Migration
Dénoncer les violences sexistes: La campagne des 16 jours donne la parole aux femmes
Chaque année le monde entier se réunit dans le cadre d’une campagne pour s’exprimer sur un sujet : l’élimination de la violence faite aux femmes et aux filles. La campagne « 16 jours d’activisme contre la violence sexiste » commence le 25 novembre Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes et se poursuit jusqu’au 10 décembre Journée des droits de l’homme.
Les défis de la migration en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre: De l’importance de mesures adaptées et de la coopération internationale
L’immigration est sans nul doute l’un des défis majeurs de ce siècle. Aujourd’hui la planète compte 258 millions de migrants soit 34% de la population mondiale. Quelque 258 millions sont des migrants internationaux 40 millions des personnes déplacées à l’intérieur de leur pays et 259 millions des réfugiés ou des demandeurs d’asile. En 2018 les déplacements de population touchent tous les pays.
2019: L’année du retour de la diaspora: Le Ghana déroule le tapis rouge pour encourager les réinstallations
Au coeur d’Accra la capitale du Ghana à quelques mètres de l’ambassade des États-Unis se trouvent les tombes de l’Afro-américain W. E. B. Du Bois personnalité marquante du mouvement des droits civiques et de son épouse Shirley. Celui qui fonda aux États-Unis l’Association nationale pour la promotion des gens de couleurs s’installa à Accra en 1961 dans le quartier de Labone une zone résidentielle tranquille où il habita jusqu’à sa mort en août 1963.
Des aliments enrichis pour combattre la « faim invisible »: Le manque de certains nutriments essentiels entrave la croissance
Pendant des années l’agriculture intensive a été considérée comme la solution à la faim et à la malnutrition dans le monde. Mais les engrais chimiques et les pesticides empployés ne lui ont pas permis de réduire de manière significative l’insécurité alimentaire les indicateurs de santé ou l’espérance de vie.
Entretien: Edward Kallon, Représentant de l’ONU au Nigéria, Le Nigéria a besoin d’élections libres, justes et crédibles
Edward Kallon est le coordonnateur humanitaire et coordonnateur résident de l’ONU au Nigéria. Le pays vient de sortir d’une dure récession économique tandis que les attaques terroristes incessantes de Boko Haram génèrent un climat d’insécurité. C’est dans ce contexte que près de 80 millions de Nigérians se rendront aux urnes en février 2019 pour élire leur nouveau président les gouverneurs de 29 des 36 états et l’ensemble des législateurs aux niveaux fédéral et national. Le journaliste Kingsley Ighobor d’Afrique Renouveau a rencontré M. Kallon en marge de l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU en septembre. Voici des extraits de son interview.
Le double défi du handicap
A cinq ans le Zambien Kenneth Habaalu a été paralysé par la poliomyélite une maladie virale qui attaque le système nerveux. La paralysie de M. Habaalu aurait pu anéantir tout espoir de faire des études et de trouver un emploi. Mais grâce à son frère qui a payé ses frais de scolarité il a obtenu un diplôme de gestion.
After making peace, Ethiopia and Eritrea now focus on development: Both countries say they must make up for lost times
The winds of change are blowing across the Horn of Africa following the signing in Jeddah Saudi Arabia of the 17 September peace agreement by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki.
Plaudits for the man who mends women: Celebrating Dr. Denis Mukwege: Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2018
When in October 2018 Denis Mukwege a Congolese gynecologist and specialist in reconstructive surgery won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 the world’s media celebrated the extraordinary life of a doctor often referred to as “the man who mends women.” The moniker is a recognition of the years he has spent fixing the bodies of sexually assaulted women and girls in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Fighting ‘hidden hunger’ with fortified foods: Lack of key nutrients in food impedes growth
For years boosting agricultural production was believed to be the solution to world hunger and malnourishment. But years of intensive farming with chemical fertilizers and pesticides has done little to move the needle on food insecurity health metrics or life expectancy.
Kofi Annan: Tribute to a rare gentleman
He could give you his full attention for a few seconds and leave you with the feeling you mattered. This is a quality you will recognize in very few individuals. It is emotional and profound. That’s because people occupying powerful positions more commonly portray arrogance and impatience. It could be true such people are usually quite busy which explains their limited time for kindness or small talk. That is the normal behaviour you sort of expect. And then there was the Kofi Annan way.
African migrants keen to retain their cultural values abroad: African children abroad struggle over cultural identity
To experience a taste of African culture deep inside the Big Apple visitors—including many Senegalese—turn to Le Petit Senegal (Little Senegal) a West African neighborhood in West Harlem New York.
Global warming: Severe consequences for Africa: New report projects greater temperature increases
Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a path toward unacceptable warming with serious implications for development prospects in Africa.
Youth profile: Egypt ‘Ify’ Ufele: African themes a standout in young designer’s fashion line
The showroom in her Queens home in New York is bedecked with all the accoutrements of a young designer who has caught the eye of the high-flying New York fashion scene.
Risky journey to Europe: Search for greener pastures carries deadly consequences
Alone in Niger the young man sits filled with regrets. “I didn’t necessarily want to come this far” he says with anguish. “Khartoum may have been OK.” What made him extend his flight to a destination unknown he wonders. He survived a perilous journey across deserts and seas but at a terrible cost. His brother with whom he was so close lost his life after leaving the Sudanese capital where the two had briefly settled after fleeing Eritrea the country of their birth as a result of political instability.
Confronting the challenges of migration in West and Central Africa: Sound policies and cooperation by countries are key
Without a doubt migration is a defining issue of this century. One billion people one-seventh of the world’s population are migrants. Some 258 million people are international migrants 40 million are internally displaced and 24 million are refugees or asylum seekers. In 2018 there is no longer a single state that can claim to be untouched by human mobility.
2019: Year of return for African Diaspora: Ghana rolls out the red carpet to encourage resettlement in the motherland
In the heart of Accra Ghana’s capital just a few meters from the United States embassy lie the tombs of W. E. B. Du Bois a great African-American civil rights leader and his wife Shirley. The founder of the US-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People moved to Accra in 1961 settling in the city’s serene residential area of Labone and living there until his death in August 1963.
Ending violence against women and girls in the Sahel: Crucial for sustainable development
After flying into the city of Bol in the Republic of Chad over the lush fields and receding lakes we landed to a rapturous welcome from traditional rulers and local women. Their faces reflected a hope and dignity slipping away under the harsh reality of poverty and insecurity. The women smiling at us as we disembarked showed the same resilience I have seen in women in countless contexts: an ability to survive even in the face of multiple forms of violence and insecurity at home in public or from political conflict.
Africa’s freedom struggles and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 70 years since its adoption, the declaration has inspired liberation movements
Sovereign African countries barely existed when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 three years after the end of World War II.
Africa Dialogue Series launched
The United Nations has launched a new initiative to promote Africa’s agenda. Organised by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) the Africa Dialogue Series (ADS) will provide interactive opportunities to discuss and identify areas in which the UN the African Union and the broader international community can mobilise efforts for a prosperous and peaceful Africa.
Speaking up against gender-based violence: 16 days of campaign against GBV wants women to be heard
Each year the world comes together in a campaign to speak out on one topic: ending violence against women and girls. Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begins on 25 November which is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and runs through Human Rights Day on 10 December