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South Africa's assembly passes 'secrecy bill,' stirring journalists' fears

Journalists and civic groups warn that the Protection of Information or 'secrecy bill,' will criminalize investigative journalism. The government says it will bolster South Africa's national security.

By Scott Baldauf, Staff writer

Christian Science Monitor

Kenya finds cleaner government is just a keystroke away

Kenya is promoting cleaner government by computerizing many of the tasks that used to be handled by bureaucrats - who might seek bribes to expedite requests.

By Scott Baldauf

BBC News
AFRICA

Angola's Eduardo Dos Santos offers help to Portugal

Angola is prepared to help its former colonial power Portugal cope with its financial crisis, the oil-rich nation's President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said.

After meeting visiting Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, he said solutions needed to be found.

They should be "advantageous for both countries" and "in a spirit of solidarity and mutual help", he said.

IRIN, humanitarian news and analysis
a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

SOMALIA: Looters sabotage aid efforts in Mogadishu

NAIROBI, 17 November 2011 (IRIN) - The frequent looting of relief aid at distribution centres in Mogadishu by local or state security agents seriously undermines efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom have fled areas of Somalia in a state of famine, according to officials and aid workers.

TAZ

Gut fürs eigene Ego, aber sonst?
von Sebastian Erb

FREIWILLIGE Oft werden Einsatzstellen nicht sorgfältig ausgesucht, die "weltwärts"-Teilnehmer ersetzen teilweise lokale Arbeitskräfte. Beim staatlich geförderten Freiwilligendienst gibt es erhebliche Mängel

Bundespräsidialamt

Aus der Rede von Bundespräsident Wulff beim Festakt "50 Jahre Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung" am 14.11.11 in Berlin:

"Junge Afrikaner beispielsweise haben heute ihre eigenen Ideen, wie sie ihre Zukunft gestalten wollen. Ihnen geht es weniger darum, welche Ressourcen wir zur Verfügung stellen, sondern wie sie ihre eigenen Ressourcen mobilisieren können."

TAZ

Streit der Woche

Neudeck mischt Helfer-Szene auf

Abschied vom Kalten Krieg, Konzentration auf zwei Länder: Im Jubiläumsjahr des Entwicklungsministeriums ist Cap Anamur-Gründer Neudeck für einen Umbau. von Daniel Kummetz

Al Jazeera

Africa Investigates

Fool's Gold

Lifting the lid on Ghana's illusory pot of gold and exposing those duping gold speculators out of millions of dollars.

The Nation, Kenya

How foreign donors can deliver aid differently and effectively in Kenya

By WOLFGANG FENGLER

The World Bank and IMF have received much media attention in recent weeks in Kenya.

The Kazi Kwa Vijana (work for the youth) initiative, which the Bank has been supporting through its Youth Empowerment Project, and government's decision to request substantial IMF funding to support macroeconomic stability have been the source of heated debate in Parliament.

Ubuntu, SOS Kinderdorf

Müssen Hungersnöte sein?
von Volker Seitz

Warum gibt es Armut in Afrika?