The CIHA Blog’s commentary on recent news pieces about events in Africa.
From the Tiny Spark Blog, Amy Costello interviews author Nina Monk, who reported on Jeffrey Sachs’ multimillion dollar effort to eradicate poverty in Africa. Listen to the interview, “Tracking […]
Annoncée comme une entreprise basée sur le respect de l’environnement et des intérêts des populations locales, le projet conduit par Herakles s’est trouvé, comme l’ont montré les messages internes publiés […]
In the Business Day article “UN status quo unfair to world’s majority, says Zuma,” Nicholas Kotch quotes President Jacob Zuma, who, in his speech to the General Assembly yesterday, […]
Many mainstream news outlets have been covering the horrific attacks at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. In their post, “Making Sense of the Terror Attacks in Kenya,” Africa […]
Cecelia Lynch writes: Angilee Shah of PRI and I had a wide-ranging discussion about charity and the representation and ethics of aid, which was distilled into her provocative piece below. […]
A previous In the News post featured a New York Times article about a charity that gives money directly to the recipients with no strings attached. The authors […]
The wave of events in Egypt are continuing to raise concern within Africa and beyond. Amidst what appears to be a sense of hopelessness from the African Union, a few […]
Two recent articles point out how aid recipients are often more in tune with their needs and their cultural and political contexts than the development organization might be. The New […]
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