AFRICA INVESTMENT-China brings goods and roads, now Africa wants jobs
AFRICA-CHINA/ :AFRICA INVESTMENT-China brings goods and roads, now Africa wants jobs
WFP Chief Sees Successful Rural Development In Rwanda; Affirms Commitment To Sustainable Food Security
KIGALI -– The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, today concluded a three-day visit to Rwanda, the final stop on her three-nation visit to Africa, focused on sustainable local solutions for hunger and undernutrition.
DR Congo: M23 Rebels Kill, Rape Civilians
A photographer's encounter with innocence in a South Sudan refugee camp
British photographer Sebastian Rich has been working with UNHCR in Africa and the United States. The refugees he met there gave him food for thought.
Civil Society Pushes for More Active Participation in Green Climate Fund
MEXICO CITY, Jul 21 (IPS) - The Green Climate Fund (GCF), created under the auspices of the United Nations to finance the huge investments demanded by climate change, was opened up to participation by civil society and private sector representatives as observers in March.
UN asks Rwanda for proof of links between peacekeepers, Hutu rebels
Rwanda says U.N. peacekeepers in talks with Hutu rebels
West, Central Africa agree security force to protect forests, seas
Leaders plan to beef up regional efforts against illegal exploitation of natural resources, to support development
Carts before horses at Green Climate Fund
New fund is rushing to bring in the private sector – why?
Will REDD ignore conflict in the DRC?
Moves to include the Democratic Republic of Congo in forest protection efforts may not work unless the country’s problems with conflict are taken into account