Nigerian Times

16 Nov 2011 11:04 Africa/Lagos CAHOSCC: “Africa should speak with one voice in articulating its demands” Ping ADDIS ABABA, November 16, 2011/location>)/ -- The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, hosted the Meeting of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) today Wednesday 16 November 2011, at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Chaired by H.E Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia and the Coordinator of CAHOSCC, the meeting considered the key messages from the Special Session of the African Ministerial Council on Environment (AMCEN), held in Bamako, Mali in September 2011, in respect of Africa's effective participation at COP17/CMP7. During the opening session, Mr. Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union Commission reported that the interest amongst Africans on climate change deliberations as very tense. “To us all climate change is a ...

Researchers have found that the incidence of African civil war could increase roughly 55 percent by 2030, leading to 390,000 more battle deaths if future wars are as deadly as recent wars. Photo Credit: UC Berkeley News . 14 Nov 2011 12:00 Africa/Lagos Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) meeting ADDIS ABABA, November 14, 2011/location>)/ -- The Commission of the African Union will be hosting the Meeting of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) on Wednesday 16 November 2011, at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As mandated by the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in July 2011, the CAHOSCC meeting will consider the key messages reviewed and refined by the Special Session of the African Ministerial Council on Environment (AMCEN) held in Bamako, Mali in September 2011. The meeting will also deliberate on the state of play of the globa...

12 Oct 2011 15:30 Africa/Lagos Self Help Africa Annual Change-Maker's Ball PR Newswire NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2011 Please Join Us in Supporting Development Programs in Africa NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On October 28th, Self Help Africa will be hosting their second annual Change-Maker's Ball, to support its innovative sustainable development programs in rural Africa. The glamorous black-tie event will take place at Pier Sixty Chelsea Piers, overlooking the Hudson River in New York City. In 2010, its inaugural year, the black tie event brought together over 350 people from across the fields of business, media, sports, diplomacy, philanthropy, and entertainment. This year, guests will enjoy a champagne and cocktail reception, gourmet dinner, live and silent auctions, dancing to live music, and 'The Change-Maker's signature cocktail' by mixologist Joann Spiegel. Joann, a regular on Martha Stewart Living Radio, placed 2nd at GQ Magazine's most i...

Hunger is eating up the poor children in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya while children in America and other developed nations are over fed and obese. ~ Orikinla Osinachi, Nigerian poet and blogger 22 Jul 2011 16:15 Africa/Lagos UNICEF: Horn of Africa is a "Crisis for Child Survival" Children's agency massively scaling up operations to respond to urgent needs PR Newswire NEW YORK, July 22, 2011 NEW YORK, July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With famine now declared in two regions of Southern Somalia and malnutrition rates at emergency levels in arid and semi-arid regions across the Horn of Africa, nearly 720,000 children are at risk of death without urgent assistance. In total 2.23 million children in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are estimated to be acutely malnourished. "This summer has been an unspeakable nightmare for millions of children in the Horn of Africa," said President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Caryl Stern. "We cannot control the weath...

14 Jun 2011 14:15 Africa/Lagos Remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at African Union, June 13, 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia WASHINGTON, June 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at African Union, June 13, 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. It is a great honor to join you here in Addis Ababa and to address the African Union. I want to thank Chairperson Ping, members of the African Union Commission, ambassadors to the AU, representatives of United Nations agencies, and, most of all, representatives of the nations and people of Africa. Thank you for the opportunity to be here with you. It is good to be back in Africa, and it is a singular honor to address this body. During the past few days, I have traveled to Zambia, Tanzania, and now Ethiopia, meeting with leaders and citizens who are rising to meet challenges of all kinds with creativity, courage, and skill. And I am pleased to c...

Google celebrates Africa Day, the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), when leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . In 1991, the OAU established the African Economic Community , and in 2002 the OAU established its own successor, the African Union . However, the name and date of Africa Day has been retained as a celebration of African unity. 25 May 2011 20:44 Africa/Lagos Address by Dr Jean Ping, African Union Commission Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day / Wednesday 25 May 2011 ADDIS ABABA, May 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Address by Dr Jean Ping, African Union Commission Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day Your Excellency the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Chairperson of the African Union; Your Excellency the Prime Minister of the Republic of India; Your Majesty; Y...

Fidel Castro, the Lion of Cuba Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz retired as the President and Commander-in-Chief of Cuba on Monday February 18, 2008, after 49 years in power. Fidel Castro is the most lionized foreign leader in Africa and highly esteemed as one of the heroes of the liberation struggles in South African nations. Fidel Castro sent Cuban troops to Angola on November 4, 1975, to join the forces of the marxist MPLA-ruled government in the war against the racist South African-backed UNITA rebels. One of the survivors, Claude Grace Uushona can still remember how she survived the massacre in the refugee camp in Cassinga, in southern Angola and was rescued and brought to Cuba when she was only 16. "It was a camp for women and children refugees located 250 km from the border with Namibia. On May 4, 1978, South African forces bombed us with military helicopters and planes," she recalled. Cuban and Angolan troops helped the guerrilla freedom fighters of the Southwest African Pe...