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Jun 30, 2009 AfricaFocus: Something Different + Website Updates
As regular readers of AfricaFocus Bulletin know, the bulletins most
often feature current policy issues. In June, topics have included
recent developments in Uganda and Nigeria, financing for action on
climate change and other global public goods of great concern for
Africa, and Amnesty International's heightened emphasis on
economic and social rights (see links below at end of Bulletin).
But occasionally suggestions from readers lead to something
different. Hopefully you'll find the break refreshing.
Jun 24, 2009 USA/Uganda: Recovery from Conflict?
"We applaud the commitment of the bill [in the U.S. Congress] to
bring about stability and development in the region. However, we as
the Acholi religious leaders whose primary concern is the
preservation of human life, advocate for dialogue and other
non-violent strategies to be employed so that long term sustainable
peace may be realized. Let us learn from the past experiences where
we have seen that violence only breeds more violence." - Acholi
Religious Leaders Peace Initiative
Jun 18, 2009 Africa: Climate Change Action, Who Will Pay?
"The global climate is changing rapidly. The science is clear: the
process of industrialisation has caused the concentration of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to rise steadily. ...
Environmental impacts have begun and will continue to be felt first
and hardest by some of the poorest people in the world. By 2020,
parts of Africa will see crop yields from rain-fed agriculture fall
by up to 50%. The costs of mitigation - that is, changing our
activities to decrease our use of greenhouse gases - and
adaptation, adjusting to and paying for the additional
developmental consequences of increased temperatures - will run
into tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars each year. But
where will the money come from?" - Stamp Out Poverty report, May
2009
Jun 12, 2009 Nigeria: Delta Violence Past & Present
"It is impossible to separate the actions of the oil multinationals
operating across the Niger Delta from the actions of the Nigerian
government in the region. ... In exchange for the oil removed from
the Niger Delta, the oil companies, with the support of the
Nigerian state, have left behind an ecological disaster, reducing
whole towns and villages to rubble, causing death by fire and
pollution, and the guns of the Nigerian military." - Sokari Ekine
and Firoze Manji
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Jun 1, 2009
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May 25, 2009
Africa: Arms & Air Transport
May 20, 2009
Zimbabwe: 100 Days Plus
May 14, 2009
Africa: New Books 2009
May 10, 2009
USA/Africa: Underfunding Global Health
May 5, 2009
Africa: Mobile Internet Taking Off
Apr 29, 2009
Africa: Education on the Brink
Apr 27, 2009
Africa: Progress on Malaria
Apr 21, 2009
Rwanda: Genocide Anniversary Reflections
Apr 14, 2009
USA/Nigeria: Halliburton Fallout
Apr 7, 2009
Africa: Racism Conference Review
Apr 2, 2009
Africa: Global Economic Crisis, 3
Apr 2, 2009
Africa: Global Economic Crisis, 2
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