U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics

By Souleymane Gano DAKAR, May 18 (IPS) – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Malian soldiers who overthrew the government on Mar. 22 have neither the right to remain in power nor the strength to deal with humanitarian and security challenges facing the West African country.  Read More →

Development

U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics

By Souleymane Gano DAKAR, May 18 (IPS) – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Malian soldiers who overthrew the government on Mar. 22 have neither... 

• Bracing for a Massive Influx of Returnees
• Autism "Relegated to the Sidelines"
• Hopes To Heal Economy Through Devaluation, Which Has Hit Poor Hard
• Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa

Human Rights

U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics

By Souleymane Gano DAKAR, May 18 (IPS) – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Malian soldiers who overthrew the government on Mar. 22 have neither... 

• Bracing for a Massive Influx of Returnees
• Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa
• Deserting Refugees in the Sahara
• "Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity"

Environment

Cameroonian Farmer Won’t Let Low Rainfall Defeat Him

By Ngala Killian Chimtom SANTA, Cameroon, Apr 23 (IPS) – Olivier Forgha Koumbou washes some freshly picked carrots in a small brook and eats them with relish. His thriving farm in Santa,... 

• South Africa’s Smallholders Lose Battle for Seed Security
• More Toilets in Zimbabwe, Better Livelihoods
• Ghanaian Fisherfolk Blasting Their Way to Finding Fish
• /CORRECTED REPEAT**/: Listening to the Hum of Tilling Machinery in the Sierra Leone Countryside

Economics and Finance

Bracing for a Massive Influx of Returnees

By Jared Ferrie JUBA, May 18 (IPS) – In the wake of border tensions the United Nations is airlifting 12,000 southerners from a Sudanese frontier town into South Sudan. But they are returning... 

• Hopes To Heal Economy Through Devaluation, Which Has Hit Poor Hard
• Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa
• Less Politics, More Economic Development
• Q&A: Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa

Health

Autism "Relegated to the Sidelines"

By Jonathan Migneault and Jamila Akweley Okertchiri ACCRA, May 18 (IPS) – At first glance Nortey Quaynor looks like any ordinary 29-year-old Ghanaian. If you spend a little time with... 

• Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough
• Q&A: Ghana's Youth Are "The Future of the Nation"
• Mali – Barely Surviving As One Country Let Alone Two
• South African Township Desperate for Safe Drinking Water

Education

Q&A: Ghana's Youth Are "The Future of the Nation"

Aline Jenckel interviews SAMUEL KISSI, executive coordinator of Curious Minds, a youth advocacy organisation in Ghana UNITED NATIONS, April 28 (IPS) – With a whopping 40 percent of Ghana's... 

• Social Media Activism Takes Root in Malawi
• OP-ED: Kenyan Youth Demanding Change
• The Ticket to an Education in Côte d'Ivoire
• Cameroon’s Baka Pygmies Seek an Identity and Education