The EBRD’s 2011 Annual Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, 20-21 May 2011

Ethiopia: millions starving as US, UN suspend aid after massive theft

As the United States and the United Nations demand that Ethiopia’s government yield its control over the vast aid delivery system supporting one-sixth of the country’s population, reports are emerging of the first deaths from starvation due to the suspension of their food aid to Africa’s second-most populous nation. The urgently needed grain and oil […]

Knowledge Provided by School Should Help Young People Achieve Self-fulfillment, King says

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has pointed out that the knowledge provided by school should inter-alia help young people acquire competencies and skills, but most importantly help them develop their personality and achieve self-fulfillment. This came in a message the King addressed to participants in the 33rd International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, which […]

Central African Republic: Questions mount over Russian fuel donation

A political storm is brewing in the Central African Republic over 30,000 tons of Russian diesel that seems to have vanished into thin air. The Republican Bloc for the Defense of the Constitution has thrown down the gauntlet, demanding answers about a fuel donation that exists more in whispers than in official ledgers. Martin Ziguélé, […]