Cameroon: volunteer vigilance committees call for more help in combatting Boko Haram
Through their knowledge of the land and surveillance capabilities, local volunteer groups are proving crucial in the fight against Boko Haram.
Archive December 2015
Climate Smart Coffee and Banana Set to Boost East African Farmers’ Income
Ugandan farmers are increasingly inter-planting coffee, the country’s primary export, and banana, a staple food, as a way of coping with the effects of climate change.
January 2016 Day-by-Day
Habitat III Regional Meeting-Africa
4 January 2016
Nigeria
Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE)
7-9 January 2016
Abu Dhabi
EAC Secretariat coffers run dry as partner states default
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat is in a cash crunch, with fears that the regional body may fail to pay its workers their December salaries, in addition to suspending its programmes.
Accord Calls for First Global Conference on Peace
On 21 November 2015, during ACCORD’s 2015 Africa Peace Award celebration, I made a call for the United Nations to convene the first ever UN Global Conference on Peace.
Has Burundi reached the tipping point already?
Alarm about Burundi has been rising and falling. In fits and starts.
