Day: January 27, 2015
- Africa
ECA Chief repeats call for debt cancellation to help Ebola-affected countries
In a statement delivered at the opening of the 26th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council on Monday Jan. 26th, Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, (UNECA), called upon the International Financial Institutions to cancel external debts owed by Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The three countries have endured dramatic suffering as a…
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Civil society coalition warns the AU to ‘take action now on Burundi or risk regional destabilization”
The AU We Want Coalition, a group of civil society organization, warned the African Union (AU) that “the situation in Burundi is spiraling out of control, with hundreds of civilians killed or disappeared, due to the ongoing political impasse over moves by President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term in June.” The group said what is happening in…
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Meklit Hadero – Celebrating the newness of life and the hyphens that bring us together
Born in Ethiopia Meklit Hadero was raised in the US. She holds a BA in Political Science from Yale University but she is globally known as a singer/song writer. Meklit has released five studio albums, tours regularly and is currently signed to Six Degrees Records. She is a TED Senior Fellow and has served as an artist-in-residence at NYU, where…
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