Good People !!! What you and me need to know about development and Governance in order to engage so to achieve development goals necessasry for Africa to get out of poverty........ Success will not come without people participation and fully engaging in governance process through constant demands for accountability.... Judy Miriga Diaspora Spokesperson Executive Director Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc., USA http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com Now is the time to invest in Africa: Japan's Abe Published on Jun 3, 2013 Africa will be the engine for growth over coming decades, Japan's premier says, wrapping up a meeting that saw Tokyo pledge huge aid as it looks to match China's growing involvement. Duration: 02:34 Ethiopia hopes to pave way for commodities exchange Published on Jun 3, 2013 The Ethiopia Commodities Exchange is the first exchange of its kind in Africa, with the ambitious aim of creating wealth, while minimising risk for the country's farmers and producers. Now it's inspiring others on the continent to do the same. Duration: 02:44 20 years of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Published on May 13, 2013 Africa is the 'world's emerging economy frontier', but the continent still faces various challenges in meeting crucial development targets, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was launched in 1993 to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners and has been a decisive framework for cooperation in the continent since then. In this short video, the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, Ambassador Tsuneo Nishida, presents the TICAD process during a special event on "Transformation for Quality Growth in Africa - Mutual Learning for Inclusiveness", which was held on 8 March 2013 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Human Security in Africa Published on May 13, 2013 In this short video, Mr. Akihiko Tanaka, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), outlines his vision about the main factors that may obstruct sustainable growth in Africa, namely: (i) the persistent challenges to human security; and (ii) lack of infrastructure to support regional growth and integration. This presentation was delivered in a special event on "Transformation for Quality Growth in Africa - Mutual Learning for Inclusiveness", which was held on 8 March 2013 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). Ban Ki-moon - 1,000 Days to the Deadline of the Millennium Development Goals Published on Apr 1, 2013 United Nations, New York - UN Secretary-General video message for 1,000 Days to the Deadline of the Millennium Development Goals. Corruption, governance and the Millennium Development Goals Published on Mar 25, 2013 How has corruption hurt efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals? Can improved governance help in the post-MDG period? Rueben Lifuka of Transparency International Zambia and Elisabeth Ungar Bleier of Transparencia por Colombia speak about the impact of corruption on the MDGs. Millenium Development Goals Project Published on Mar 22, 2013 Our entry for the 2013 Millennium Development goals competition Millenium Development Goals: What's Holding Us Back? - Part-01 Uploaded on Feb 7, 2012 World Leaders met in New York in September 2010 to review progress on the Millennium Development Goals or MDGs. In some parts of the world efforts to meet these anti-poverty targets are falling far short. So who's to blame? Watch Zeinab Badawi and her panel in this BBC World Debate as we ask "The MDGs: What's holding us back?" Millennium Development Goals: Progress report Uploaded on Sep 28, 2010 Oxfam's Adam Askew assesses the progress towards the Millennium Development goals, and explains what needs to be done to rescue the MDGs. Debate: trade and the MDGs Uploaded on Sep 21, 2010 At the turn of the Millennium, the United Nations established an ambitious series of objectives — the Millennium Development Goals — designed to reduce poverty and improve standards of living by 2015. How can trade and the WTO contribute in achieving the MDGs? Festus Mogae, former President of Botswana, and Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director of Oxfam International, discuss this issue with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson. Africa Development Meet Held in JapanThe Tokyo International Conference on African Development, co-organized by the Japanese government, the UN, World Bank, UNDP and AU Commission, is focusing on accelerating growth and building resilient societies. Now is the Time to Invest in Africa - Japan's Abe
Africa will be the engine for growth over coming decades, Japan's premier says, wrapping up a meeting that saw Tokyo pledge huge aid as it looks to match China's growing involvement. Ethiopia: Thousands of Ethiopians Demonstrate Against Government2 June 2013 Addis Ababa — Thousands of Ethiopians demonstrated Sunday in Addis Ababa, the first political protest against the country's ruling party since 2005. The demonstrators were shouting they wanted their human rights to be ensured, that political and religious prisoners should be released, and accusing state television of only broadcasting propaganda. "We have been raising lots of questions for the government and one is to release those political party leaders and journalists," said Getaneh Banch, a member of the Blue Party, the opposition party that organized the demonstration. "And we have been also calling for the government to release also those who have been dislocated from their locations, because of their ethnic background." This was the first political demonstration since the 2005 elections, after which many protesters and opposition leaders were imprisoned. One of the opposition leaders jailed after the 2005 elections, Jacob Hailemariam, says this demonstration is significant for Ethiopia. "This will definitely encourage people to demand their rights that they have been very quite about, until today," he said. Many of the protesters were young men with a Muslim background who do not necessarily support the Blue Party, but do feel a change in government is needed. "I am not happy with the political party of this nation," said Mustafa, a high-school teacher. "I never support this party because if I am a citizen I can not believe in what I believe. We are suffering too much, our leaders are in prison." University student Shimelis says he does not expect any immediate change, but still feels it is important to be present. "When we demonstrate, we express our idea, we express our thinking to the government and to the international community," he said. The Blue Party says it will organize more demonstrations if Ethiopia's ruling party does not respond to its demands within three months. Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Beijing)Congo-Kinshasa: UN Chief Visits Mozambique On MDGs, DRC Talks22 May 2013 Maputo — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday started a two-day visit to Mozambique, during which he will exchange views with Mozambican officials on issues such as the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ban met with Veronica Macamo, the Mozambican speaker of parliament, on Monday upon his arrival. The UN chief is expected to participate in a roundtable meeting with the theme of "Future we want -- MDG's Post 2015 and Agenda 2025" and meet President Armando Guebuza on Tuesday, according to the itinerary. The Mozambican president currently holds the rotating presidency of the 14-member regional bloc -- the Southern African Development Community (SADC), of which the DRC is a member. The meeting with Guebuza will address the preservation of peace and stability of the country and peace in the DRC. Guebuza has played a leading role in signing an agreement to that effect in February, the Mozambican news agency AIM said. Mozambique is the first leg of Ban's African trip. He will visit the DRC on May 22-23, Rwanda on May 23-24 and Uganda on May 24, according to the UN. Egypt: Nile River Dispute Between Egypt, Ethiopia Sparks TensionsBy Peter Heinlein, 30 May 2013 A former high-ranking Egyptian diplomat says Ethiopia's move to divert the flow of the Nile River has needlessly heightened regional tensions. Ethiopia began diverting the river this week as it builds a massive hydroelectric dam. Egypt, which depends on the Nile for its water supply, stressed that it has not approved the dam's construction. Ambassador Tarek Ghuneim was a key player in Nile water negotiations until shortly before his retirement last year. In a interview, the former Egyptian diplomat said those talks were characterized by mutual mistrust. He questioned Ethiopia's timing in announcing the diversion of Nile water, one day after Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's visit to Addis Ababa, and just days before release of a study on the effects of building a giant dam on the river. Ghuneim also expressed doubts about the coming report of a commission examining the pros and cons of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam. Critical information has been withheld from the tripartite commission, made up of independent experts and representatives from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, he said. "This committee would not be able to come to a full conclusion because of a lack of information being withheld from the Ethiopian side." Ghuneim expressed hope that the international community will intervene to make the three countries cooperate in a way that will benefit them all. He said cooperation would have the additional benefit of persuading the World Bank and others to provide critically needed funding and quality control measures. "We here in Egypt understand that lack of energy in Ethiopia; it needs energy, we understand," he said. "But do it in a way that it will not affect negatively any other country. And that's the problem they face in financing this dam from the international financial organizations, like the [World] Bank, because it's standing policy is not to fund anything unless there is consensus from all parties involved." Ethiopia has said the dam will provide essential energy for the country's development and will not harm countries further downstream. Ghuneim said this might be a good time for some breakthrough in the long-stalled talks on Nile River water sharing. He points out that the two leaders who presided over the stalemate, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi, have left the scene, replaced by a new generation that might be more willing to look at the issues in a different way. Egypt: Ethiopia Starts Diverting Blue Nile Course On Tuesday28 May 2013 Ethiopia will begin on Tuesday the process of diverting the course of the Blue Nile River to continue the construction process of its Renaissance Dam, raising concerns over Egypt's water supply. The Official Spokesman of the Ethiopian government, Shimeles Kemal, said on Tuesday that diverting the course of the Blue Nile, one of the Nile River's two major tributaries, is essential for building the new dam. "The river will return to its natural course after the completion of the dam's construction," Kemal said as reported by the Middle East News Agency. On Monday, Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Berhane Gebre-Christos said that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project would not affect Egypt's share of the Nile water. "The in-construction dam will be used exclusively for power generation and not for irrigation," the Ethiopian minister told reporters on the sidelines of the African Union Summit currently taking place in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia announced in 2011 its plan to build the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa on the main stream of the Nile River. The Renaissance Dam is built along the river that provides Egypt with about 60 percent of its annual 55 million cubic metres of Nile water. Egypt and Ethiopia are members of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), a partnership among Nile states aimed at sharing the river's socio-economic benefits and promoting regional security. |
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