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On 30 April 2014, the High Court of Ouagadougou declared that it was not competent to order that DNA expertise be used in the identification of the bodies buried at Dagnoen.

As a child grows from infancy, it is subjected to a virtual bombardment of thoughts and ideas, rules and regulations, moral principles, values and life strategies.

May 15, 2014

African and Caribbean Board of Governors
C/o Executive Directors
The World Bank
Washington, DC 20433

Dear Board of Governors:

Re: “Africa Orphaned and Under Guardianship at the World Bank”

May 21, 2014
World Bank Board of Governors
Africa and the Caribbean Regions
do Executive Directors The World Bank
Washington, DC 20433

Dear Honorable Board of Governors:

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been sporadically in the Western media during the last 5 years.

A river flows
with purpose.
When it hits a
mound
of dirt
that
diverts its path,
it does not seek
to relive history
by recreating its
old course. With
great purpose a
river flows; see,

The Pan African Institute for Development is horrified and saddened by the abduction of school going girls in Nigeria. We are even more saddened by the reaction of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

We recall the preamble to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights where member states took into consideration the virtues of Africa’s historical traditions and the values of African civilisation and stated that these should inspire and characterise the member states’ reflection on the co

We especially note the worsening social and economic conditions of those who have been dispossessed of dignity and autonomy over their lives, bodies, lands and natural resources, and denied rights to access shelter, food, water, education & healthcare.

The debate about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is loud and highly polarised across the world. On the one hand there are the supporters, who are convinced that GMOs are the key to food security and that the claims made against them have no basis in science.