UN -- Women leaders attending a United Nations-hosted conference in Madrid today called for a just and peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including an end to the three-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip. The conference, co-hosted by the International Women’s Commission for a Just and Sustainable Israeli-Palestinian Peace, was convened in part to mark the 10-year anniversary of the passage of Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
Rising Africa: A big leap for football, a giant leap for the continent
Paul Vallely, The Independent -- Not far from Soccer City, the stadium which will today house the opening ceremonies of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, stands the Maponya shopping mall. There you can buy Versace sunglasses, eat sushi, smoke a £20 Havana cigar and even purchase a car from the resident Audi dealer. But this is no smart up-town white suburb of Johannesburg. This is black Soweto. It is as potent a symbol of a changing African continent as the stadium itself, which was built in the apartheid era as a football venue for South Africa’s black population. This was where Nelson Mandela addressed 100,000 ecstatic supporters soon after his release from prison as apartheid crumbled. For the past three years it has stood empty as African workers refurbished it for today’s launch. But more than a football stadium is being reborn...
The makings of a pirate
Yasmine Cathell, Youthink! -- The press has done a great job portraying Somali pirates as evil and greedy individuals who hold innocent seafarers hostage for exorbitant sums of money. While that might be true to an extent, let’s look at it from another point of view. Imagine for a moment that you live in a country that is mostly desert, has minimal sources of food, limited access to freshwater and consists of only 2% arable land. Now add to that no government, no police to keep the streets safe, no schools and no jobs. On the upside you have some of the most beautiful beaches, and the longest coast of any African nation with waters full of fish... Well you had fish, before the government collapsed and illegal unregulated and unreported (IUU) big fishing boats from other richer nations came and depleted the supply...
Zoomlion to establish waste management institute
Ghana Web -- Zoomlion will establish a waste management university next year to undertake fulltime courses in waste management, sanitation and hygiene. The company is putting in place structures to kick start the university that would have campuses in Accra and Tamale. The Public Relations Officer of Zoomlion, Mr. Oscar Provencal, told journalists that the university would be first of its type in Africa and is expected to serve the sub-region and other African countries...
Go Black Stars!!
Conflict is an issue we must continually keep our eyes on. It my prayer that, what we do today to our younger brothers and sisters will make them peace loving people of tomorrow.
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