Tag Archives: World Bank
By Susana Edjang The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that have driven the global development agenda, since September 2000, when Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, and 191 member states surprised the world by unanimously agreeing and making, … read more »
Posted in Article, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Millennium Declaration, Millennium Development Goal, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations, United Nations Millennium Declaration, World Bank
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House cleaning or window dressing? Are they playing us like a cheap fiddle again? For a while, it was all about the Meles Dam and how to collect nickels and dimes to build it. That kind of played itself out. … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Alemayehu G. Mariam, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, John Kerry, Meles, Meles Dam, Non-governmental organization, World Bank
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By Teklu Abate Thanks to advances in information and communication technologies, people overcome spatio-temporal limitations. We communicate in real time regardless of where we live. Traditionally, communications and collaborations were made between people and organizations that somehow know each other … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Democracy, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Facebook, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, New York, United States, World Bank
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by Nasir El Rufai Long before the publication of The Accidental Public Servant, I had decided to resist joining issues with whatever commentators wrote in response to the book by way of either attacking the author or its contents. It … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Accidental Public Servant, Charles, Civil service, IndepthAfrica, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Olusegun Obasanjo, Thisday, World Bank
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By Peter Kahare The Endoris, a minority community of about 60, 000 people lives a precarious life in the North Rift Valley Kenya. In 1974 the government forcefully evicted the community from its ancestral land to pave way for a … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Op-ed, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Development Research Centre, Kenya, Lake Bogoria, Mau Forest, sub-Saharan Africa, World Bank
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By Mesfin Mekonen Over 1,000 Ethiopians and Ethiopian-Americans demonstrated in front of the White House last week to protest the Ethiopian government’s human rights abuses to Amhara Ethiopians. The protests demanded a stop to the forced displacement of Ethiopians. Protestors … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, Johnnie Carson, Washington Post, White House, World Bank
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By Samuel Burke & Claire Calzonetti [CNN] Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, is full of promise. But fulfilling that promise is often a struggle. Plagued by corruption and mismanagement, the resource-rich country has a poverty rate of over 50%. Maternal … read more »
Posted in Letters & Interviews, Nigeria, Special Reports, West Africa
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Tagged Amanpour, CNN, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, nigerian newspapers, Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank
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By David Pred A multi-billion dollar aid program administered by the World Bank is underwriting systematic human rights abuses in Ethiopia. Last September, Ethiopian victims submitted a complaint about the program to the World Bank Inspection Panel, which is tasked … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged bank, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, European Commission, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, PBS, Politics of Ethiopia, World Bank
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By Jeremy Youde, worldpoliticsreview.com In 2012, Foreign Policy and the Fund for Peace ranked Zimbabwe the fifth most likely country to fail — putting it in greater danger than Afghanistan, Iraq and Haiti. World leaders frequently describe Zimbabwe under the … read more »
Posted in Article, Op-ed, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged European Union, IndepthAfrica, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, United States, World Bank, Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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Osei-Poku, Emmanuel The world has organisations like the World bank, UN, WTO, IMF and many more YES Africans respect that, but not to the extent of imposing development programs like Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs), Economic Recovery Programs (ERPs), Millennium Development … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Convention Peoples Party, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Millennium Development Goals, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party, Structural adjustment, United States, World Bank
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By Tapiwa Kapurura, zimeye.org This piece is meant to corroborate Professor George Ayittey’s recent contribution on the problems bedeviling Africa. My thesis excavates the point that Africa has everything to re-establish herself as a dignified and self-sustaining continent but has been … read more »
Posted in Article, Burkina Faso, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African Affairs, African people, George Ayittey, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, United States, West, Western world, World Bank
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By Girma Feyissa Every single day of the week, weather permitting, a crowd of people stand out on the intersection, near the Addis Abeba City Municipality office, waiting for someone to employ them as menial labourers. Some of them are … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Business, Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, Government, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Ethiopia, United States, World Bank
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By Geletaw Zeleke The United Nations’ number one millennium development goal is eradicating extreme poverty from the face of the earth. Holding this slogan high, countries across the globe are working to get rid of poverty. Supporters of bilateral aid … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Derg, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Marc Ravalomanana, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, World Bank
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In a recent review ‘Will SA’S new friends turn out so different from the West?’ ) about a public debate on 28 February over the coming Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) heads-of-state summit, South Africa’s leading foreign policy journalist, Peter Fabricius, chose … read more »
William Lloyd George, guardian.co.uk Bank’s accountability panel says complaints by Ethiopians of forced evictions in Gambella should be looked into An independent panel has called for an investigation into a World Bank-funded project in Ethiopia following accusations from refugees that … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Gambella, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, PBS, Politics of Ethiopia, Villagization, World Bank
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By Human Rights Watch A World Bank board meeting scheduled for March 19, 2013, to consider the recommendation of its Inspection Panel to investigate whether the bank has violated its policies in a project in Ethiopia has been postponed to … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Inspection Panel, Kenya, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, PBS, Politics of Ethiopia, World Bank
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Helen Epstein, nybooks AFP/Getty Images Workers at a Saudi-owned rice farm in Gambella, Ethiopia, March 22, 2012 In 2010, the Ethiopian government began moving thousands of people out of the rural villages where they had lived for centuries to other … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Gambella, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Politics of Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, United States, World Bank
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By Oluwadamidara Aweloye In the wake of economic reforms that are being implemented in the Nigerian polity, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become a victim of slander and the target of … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Oluwadamidara Aweloye, West Africa
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Tagged Finance minister, Independent, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, Paris Club, World Bank
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by GRAHAM PEEBLES Indian multi-nationals in clover Ancestral land that for generations has served as home and livelihood for hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in Ethiopia is being leased out, on 99-year renewable contracts at nominal sums to foreign … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Gambella, IndepthAfrica, India, Politics of Ethiopia, Premiership of Meles Zenawi, Saudi Arabia, sub-Saharan Africa, World Bank
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It was hardly the best of circumstances for an interview when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala sat down with Foreign Policy in Washington, D.C., recently. In addition to jet lag, the Nigerian finance minister was battling both malaria and the flu. “Anyone else … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, United States, World Bank
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By Nuhu Ribadu I am sceptical about awards in our country. From the national honours given by the federal government, to the honorary doctorates that our universities bestow on individuals, and to the smallest of awards in our clubs and … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Ahmadu Bello, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, indepthafrica nigeria news, Lagos, Ngozi, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Olusegun Obasanjo, World Bank
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By John Young If the Sudanese opposition were to overthrow the NCP and come to state power the question posed here is what would be the major challenge to be faced the day after? Sudan is presently suffering an economic … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Egypt, International Monetary Fund, NCP, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, United States, West, World Bank
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(IRIN) – New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world. While South Asians pay an average of US$6 for every … read more »
Posted in Article, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IRIN, MoneyGram, PASSOP, South Africa, South African Reserve Bank, Southern African Development Community, World Bank
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By Oluwaseun Joseph Frankly speaking, it is quite heart-warming to see some influential Nigerians coming out of their gilded cage to demand accountability from the present government. It shows that we are now waking up to our civic rights by … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Oluwaseun Joseph, West Africa
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Tagged $67billion, Ezekwesili, Femi Fani-Kayode, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Olusegun Obasanjo, World Bank
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Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian authorities to immediately stop the forced eviction of hundreds of residents in the region as hundreds of homes are being demolished in the Oke Ilu-Eri area of Badia East n Lagos. On Saturday, bulldozers … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Amnesty International, Demolition, eviction, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Police, World Bank
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian Finance Minister, has called on leaders in Africa to muster the political will to tackle the bane of political corruption infecting neophyte democracies on the continent. She acknowledged that there are problems with organising elections in … read more »
Posted in Ghana, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Okonjo-Iweala, political corruption, Transparency International, Western world, World Bank
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that the Atlantic City Initiative in Lagos was another major addition to the nation’s resolve to promote tourism through public and private partnership. Jonathan spoke at the event to commemorate the reclamation of 5,000,000 … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Babatunde Fashola, Bola Tinubu, Eko Atlantic City, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, World Bank
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By Nick Clegg, Addis Fortune column It is a pleasure to be in Ethiopia, home of the African Union (AU), in the year the United Kingdom (UK) chairs the G8. Indeed, 2012 was a big year for us, hosting the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Fortune, African Union, ethio media oromo, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, news ethiopia, news for ethiopia, news from ethiopia, news in ethiopia, news of ethiopia, news on ethiopia, Nick Clegg, World Bank
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By Matthew Newsome, The Guardian Ethiopia, like its fellow Great Rift Valley countries, has enormous geothermal energy potential. However, the costs involved and the need for skilled expertise have, until now, been major obstacles. In late January, the Development Bank … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged African Development Bank, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Great Rift Valley, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, latest ethiopian news, Menengai, news ethiopia, World Bank
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By Omoade Adelani For too long, we have been fed with lies, innuendos and sarcasm garnished with semblance of truth by desperate hustlers at the Nigerian political scene. We have been made to believe that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the chief … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Omoade Adelani, West Africa
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Tagged Delta State, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, United Nations Convention against Corruption, Uzodinma Iweala, World Bank
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