New African articles from August 2005

New African archives from August 2005

A tale of two countries (1).(Ghana, Zimbabwe)
August 1, 2005... "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy"--Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Perhaps there are some people who think that by employing...

NGOs: a tainted history; Firoze Manji and Carl O'Coill trace the history of the rise of NGOs in Africa, and confirm that "the evolution of the role of NGOs in development represents a continuity of the work of their precursors--the missionaries and voluntary organisations that cooperated in Europe's colonisation and control of Africa".
August 1, 2005... In many African countries, real per capita GDP has fallen and welfare gains achieved since independence in areas like food consumption, health and education have been reversed. The statistics are disturbing. In sub-Saharan Africa as a whole,...

NGOs: pseudo governments or surrogates of Western powers? Michael Onyanyo reports on the new-found power of NGOs. "Their selective blindness to the injustices around them," he writes, "makes great learning on how institutions can deliberately marginalise some poor people while claiming to foster their very core agenda.".(nongovernmental organizations)
August 1, 2005... The 200,000 brave individuals, mostly from NGOs, who were picketing the G8 summit in Gleneagles on behalf of Africa and other causes, were being heard until the terrorist attacks on London on 7 July. It then dawned on the NGOs that they may as...

Zimbabwe: UN report condemns demolitions.(For the Record)
August 1, 2005... Mrs Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, a Tanzanian and UN-Habitat's under-secretary general and executive director, who is also a member of Tony Blair's Commission for Africa, was appointed on 20 June by the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, as a special...

Why investment is not flowing into Africa: with the Live8 concerts having once again reinforced the iconic image of the starving African across the Western world, a new film made by a CNN reporter takes a fresh approach to tackle people's attitudes towards Africa. Stuart Price reports.(New African Market)
August 1, 2005... It can be stated without question that Africa is as varied and diverse as it is vibrant and dynamic. Yet for millions of people who have never set foot on the continent, this reality is scarcely portrayed. Media stereotypes generally tend to...