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Perspectives on African Leadership & Governance, NEPAD, the African Union, Etc. - Reports, Papers, Articles, Etc.
African Leaders on African Leadership & Governance Perspectives on African Leadership, NEPAD, the African Union, Etc. "Making Leaders".
The African Leadership & Progress Brief Leadership & Governance Capacity Building in African Countries: Why and How Well-Off and Accomplished Africans, Especially "Brain Drain" Africans, Should Proactively Take Charge of Fostering African Progress "Africa is beyond bemoaning the past for its
problems. The task of undoing that past is on the shoulders of
African leaders themselves, with the support of those willing to
join in a continental renewal. We have a new generation of leaders
who know that Africa must take responsibility for its own destiny,
that Africa will uplift itself only by its own efforts in
partnership with those who wish her well." .......Nelson Mandela
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Africa: A historic opportunity - G8 Communique on
Africa. 8 July 2005
5th African Union Summit -- 28 June - 5 July 2005
Zimbabwe's Enabler: South Africa Falls Short As Monitor
of Democracy.
Sebastian
Mallaby.
Zimbabwe Polls Free And Fair: SADC, African Union. The Herald (Harare). April 4, 2005.
Observers back Zimbabwe poll. BBC News. April 4, 2005. Second Nigerian minister sacked. Nigeria's president sacks his housing minister, the second top official to go in his anti-corruption drive. BBC News. 4 April 2005
Balogun Faces N13bn 70-Count Charge • Osomo Sacked, Wabara Quits. ThisDay (Nigeria). 5 April 2005
Nigeria's graft fighter - Nigerian's war against corruption. BBC News. 28 March 2005. Nuhu Ribadu faces a mammoth task Nigeria has acquired a terrible worldwide reputation for corruption and financial crimes, including 419 scams. The BBC's Yusuf Mohammed profiles the man tasked with fighting the fraudsters.Obasanjo's thankless task. BBC News. 7 October 2004
Anti-corruption lessons for Nigerians. 22 June, 2004. Sola Odunfa. BBC, Lagos. An anti-corruption curriculum is set to be introduced acoss all public schools and universities in Nigeria.
Striving for Good Governance in Africa - Synopsis of the African Governance Report
2005.
2004 December 2, 2004, An Evening in Celebration of the Founders and Leaders of the New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development - NEPAD. The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation. Leon H. Sullivan Foundation Celebrates New Partnership for Africa's Development. December 8, 2004. allAfrica.com Sullivan Foundation honours President Obasanjo. Nigeriafirst.org. 06 December, 2004. The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Africa Media-Image Project News Brief. December 6, 2004 African Development Forum IV. Governance for a Progressing Africa. 11 - 15 October 2004 Report Shows African Governance Improving, Calls for Action Plan to Address Weaknesses. ECA Press Release 24/2004 Striving for Good Governance in Africa. Synopsis of the African Governance Report 2005. Presentation of the AGR report Audio: K.Y.Amoako, Executive Secretary of the ECA, speaks on the ADF process and why governance is so important to Africa's progress. Second Meeting of the Commission for Africa. 7-8 October, 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia How
Africa's leaders keep the people poor.
Politics of Misery (Africa & the International Community). Jim Hoagland. Washington Post.
Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa
Crafting the New Nigeria: Confronting the Challenges. Robert I.Rotberg, John Paden, Richard Sklar, Rotimi Suberu, Itse Sagay, Peter Lewis, Patrick Utomi, Darren Kew, Bronwen Manby, Daniel Smith, William Reno, and Mahmud Tukur. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. September 2004 (forthcoming). New US Focus on Africa. Robert I. Rotberg. Boston Globe. 7 July 2004. Africa: Side by Side...But in Starkly Different Worlds. Robert I. Rotberg. LA Times. 4 July 2004. Strengthening African Leadership. Robert I. Rotberg. Foreign Affairs, July/August 2004. African Leadership: The Next 10 Years. 14 April 2004.
KSG works to improve leadership: KSG's Rotberg helped facilitate African leadership effort. April 08, 2004. Alvin Powell. Harvard University Gazette
African Union Meetings 2004 Declaration of the African Union-Private Sector Forum. Addis Ababa, 27 June 2004 The 3rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. 6-8 July, 2004 The 5th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council. 30 June - 3 July, 2004
Seizing sovereignty in Africa. BBC News. 1 July 2004. Recent conflicts in Sudan, Liberia and Ivory Coast have ignited discussion about foreign intervention in failing states.
Should bad leaders be removed by force?
Public service key to NEPAD's success. 24 June 2004. The Secretary-General commented that the four pillars of NEPAD -- peace and security; democracy and good governance; regional co-operation and integration; and capacity-building -- parallel the Millennium Development Goals and the goals of the Commonwealth
Key to the Success of NEPAD is Public Service. 23 June 2004. Commonwealth News and Information Service.
What Africa Wants (Public Opinion Survey). 16 June 2004. Richard Dowden. The Guardian (UK). A third of Africans feel worse off this year than last and half feel the world is going in the wrong direction, according to a survey of nearly 8,000 Africans to be published today.
African Leaders Seek G8 Follow-Through. 10 June 2004. allafrica.com
Building a Better Africa. 09 June 2004. Thabo Mbeki. The Washington Post.
Africa Launches Peer Review Test With Ghana. 04 June 2004. World Bank Press Review
Rating Plan Will Act As Sanction. 04 June 2004. Nasreen Seria. Business Day (South Africa). Business leaders said yesterday that a proposed rating system for African countries would act as a sanction for errant nations. This would force countries to toe the line in the absence of a formalised system under the New Partnership for African Development...
Chissano Urges World to Note Positive Changes in Africa. Participants hear of success stories and action plans on closing day of Africa Economic Summit. 4 June 2004. World Economic Forum.
What’s Holding Back Africa’s Growth? World Economic Forum. 03 June 2004
African Leadership for Tomorrow. World Economic Forum. 03 June 2004 WEF Report Says Africa's Growth Was Worst Economic Tragedy Of 20th Century. World Bank Press Review. 03 June 2004. Corrupters Should be Punished Too, Says South African Finance Minister: Companies involved in corruption should be "named and shamed". World Economic Forum. 03 June 2004. Aspirations Over Africa's Future: African leaders at Africa Economic Summit 2004 express hopes for continent's future. World Economic Forum. 03 June 2004. Africa Competitiveness Report 2004 Press Release: Africa Competitiveness Report 2004 - Identifying Problems and Offering Solutions to Africa's Economic Performance. Press Release. 2 June 2004. World Economic Forum. Index ranks 25 African nations on competitiveness.
Commission for Africa: "No Place to Hide" (Blair Commission). 03 June 2004. allAfrica.com
African 'No' to Stronger Peer Review. 03 June 2004. Business Day (South Africa). Rob Rose and Nasreen Seria. Call by business to rein in errant governments is dismissed by leaders. African leaders have dismissed calls for the continent's peer review mechanism to be given additional muscle to censure errant governments.
A New Face For US Aid? (MCA). June 2004. eAfrica Journal / South African Institute of International Affairs Freedom, Prosperity, and Security: The G8 Partnership with Africa: Sea Island 2004 and Beyond. May 2004. A Council on Foreign Relations Special Report. J. Brian Atwood and Robert S. Browne, Co-Chairs. Princeton N. Lyman, Project Director. Infrastructure, food top NEPAD development concern. 24 May 2004. Xinhua News Agency Companies 'shirking' their NEPAD
obligations. 24
May 2004. Rob Rose. Business Day (South Africa) Developing Africa's economy: Doing the sums on Africa. Jeffrey Sachs. The Economist. 20 May 2004. Small amounts spent on promoting Africa's economy can save billions and make the West more secure.
NEPAD
Gets a Nudge: Maputo Meeting Refines Africa's Development
Agenda. 20 May 2004. Michael van Winden. eAfrica - The Electronic Journal of
Governance and Innovation. South African Institute of International Affairs NEPAD and
Governance project. African and Western
policymakers refine agenda for continent's
development.
Progress Report on ECA/OECD “Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness”. Georges Ogboro. Economic Commission for Africa. 19 May 2004
Overview
of Recent Economic and Social Conditions in Africa. Agustin Fosu.
Addressing Nigeria's Economic Problems and the Islamist Terrorist Threat. 19 May 2004. Ariel Cohen and Brett D. Schaefer. Heritage Foundation
Africa: Deepening Regional Integration. 06 May 2004. Development Policy Management Forum Africa Commission's uphill task. BBC News. 04 May 2004. Steve Schifferes. What are the challenges facing Africa? BBC News. Forum/Opinions. 04 May 04 New plan tackles Africa problems. BBC News. 03 May 04
Kufuor is Blazing Trail for Africa - Tony Blair. April 28, 2004. allAfrica.com. Accra Mail (Accra).
A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa. Howard W. French. April 2004. (Knopf)Review: Africa's Lost Decades - A Reporter's Lament. Akwe Amosu. April 23, 2004. allAfrica.com
Pan-African Parliament now a reality. Gumisai Mutume. Africa Recovery, April 2004.
US Promotes Development and Governance in Africa to Counter Terrorism. April 16 2004 For stable Africa, Zimbabwe needs a change of leadership. 02 April 2004. Todd Moss. Center for Global Development Africa's
Oil Tycoons. Daphne Eviatar. The Nation (USA).
Promoting Transparency in the African Oil Sector. March 2004. A Report of the CSIS Task Force on Rising U.S. Energy Stakes in Africa. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC. Cochairs: David L. Goldwyn, J. Stephen Morrison. The CSIS Task Force on Rising U.S. Energy Stakes in Africa project. Promoting Accountability and Transparency in Africa’s Oil Sector: Reform Efforts in Nigeria, Angola, and Sao Tomé and Principe - Conference Agenda. The CSIS Task Force on “Rising U.S. Energy Stakes in Africa”. Center for Strategic and International Studies. March 30, 2004
Nice Start, Moammar. Just a Couple of Other Things... 28 March 2004. Tom Donnelly and Vance Serchuk. The Washington Post. ...The latest addition to the Bush-Blair alliance in the war on terrorism is -- we're not making this up -- Col. Moammar Gaddafi. Blair Hails New Libyan Relations. 25 March 2004. BBC News Is Blair Right to Visit Libya? Opinions. BBC News
Rising to the Challenge of Good Governance in Liberia. 26 March 2004. Tamela Hultman.
Kenya Defers NEPAD Peer Review. 26 March 2004. James Macharia. The East African Standard (Kenya)
Time for Transparency: Coming Clean on Oil, Mining and Gas Revenues. 25 March 2004. Global Witness Limited (London). Revenue Transparency: A Priority for Good Governance and Energy Security
Is Blair's New Africa Commission Letting the Cat Out of the Bag? 24 March 2004. Chinua Akukwe. Business Day (South Africa).
African Leaders Draw
Code of Ethics. Mshenga Mwacardo. The
Nation (Kenya).
West Africa's New Challenge: Making Peace Pay. 21 March 2004. The World Bank. An outbreak of peace gives West Africa’s 245 million people hope for a more prosperous future. ECOWAS Leaders, World Bank Head Push Regional Approaches On Trade, Infrastructure and Peace
World Bank Tasks Obasanjo on Corruption. 19 March 2004. Reuben Yunana & Christopher Agabi. The Daily Trust (Nigeria)Editorial: No Sovereignty Without Good Governance. March 2004. eAfrica Journal / South African Institute of International Affairs What Can Stop Africa's Brain Drain? 19 March 2004. BBC News. Every year hundreds of African students and professionals leave the continent for studies or to seek greener pastures abroad.
African
unity becomes reality.
African Union Parliament Set Up. 18 March 2004. African parliamentarians will for the first time debate on continental-wide issues at a new Pan-African parliament.
African Women Launch New Leadership Institute. 17 March 2004.
Capacity Development: The Role of Regional Integration Groupings. UNCTAD meeting with regional integration organizations from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss training and capacity development strategies in the fields of international trade, investment and ICT for development. 15-19 March 2004.
Statement of Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa at the Opening of the Fourth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 March 2004.
Poverty and Inequality: A Question of
Justice?
Global Economic Inequality: More or Less Equal? 13 March 2004. The Economist. Is economic inequality around the world getting better or worse?
Call for Unified African Voice on IMF. 12 March 2004. Helmo Preuss. Business Day (South Africa)
NEPAD: African Leaders Take Stock, Project Into Future. Charles Ozoemena. The Vanguard (Nigeria). 12 March 2004.
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Charles Onyango-Obbo. East African
(Kenya). 11 October 2004. There's a Mbeki who's been making
headlines in South Africa in recent weeks. And it's not President
Thabo Mbeki, but his brother Moeletsi. The younger Mbeki, deputy
president of South Africa's Institute of International Affairs, made
world headlines when he said Africans were better off under
colonialism. "The average African is poorer [today] than during the
age of colonialism," he said, accusing Africa's post-colonial rulers
of wasting their nations' resources.