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Assessing the HIV/AIDS MDGs: Does this look like success or even progress?
As Kim et al. (2011) indicated, progress towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been mixed. One of the MDGs...
May 31, 20159 min read
From MDGs to SDGs: Indigenous African women as missing link
By Gwain Colbert It was President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia who said at the opening of the International Institute of Democracy...
May 31, 20155 min read
Nigeria: Rescued Boko Haram hostages moved to new location
At least 260 women and children who were rescued from Boko Haram have been moved by the Nigerian military to an undisclosed location,...
May 23, 20152 min read
REPORT OF CSOs VISIT TO BENUE STATE, GOVERNOR- ELECT, DR. SAMUEL ORTOM.
By Asan Gabin Bennedict The Coalition of Civil Society Groups in Benue State paid a courtesy visit to the Governor-Elect, Dr. Samuel...
May 18, 20157 min read
Nigeria’s Economy: President-Elect Buhari Will Face Fuel Shortages, Low Revenues And Boko Hara
By Kathleen Caulderwood @kcaulderwood k.caulderwood@ibtimes.com Men guide a boat carrying drums filled with refined stolen oil through a...
May 15, 20152 min read
Connecting the pillars: Human Rights and the post-2015 agenda
by Naiara Costa The first agreement is expected to be adopted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in July and will define the architecture for...
May 14, 20154 min read
Why Buhari must discontinue fuel subsidy
By Eze Onyekpere Nigerians have elected a new government at the centre and there are great expectations of change that will lead to...
May 7, 20155 min read
High Court declares the right to health Justiciable in Uganda
Kampala –Uganda – The High Court of Uganda has today declared that the right to health can be justiciable in Uganda. While delivering a...
May 7, 20152 min read
An Easy Target: Homophobia For Political Ends
Sunday, May 3, 2015, 9:00 AM CET The following article was written by Graeme Reid, who is director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and...
May 4, 20154 min read
BENUE CSOs/MEDIA SET 100 DAYS TARGET FOR ORTOM, GOVERNOR ELECT.
INTRODUCTION Benue Civil Society groups and the Media met on the 30th day of April 2015 to discuss ways and modalities of partnering and...
May 3, 20155 min read
Social media helps curb Nigerian election deathtoll, paving future path
By Olusegun Abolaji Ogundeji The dozens of deaths that marred the recent Nigerian elections would be considered shocking by the standards...
Apr 30, 20155 min read
Xenophobia row exposes rivalry between South Africa and Nigeria
People protesting against xenophobia in South Africa hold placards in front of the South African consulate … By Joe Brock and Nqobile...
Apr 29, 20153 min read
The Right to Information. Nigerias’ Snap Picture
……..Jimmy Tor Esq The general notion in the country is that corruption is the foremost challenge hindering the development of the...
Apr 27, 20153 min read
HARVESTING AND GROWING DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: WHAT ABOUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
By Jerome, Uneje Mary Nigeria 28th April 2015. The atmosphere appeared filled with of hope and expectations as Pa Josiah (not real name)...
Apr 27, 20154 min read
NIGERIA: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN; ANY PROGRESS?
…….Roseline Funmilayo, Legal Officer, Lawyers Alert Violence against women has always been known to be an ugly aspect of the average...
Apr 24, 20153 min read
Foreigners tell of being ‘hunted like dogs’ in South Africa
Blantyre (Malawi) (AFP) – Foreigners fleeing xenophobic violence in South Africa told Tuesday of how they escaped marauding death mobs...
Apr 22, 20153 min read
The regional impact of Nigeria’s presidential election
The concession of defeat by the Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, marked the first time in the nation’s history that an incumbent...
Apr 17, 20154 min read
Why black South Africans are attacking foreign Africans but not foreign whites
By Sibusiso Tsahabalala The attacks on migrant shop owners in Durban this week reminds us the position of foreigner in South Africa is a...
Apr 16, 20153 min read
Nigeria Elections: Taraba State Falls Short To Elect 1st Female Governor, Aisha Al-Hassan.
By Morgan Winsor @MorganWinsorIBT April 14 2015 Sen. Aisha Al-Hassan (center), the All Progressives Congress candidate of Nigeria’s...
Apr 14, 20152 min read
ONE MORE STEP TAKEN FOR DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA
By James Apeh Esq The successful conduct of the 2015 general election marked a milestone in the development of the Nigerian democracy....
Apr 14, 20154 min read
NIGERIA ELECTIONS: SITUATION ROOM FINAL STATEMENT ON THE GUBERNATORIAL AND STATE HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY
Issued: Monday, 13th April 2015 The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, after observing the State-level elections for the Governorship...
Apr 13, 20153 min read
Rivers State of Nigeria Independent Election Observers Monitoring Report
INDEPENDENT ELECTION MONITORING GROUP (IEMG) PORT HARCOURT – April 12, 2015 INTERIM REPORT ON OBSERVATION OF THE GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE...
Apr 13, 20158 min read
Nigeria girls who fled Boko Haram look to brighter future
By Ben Simon . Lagos (AFP) – A typical day for Deborah includes classes on a manicured university campus and exercise in the evening —...
Apr 12, 20153 min read
Fears linger around Buhari’s commitment to a free press
Journalists jailed by Muhammadu Buhari’s regime in the 1980s are ready to forgive, but others are skeptical by Christopher Vourlias ...
Apr 8, 20155 min read
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