Tag Archives: Good governance

Rwanda: Donors were too quick to suspend aid

Mark Tran, guardian.co.uk, LSE’s Professor James Putzel warns against aid donors sticking rigidly to formulas on democracy, human rights and governance Donors have acted hastily in suspending aid to Rwanda over allegations that it is supporting a rebel insurgency in … read more »

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Ethiopia: Time for Radical Improvements

By Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam It is time to bury the hatchet and move forward in Ethiopia! Nelson Mandela taught that “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes … read more »

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Angola: Diamonds are a girl’s best friend

Last year, Angola’s president authorised the extension of a mining concession ‘primarily to the benefit of his daughter’, Tchizé dos Santos, making a mockery the government’s words on ‘good governance, transparency and public service’, writes Rafael Marques de Morais. On … read more »

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