – South Sudan declaring its independence, forming the world’s newest state, and initiating a new era for North Sudan on July 9, 2011, is a historic moment for Sudan and the surrounding region, and a vital opportunity to promote peace [...]
SUDAN: Close to War As the South Prepares to Celebrate Independence
July 10, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Reem Abbas KHARTOUM, Jul 8, 2011 (IPS) – Sudan is closest to civil war since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005. Mariam Al Sadig, a leading figure in the Umma Party, one of Sudan’s main opposition parties, said that the conflict in Southern [...]
SOUTH SUDAN: Witnessing the Birth of a New Country
July 10, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Protus Onyango JUBA, Jul 10, 2011 (IPS) – Macklina Kenyi, 33, ran away from South Sudan to avoid being raped and abducted by the rebels during the war. She has since been studying in Kenya but on Jul. 9 she returned to Juba to witness the birth [...]
SUDAN: Starting from Scratch
July 8, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Danielle Batist* JUBA, Jul 7, 2011 (IPS/Street News Service) – In their hundreds of thousands they have crossed the border, arriving by boat, bus or on foot. After decades of civil war with the north, South Sudanese have come back home to witness the birth of their [...]
Balkanization and Subjugation of Somalia
July 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By Abukar Arman Let me begin by saying that had it not been for Somalis transgressing against other Somalis, the state would neither have been in its current pitifully fragmented state, nor would it have become the poster child for the failed states. Since its independence 51 years ago, Somalia [...]
