Governance

INTRODUCTION

A child who dies before the age of five is robbed of a life—and also of the chance to participate and contribute to their community and country. For African leaders, determining how to best ensure that children survive and live productive lives isn’t easy.

Admittedly, in all countries of the world, Ethiopia included, the reasons behind rising property prices could be many.

[Speech given in Rome at the Italian Parliament on January 29, 2016">

Friends and Comrades, it is a great honor to be standing here – at the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament.

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You do not need the statement of a run-of-the-mill prophet or parapsychologist on this: Donald Trump will fly the flag of the Republican Party in the November 4 presidential election in the United States.

In late January, as I listened to activists and allied academics at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Mumbai’s Tata Institute for Social Sciences (TISS), the magnitude of the responsibility faced by the BRICS’ leadership suddenly became clearer to me.

If the Western press alone could overthrow a government, Burundi's would be long gone.

A staunch activist within the NAACP and a close friend of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Vernon F. Dahmer Sr., was killed on January 10, 1966 in a Ku Klux Klan terrorist raid on his home at Kelley Settlement in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

INTRODUCTION

Nearly two decades into the 21st century, energy poverty continues to cripple Africa’s social and economic development. More than half of the population lacks access to electricity, and businesses that could create jobs are hampered by frequent blackouts.