By Own Correspondent: DUBAI, UAE – Rapid urban development and a growing population causes congestion challenges in many of the world’s metropolis. North African nations have the opportunity to learn urban planning lessons from these countries to create modern cities with integrated planning solutions to meet demand needs. Having said this, many cities are still experiencing difficulty creating solutions that achieve their planning objectives. Asked what the challenges were, Professor Moustafa Ghamrawy, Secretary General of the Egyptian Geotechnical Society (EGS), explained, “There has been vast expansion urban development in Egyptian metropolises in the past decades. This has created several problems... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – NOUAKCHOTT (AFP) – Mauritania’s air force on Sunday clashed with al-Qaeda militants in the Sahara desert in northern Mali, destroying three vehicles carrying fighters, a Mauritanian military official told AFP. The senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not say how many people were killed or wounded in the strikes, which came on the third day of an offensive against Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)n but about 12 militants are said to have been killed in the fighting in Raz-el-Ma, 250km (155 miles) west of Timbuktu. However a woman was among the dead,... Continue Reading
More than 300 policymakers from over 60 African and European delegations met at the first High Level Meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) in Vienna on September 14, 2010 to determine the partnership’s future. Gudrun Kopp, Parliamentary State Secretary for the German Development Ministry of (BMZ), represented Germany at the conference and partnered with EU Commissioners Günther Oettinger and Andris Piebalgs, as well as AU Commissioner Dr. Elham M.A. Ibrahim, in the debate on future goals. Kopp stressed that Energy is pivotal for development. This is why Germany has supported the partnership from the start and is one of... Continue Reading
By Kemo Cham- A new guide published by the Africa Progress Panel says Poverty alleviation strategies that do not involve or seek to empower women have no chance of succeeding in Africa. The new resource guide, published under the chairmanship of former UN boss Kofi Anan, ties the success of achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on the full participation of women with the ultimate objective to empowering them. Published Friday 17th September 2010, in the run-up to the UN MDG Summit in New York, the guide: ‘Women and the MDGs in Africa’, stressed the critical necessity of achieving... Continue Reading
By Guyson Nanagayi – Mogadishu – (AP)- The head of Somalia’s transition government President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed is travelling to Uganda for talks on security issues at a time of political upheaval in Mogadishu, Somalia’s Ministry of Information said on Friday. The visit comes a day after a rift between Ahmed and Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke over a new draft constitution boiled over. The prime minister faces a vote of confidence within two days that could see him lose his job. Somalia’s Ministry of Information said that President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed would confer with his Ugandan... Continue Reading
