http://www.africafiles.org/ AfricaFiles is a network of volunteers committed to promoting African perspectives and alternative analyses for human rights and economic justice in Africa. en-ca Copyright 2010 AfricaFiles. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:19 EST 20 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23125 This press release from Global Witness reveals that: primarily, ex-rebels of the Congrès national pour la défense du peuple have gained greater control of mining areas, raising thousands of dollars monthly by imposing illegal taxes on civilians while profits end up in the pockets of senior CNDP officers. Companies are still sourcing from armed groups, and the governments fails to act. MUB Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23125 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23126 According to the BANRO corporation chairperson in 10 years the D R Congo has the potential to become the largest gold producer n Africa, outpacing Tanzania, South Africa, and Ghana. What must they get right? MUB Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23126 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23116 The South African HIV Clinicians Society has called on the Medicines Control Council that monitors the introduction of drugs on the market to speed up the registration of new antiretroviral medications for people living with HIV/AIDS. M.Makoni Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23116 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23117 Not even after an hour's chat with former President Tandja's erstwhile Minister of Information could this author fathom why Tandja decided on his controversial tenure elongation and constitutional changes scheme that has led to his ousting in a coup. Right now relief and uncertainty are the best words to describe Niger. JMPA Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23117 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23118 Thousands of unaccompanied Zimbabwean children cross the border into South Africa each day to attend school or to visit a doctor. Their personal safety is often at risk. JDN Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23118 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23119 As funding shrinks nutrition experts in Guinea are looking for clearer definitions of the various types of malnutrition and for a better long-term solution of treatment of moderately malnourished children. JDN Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23119 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23121 Interview and music from famous Angolan musician, Yuri da Cunha, with his Semba (samba derivation?) rhytms. He expresses his commitment to the people and to identify the poverty conditions, and strive to improve them. Good luck. JK. More on CNN web site. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23121 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23122 It’s easy for the international press to simply report that Muslim and Christians are killing each other. However, “this is not the case because the cause is not religious; it has to do with social, economic, tribal, and cultural issues and differences.” The real underlying causes of the conflict, the Archbishop of Jos said, are poverty, corruption, and tensions between “indigenous” and “settler” communities. "Religion has been “hijacked.” It is sad to say, the press often lays the cause of all evils on religion. B.T. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23122 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23124 When landslides hit eastern Uganda last week, many families with babies and young children had to flee from their homes. They now face fresh health dangers as children fall ill with diarrhoea from lack of suffient toilets and safe drinking water. JDN Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23124 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23123 This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains excerpts from a press release on the October 2009 Global Forum on Remittances, facts and figures from IFAD on remittances in Africa, and excerpts from the report, Sending Money Home to Africa. WM Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23123 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23105 Women in conflict areas such as Sudan and the DRC face brutal crimes of sexual violence that put them at a risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. More resources are also urgently needed to address maternal mortality and education challenges. These are reversing the progress made following the Beijing Agreement 15 years ago. HSEN Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23105 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23106 As Uganda marked the International Women's Day yesterday, questions continued as to just how much progress has been recorded in the struggle for gender equity. This paper presents the successes, problems, and prospects. HSEN Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23106 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23107 Already during the voting process in Togo, the opposition protested against fraud attempts. Propagation of President Gnassingbe's victory has been running on top gear even before results were out. In the increasingly polarised, evolving situation evolving even minor incidents could incite a new wave of violence, observers fear. JMPA Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23107 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23108 A ranking released on Women’s Day reveals that while Afghanistan is deemed the worst country world-wide for women to live in, the ranking is a saddening lecture for African women as well. Of the top-ten worst countries for women, seven are African. Sadly, the list ignores the many successes in the African countries listed. HSEN Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23108 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23109 A Dossier of Claims from over 30 countries of the African Union was published to mark International Women’s Day, 8 March 2010. Visit the campaign blog at: www.africa4womensrights.org . The Campaign blog with information in English and French is maintained by the organizations participating in the campaign across Africa. The Campaign Declaration to be signed is online - with regularly updated information on women’s rights in Africa and details of the Campaign actions undertaken across Africa. Join their Facebook group: Africa for Women’s Rights – Ratify and Respect! DN Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23109 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23110 Women are often confronted by worse problems, choices influenced by cultural norms that they are forced to make sometimes force them to lose self empowerment opportunities in life. M. Makoni Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23110 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23111 Poverty caused by war, high food prices, and unemployment has forced as many as five thousand children onto the streets of Bosasso in Puntland. Many return home at night, but many live on the streets where they suffer abuse. DH Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23111 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23112 Transparency of financial flows is an important condition needed to unlock billions of dollars in oil and mining revenues to help fight poverty. However, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative deadline has passed with many governments falling short. The voluntary initiative to increase transparent and accountable management of natural resource wealth was ignored by 20 of the 22 countries subject to the deadline. The lack of transparency in the oil, gas, and mining sectors – including secret payments, contracts, and opaque government budgets – is a major contributor to the problems in these countries That strains the credibility of the EITI process. DN Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23112 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23113 Seven html links to websites that aim to support low-income artisans, protect tribal lands of the San and other rural peoples of the Kalahari, secure tenure of ancestral land, preserve indigenous cultures and traditional healing, and promote the Kuru Art Project of Dkar, Botswana and sustainable tourism in Namibia. DN Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23113 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23114 La version française suit. International Women’s Day a day to reflect on women’s struggles and the structural barriers that continue to impede women’s progress. La Journée internationale de la femme est une journée de célébration des avancées en matière de renforcement du pouvoir des femmes. DN Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23114 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23115 Rapport du Rapporteur spécial sur le droit à l’alimentation le rôle joué par les acheteurs de produits de base, ceux qui transforment ces produits et par les distributeurs dans la réalisation du droit à l’alimentation. le Rapporteur spécial s’interroge sur la manière dont les politiques d’approvisionnement, de fixation des prix et salariales suivies par les acheteurs, les transformateurs et les distributeurs influent sur le droit à l’alimentation. DN Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23115 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23099 There is a possibility of halving extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015 if the the current trend continues. M.Makoni Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23099 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23100 Episodic media coverage that focuses on the moment of protest does not help readers understand the complex forces that give rise to such protests or explain why some protests turn violent. DN Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23100 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23102 As Kenyans celebrate International Women’s Day, they enjoy the leadership of a woman Sports Minister; however, a cursory glance at the development of women’s sport in Kenya paints a truly grim picture. Despite immense potential in almost all sporting disciplines, there are no management structures to drive talent forward. HSEN Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23102 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23101 After courageously proposing and executing an amnesty deal for Niger Delta militants, a big question remains for the Yar’Adua administration. How can enduring peace be achieved in Niger Delta after the amnesty deal? The Hague conflab provided the platform to brainstorm on this knotty issue. JMPA Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23101