Africa Regional Media Hub | United States Urges Commitment to Protection of Political Rights and Non-violence in the DRC: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing an historic moment as the country prepares for elections and its first democratic transition of power. The United States government is following political developments in Kinshasa and notes the announced plans … [Read more...] about Africa Regional Media Hub | United States Urges Commitment to Protection of Political Rights and Non-violence in the DRC
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Africa Regional Media Hub | United States Supports Proposed AU Mission to Gabon, Continues to Call for Calm
Africa Regional Media Hub | United States Supports Proposed AU Mission to Gabon, Continues to Call for Calm: The United States remains concerned about the tense political situation in Gabon. We continue to call on all parties and their supporters to refrain from violence, inflammatory language, and aggression against all people living in Gabon, regardless of their ethnic … [Read more...] about Africa Regional Media Hub | United States Supports Proposed AU Mission to Gabon, Continues to Call for Calm
Is the Fragile States Index ‘fatally flawed’? | The Conversation
Is the Fragile States Index ‘fatally flawed’?: Idyllic Mauritius is the only African country ranked in the favourable category of ‘more stable’ in the latest survey on state fragility. Reuters/Darrin Zammit LupiOn June 27 2016 the eleventh edition of the Fragile States Index was published by the Fund for Peace. It came with the usual alarming findings from the developing world … [Read more...] about Is the Fragile States Index ‘fatally flawed’? | The Conversation
More Africans are accessing health care — but states still have work to do | The Conversation
A Malian mother waits to have her baby vaccinated. Though access to health care has improved, many people say their governments must do more. Dominic Chavez/World BankPeople across Africa rank health as the second most important national problem they believe that governments should address. Only unemployment outranks it as an issue among ordinary citizens, and only education … [Read more...] about More Africans are accessing health care — but states still have work to do | The Conversation
What Africa’s most newly independent states did with 22 years of freedom | The Conversation
Crowds cheer as Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives to address the country's Independence Day celebrations in Harare. Reuters/Philimon BulawayoSouth Africa is celebrating 22 years since its first democratic elections. To get a feel for its progress The Conversation Africa’s politics editor Thabo Leshilo asked academics to review how well Namibia and Zimbabwe, … [Read more...] about What Africa’s most newly independent states did with 22 years of freedom | The Conversation
