IPS Inter Press Service - African Union Summit - Maputo July 2003IPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.DEVELOPMENT: British Answer for Africa Raises Questions- (Found September 17, 2008 ) LONDON, May 8 (IPS) - The Commission for Africa appointed by British Prime Minister Tony Blair met for the first time this week to look for solutions to the many problems of the continent. Instead, it seemed only to invite questions about itself.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=23656 POLITICS-AFRICA: Arab Leaders Steal the Show At G8 Summit- (Found September 17, 2008 ) JOHANNESBURG, June 11 (IPS) - Kenyan civil society activist Edward Oyugi says Africa's relations with the developed world amount to the continent holding out a begging bowl. But, African leaders insist they have a partnership with wealthy nations - one based on investment in return for good governance.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=24157 POLITICS-SWAZILAND: Uneasy Donors Stay Put - For the Time Being- (Found September 17, 2008 ) MBABANE, Apr 6 (IPS) - The sacks of maize that are keeping Mbali Mthembu's family alive bear the stamp "United States of America". The 25- year-old mother of three collects her monthly food stipend from a distribution point near the village of Siphofaneni in Swaziland's eastern Lubombo region, which has been hard hit by three years of drought.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=23206 RIGHTS: Relocation of San an Immediate Talking Point at CIVICUS Conference- (Found September 17, 2008 ) GABORONE, Mar 22 (IPS) - The World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) has begun its biennial World Assembly with strong words from Botswana President Festus Mogae about the relocation of members of his country's San community. The assembly is being held in Botswana's capital, Gaborone.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=22975 POLITICS: Sudan Resists UN Force, As Donor Funding Falters- September 17, 2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - When Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir was told about a proposed peacekeeping force to stop the ongoing killings in Darfur, he was quoted as saying that U.N. troops will be permitted into his country "only over my dead body."http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34026 |