Governance

There is much to say about the difficult times humanity is experiencing. Today, however, is a day of special interest for us and perhaps for many other people.

10 October 2014

To: Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fl), Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia

Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)

EDITOR'S NOTE

Kenyans learned a very expensive lesson the other week: that the President is like the Titanic, very difficult to turn around. Or, to put it more accurately, that eating presidential humble pie can be a costly national exercise.

#WorldVsBank | www.ourlandourbusiness.org

The World Bank's rumour mill has been abuzz with “the Asians are taking over the World Bank” whispers since Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-born American, became the first non-Caucasian president in the World Bank.

Karuturi Global Ltd, the Indian multinational that made its name in the global cut flower industry and recently acquired more than 300,000 ha in Ethiopia to produce food for foreign markets, is continuing its painful and massive decline.

In February 2015, Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, will be holding its general elections to elect leaders into sub-national and national executive and legislative arms of government.

In March of 2011 I accompanied Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide on his trip home to Haiti following years of forced exile in South Africa.

Civil society situation analysis on the socio-political turmoil in South Sudan

INTRODUCTION