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Tony Blair to launch Africa Governance Initiative with Presi
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, today started a two-day visit to Liberia in order to launch a new project between his Africa Governance Initiative and President Johnson-Sirleaf’s administration. The project which follows a request from President Johnson-Sirleaf will focus on the Ministry of State and will see a small team from the Initiative, under Mr Blair's guidance, working side-by-side with counterparts in the Liberian government with the aim to build the capacity at the centre of the Liberian administration to deliver for its people.
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22 Feb. 2010
Monrovia,-Liberia
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Print Edition: President Faure Gnassingbe spells out his vis
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In a rare interview with President Faure Gnassingbe, Africa Week had the opportunity to learn at first hand, what this new generation leader has set out to achieve for Togo. Indeed, he means business and it is reflected in his vision. He wants to bring Togo out of poverty; he wants to see entrepreneurship ; individual innovation and confidence in Togolese people in a modern world. He is working to establish social change and a new era in Togolese politics- he wants a united country (Request for a copy of the print edition; info@africaweekmagazine.com)
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20 Feb. 2010
Lome,-Togo
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Print Edition: The roadmap to economic growth and developmen
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In the past five years, Togo has undergone political and economic re-organisation under President Faure Gnassingbe. There have been significant successes that have brought hugely beneficial international cooperation and plaudits from multilateral institutions and foreign investor governments. There have been challenges too, as Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo explained to Africa Week, in his office in Lome. The Prime Minister was forthright; “Yes, we have experienced significant challenges over the past five years”.
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20 Feb. 2010
Lome,-Togo
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Print Edition-(commentary)-Why Zimbabwe needs fresh election
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The MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) and Zanu-PF political parties have to admit that unlike Kenya, their attempts at forming a workable unity government in Zimbabwe has failed and their energies must now be spent working out how they will end their short-lived political union.
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20 Feb. 2010
Harare,-Zimbabwe
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JICA assists the government of Tanzania with ODA loan
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The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has recently signed an agreement with the government of Tanzania to provide approximately 22 million US dollars (2 billion yen) for the Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC7). The PRSC7 is intended for policy and institutional reform.
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17 Feb. 2010
London,-United Kingdom
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‘Undemocratic’ unity governments in Africa undermines dev't
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The fragile coalition in Kenya showed signs of collapsing completely when two ministers were shown the door following alleged malpractices. The future of the fragile grand coalition government in Kenya, analysts say, looks bleak indeed. The development of democracy in the continent has been undermined several times when unity governments are formed following disputed elections. This unity government concept, indeed, is undemocratic.
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17 Feb. 2010
Nairobi,-Kenya
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DRC's river refugees' fears
An estimated 108,000 refugees have fled across the River Ubangui (pictured) from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the Republic of Congo. The River, which borders the DRC and the Republic of Congo, now has refugees camped in about 90 different sites along 500 kilometres of its banks, creating a logistically challenging situation for humanitarian agencies operating in the region. With rebel activity in the DRC rife, can the refugees return home anytime soon?
Photo: Daniel Dickinson / European Commission
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War, religious extremism and the future in the Horn of Africa
Religious extremism, poverty, local power struggles between clans and warlords has devastated Somalia. The interconnectedness of this regionÂ’s countries and people has also meant that SomaliaÂ’s internal battles have engulfed other countries in the Horn of Africa, spreading to the wider African continent and to other countries outside of Africa. Some of these non-African countries have gotten involved in SomaliaÂ’s struggles for religious, political or security reasons. Somali piracy is also on the increase in the regionÂ’s seas and the export of terrorism from the country is a major concern. What is the future for Somalia, a failed state and its neighbours? Is it SomaliaÂ’s fate to remain a volatile conflict prone country?
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