Month: July 2015
- Africa
The Obama on a third business date with Africa
Tarikua Getachew, for Addis Standard (@tarikawipeace) No other visit to anywhere from sitting presidents, US or otherwise, has caused as much of a stir as Obama’s upcoming visit to Africa. From human rights organisations to individual letters his third visit to Africa, and in particular his Addis Ababa, stop has received both praise and vilification. But while most have rather…
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IOM speaks of Ethiopian migrants’ suffering in Yemen
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said it has helped 3,478 vulnerable Ethiopian migrants stranded by the conflict in Yemen, including 229 medical cases, to return home. Of these, 1,429 were evacuated by IOM from Yemen to Ethiopia. “The remainder were assisted on arrival in Ethiopia at IOM’s Addis Abeba Transit Centre, which provided accommodation, food and onward transportation,” IOM…
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The ICC Dilemma: To cooperate or not?
Mehari Taddele Maru The 25th AU Summit in South Africa began with fanfare and ended with news worthy legal debacle of high political nature. The controversy started when a court in Pretoria, unlike in many African states where President Omar al Bashir visited, issued a provisional order preventing al Bashir from leaving South Africa until it decides on ICC’s request…
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Living in the ‘Land of Oz’
Instead of the tea party experiment which was supposed to lead to a Republican success story conservatives promised a few years ago, Kansas now has a $400 million budget shortfall Tomas Mega There is an inherent risk in anything experimental: you may not get the anticipated results. Experiments involving science rely on the application of the scientific method, testing…
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FFD3: Political support crucial for successful Domestic Resource Mobilization
Political support and people’s buy-in of capacity development initiatives in domestic resource mobilization is crucial for successful fiscal reforms, which can lead to Africa being able to finance its own development, said Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie, the Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) during a panel discussion on Wednesday, 15th July, by the Foundation in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.…
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FFD3: ends adopting the “Addis Ababa Action Agenda”
United Nations member states from 193 who attended the third Finance for Development Conference (FFD3) held from 13 to 16 July 2015 in Addis Abeba have concluded their meeting by adopting the :Addis Abeba Action Agenda” that will provide a foundation for implementing the post 2015 global sustainable development agenda. The agenda is set to renovate global finance practices and…
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A belated victory for Non-Proliferation
By Chris Patten London – Let us give praise where it is richly deserved. Despite all the criticism they faced, US President Barack Obama and his Secretary of State, John Kerry, stuck doggedly to the task of negotiating a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program. Together with representatives of the United Kingdom, Russia, China, France, and Germany,…
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FFD3: Agricultural transformation in Africa needs leadership, partnership
Government leadership and partnerships with the private sector as well as civil society are crucial for Africa in order to achieve food security underlines a panel co-hosted by the US government’s global food security initiative, Feed the Future, and the African Union Commission (AUC). The panel, held on Wednesday July 14th at the Hilton Addis Abeba, as a side event…
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FFD3: MDG AIDS goals exceeded expectation ahead of time: UNAIDS report
A report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) announces today in Addis Abeba that sixth Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing the spread of HIV has been achieved and exceeded nine months ahead of schedule. The report, “How AIDS Changed Everything,” officially released today at Zewuditu Memorial Hospital on a sideline event the Third Finance for…
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FFD3: ActionAid says failure to create a UN global tax body “appalling”
The third international Financing for Development conference in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, has failed to agree on the creation of a UN global tax body. ActionAid’s international tax power campaign manager, Martin Hojsik, said the decision was “an appalling failure and a great blow to the fight against poverty and injustice.” “It means that developing countries, which are losing billions…
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