Thursday, 29 March 2012
allAfrica.com: Senegal: New Alternative After Wade Defeat
allAfrica.com: Senegal: New Alternative After Wade Defeat
Analysts say that Senegal's outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade was made to pay for his failure to respond to popular demands, particularly arising from the high cost of basic commodities, a lengthy strike by teachers, and high youth unemployment, by losing his bid for a third term of office.
Analysts say that Senegal's outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade was made to pay for his failure to respond to popular demands, particularly arising from the high cost of basic commodities, a lengthy strike by teachers, and high youth unemployment, by losing his bid for a third term of office.
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Rich-poor gap grew by over one-quarter in 2010
Rich-poor gap grew by over one-quarter in 2010
THE GAP between the richest and poorest in Ireland grew by more than 25 per cent during 2010, new figures show. A Central Statistics Office report on income and living conditions shows the average income of the top 20 per cent of earners was 5.5 times greater than those in the lowest 20 per cent. This inequality ratio – up from 4.3 a year earlier – is the highest figure on record since this measurement was first used in 2004...
THE GAP between the richest and poorest in Ireland grew by more than 25 per cent during 2010, new figures show. A Central Statistics Office report on income and living conditions shows the average income of the top 20 per cent of earners was 5.5 times greater than those in the lowest 20 per cent. This inequality ratio – up from 4.3 a year earlier – is the highest figure on record since this measurement was first used in 2004...
Non-Irish children perform better because their parents value education
Non-Irish children perform better because their parents value education
I have noticed a marked difference between the Irish school children in my child’s school and their non-Irish classmates. The school recently held an essay competition and awards were given in a series of categories. I’d say 60 per cent of the winners were not Irish. The school is not 60 per cent non-national...
I have noticed a marked difference between the Irish school children in my child’s school and their non-Irish classmates. The school recently held an essay competition and awards were given in a series of categories. I’d say 60 per cent of the winners were not Irish. The school is not 60 per cent non-national...
Military Leaders Discuss Threats to Africa and National Security Strategies During ACSS Program
Military Leaders Discuss Threats to Africa and National Security Strategies During ACSS Program
During the three-week Next Generation of African Security Sector Leaders Program, 42 participants are examining Africa’s security environment and ways to improve stability, security, and democracy. They are analyzing civil-military relations on the continent to determine the role and place of professional military officers in advancing national security in democratizing states.
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
allAfrica.com: InFocus » Voters in Senegal Choose Macky Sall over Incumbent President
allAfrica.com: InFocus » Voters in Senegal Choose Macky Sall over Incumbent President
Opposition candidate Macky Sall defeated President Abdoulaye Wade in a second round of voting. Calm prevailed as voters streamed to polls. After preliminary results came in, Wade called Sall to congratulate the former prime minister and National Assembly leader on his victory
Opposition candidate Macky Sall defeated President Abdoulaye Wade in a second round of voting. Calm prevailed as voters streamed to polls. After preliminary results came in, Wade called Sall to congratulate the former prime minister and National Assembly leader on his victory
allAfrica.com: InFocus » Africa: Towards Cities Without Slums
allAfrica.com: InFocus » Africa: Towards Cities Without Slums
Millions of people live in slums and the rapid growth of cities is compounding the problem. A meeting of ministers on housing and urban development aims to improve the lives of those living under these conditions.
Millions of people live in slums and the rapid growth of cities is compounding the problem. A meeting of ministers on housing and urban development aims to improve the lives of those living under these conditions.
Monday, 26 March 2012
Senegal opposition celebrates election win - Africa - Al Jazeera English
Senegal opposition celebrates election win - Africa - Al Jazeera English
Thousands of people are celebrating in the streets of Dakar after preliminary results showed Senegalese opposition candidate Macky Sall has won over Abdoulaye Wade, the incumbent president
Thousands of people are celebrating in the streets of Dakar after preliminary results showed Senegalese opposition candidate Macky Sall has won over Abdoulaye Wade, the incumbent president
Saturday, 24 March 2012
Peter Singhatey: Independent Researcher & Ferry Pilot: Birds of The Gambia and Senegal
Peter Singhatey: Independent Researcher & Ferry Pilot: Birds of The Gambia and Senegal: Birds of The Gambia and Senegal [Please read rules] , a group on Flickr.
PRESIDENT BIDS FAREWELL TO GAMBIA'S FIRST CONTINGENT TO DARFUR - DECEMBER 2004
http://www.statehouse.gm/darfurdec04.htm
Gambian soldiers left Banjul for Darfur, Sudan, to participate for one year in the African Union's peace building efforts in that country. The 196-member contingent including three female soldiers took leave of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, President Yahya Jammeh, on Friday at a farewell parade held at July 22nd Square in Banjul...The head of the Gambian contingent, Major Peter Singhatey, assured President Jammeh and the Gambian people that they will leave up to expectations.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Investigations around Libya
Pambazuka - Investigations around Libya
The report is fairly revelatory, making two important points: first, that all sides on the ground committed war crimes with no mention at all of a potential genocide conducted by the Qaddafi forces; second, that there remains a distinct lack of clarity regarding potential NATO war crimes. Not enough can be made of these two points. They strongly infer that the rush to a NATO ‘humanitarian intervention’ might have been made on exaggerated evidence, and that NATO’s own military intervention might have been less than ‘humanitarian’ in its effects.
The report is fairly revelatory, making two important points: first, that all sides on the ground committed war crimes with no mention at all of a potential genocide conducted by the Qaddafi forces; second, that there remains a distinct lack of clarity regarding potential NATO war crimes. Not enough can be made of these two points. They strongly infer that the rush to a NATO ‘humanitarian intervention’ might have been made on exaggerated evidence, and that NATO’s own military intervention might have been less than ‘humanitarian’ in its effects.
Speaking up about racism in Ireland
Speaking up about racism
IT WOULD be all too easy perhaps to dismiss Imran Khan’s comments about racism in Ireland as hyperbole from the race relations industry. But complacent and wrong...
IT WOULD be all too easy perhaps to dismiss Imran Khan’s comments about racism in Ireland as hyperbole from the race relations industry. But complacent and wrong...
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Why War Isn't Inevitable: A Science Writer Studies the Secret to Peaceful Societies | World | AlterNet
Why War Isn't Inevitable: A Science Writer Studies the Secret to Peaceful Societies | World | AlterNet
Biologically speaking, we are just as likely to be peaceful as we are to be violent. So what keeps humans bound by a seemingly never-ending cycle of war...
Biologically speaking, we are just as likely to be peaceful as we are to be violent. So what keeps humans bound by a seemingly never-ending cycle of war...
Sunday, 18 March 2012
RADIO CAROLINE April 66 boat
Radio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly.[1] Unlicensed by any government for most of its early life, it was considered a pirate radio station.
Friday, 16 March 2012
Kidnapped, gang raped, tortured, shot and dumped, but no one cares | Irish Examiner
Kidnapped, gang raped, tortured, shot and dumped, but no one cares | Irish Examiner
The lack of public outrage over the brutal murder of a Roma teenager raises serious questions about our values as a society, according to a senior garda.
Chief Superintendent Michael O’Sullivan said she "suffered an appalling death that is incomprehensible in a civilised society".
The lack of public outrage over the brutal murder of a Roma teenager raises serious questions about our values as a society, according to a senior garda.
Chief Superintendent Michael O’Sullivan said she "suffered an appalling death that is incomprehensible in a civilised society".
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Xenophobia Rises from Ashes of Greek Economy - IPS ipsnews.net
Xenophobia Rises from Ashes of Greek Economy - IPS ipsnews.net
"There has been a deteriorating picture including anti-migrant attacks, the attack on a makeshift mosque, harassment of students, as well as the appearance of people flaunting neo-Nazi paraphernalia around the schools..."
"There has been a deteriorating picture including anti-migrant attacks, the attack on a makeshift mosque, harassment of students, as well as the appearance of people flaunting neo-Nazi paraphernalia around the schools..."
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Men are domestic violence victims too | Irish Examiner
Men are domestic violence victims too | Irish Examiner
What about the male victims of domestic violence, of which there are also very many, but never spoken about? Male victims receive little or no funding compared to their female counterparts. Why are we still in total denial about men being victims of domestic abuse???
What about the male victims of domestic violence, of which there are also very many, but never spoken about? Male victims receive little or no funding compared to their female counterparts. Why are we still in total denial about men being victims of domestic abuse???
Monday, 12 March 2012
The lessons of 2011 - Pambazuka
Pambazuka - The lessons of 2011
The militant working class struggles of 2011 - from the strikes and occupation in Wisconsin, to the countless demonstrations against Wall Street Banks, the direct action and broad resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, to housing occupations throughout the country, to the defeat of regressive anti-Union legislation in Ohio, to the (inter)national explosion of the Occupy Movement - demonstrated the critical fact that the multi-national working class contained in the United States can stop the ‘shock doctrine’ measures being imposed upon it by transnational capital and the neo-liberal state.
The militant working class struggles of 2011 - from the strikes and occupation in Wisconsin, to the countless demonstrations against Wall Street Banks, the direct action and broad resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, to housing occupations throughout the country, to the defeat of regressive anti-Union legislation in Ohio, to the (inter)national explosion of the Occupy Movement - demonstrated the critical fact that the multi-national working class contained in the United States can stop the ‘shock doctrine’ measures being imposed upon it by transnational capital and the neo-liberal state.
Friday, 9 March 2012
Envoy Annan warns against more force in Syria
Envoy Annan warns against more force in Syria
“I hope no one is thinking very seriously of using force in this situation. I believe any further militarisation will make the situation worse,” ...“We have to be careful that we don’t introduce a medicine that is worse than the disease. We don’t have to go very far in the region to find an example of what I am talking about,”
“I hope no one is thinking very seriously of using force in this situation. I believe any further militarisation will make the situation worse,” ...“We have to be careful that we don’t introduce a medicine that is worse than the disease. We don’t have to go very far in the region to find an example of what I am talking about,”
Thursday, 8 March 2012
The Waiting Game: Egypt, Libya and Tunisia
http://www.thisisafricaonline.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/398/Waiting_game.html
As new and emerging governments establish political office in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, strategies to tackle economic exclusion are still lagging. Governments and emerging parties must now start grappling with the issues of corruption, unemployment and rising inequality, but there is still little sign of how the region’s leaders plan to deal with the economic problems that gave rise to the revolutions.
As new and emerging governments establish political office in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, strategies to tackle economic exclusion are still lagging. Governments and emerging parties must now start grappling with the issues of corruption, unemployment and rising inequality, but there is still little sign of how the region’s leaders plan to deal with the economic problems that gave rise to the revolutions.
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Israel 'master of own fate'
Israel 'master of own fate'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Barack Obama that Israel must remain the "master of its fate" in a firm defence of his right to mount a unilateral strike on Iran.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Barack Obama that Israel must remain the "master of its fate" in a firm defence of his right to mount a unilateral strike on Iran.
Monday, 5 March 2012
Friday, 2 March 2012
6 000 Libyans held by brigades, UN says
6 000 Libyans held by brigades, UN says:
Up to 6 000 Libyans are detained in facilities run by revolutionary brigades that helped out Muammar Gaddafi, the UN says.
Up to 6 000 Libyans are detained in facilities run by revolutionary brigades that helped out Muammar Gaddafi, the UN says.
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