A meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is set for March 13-25 in Doha, Qatar, and the sale of elephant ivory will be front and centre for debate. While Kenya is a leader in tracking and documenting the illegal elephant trade, recognizing that elephants are a boon to both the country's ecology and tourist trade, many African countries, facing difficult poverty and conflict issues, are not as able to stem the tide of illegal activity.
If they can't have good copy editing and proofreading assistance, let's at least give Winnipeg Free Press reporters a map of Africa. In Builder of African libraries lauded (June 22), we are told that Kathy Knowles is expanding her network of school and community libraries from Ghana to "neighbouring" Tanzania. In fact, Tanzania is almost 3,000 miles away in East Africa. Ghana's actual neighbours are the West African countries of Cote d'Ivoire, Burkino Faso and Togo. Parents arguing against the party buses being shut down is a much larger noodle-scratcher. These buses were shut down for alcohol-related violations, unlicensed operators and major safety concerns. This wasn't an unfair "ambush" -- it was a mitigation of risk. So, if you are arguing that these party buses were the "safe alte...
[...] they point out that African countries at independence in the 1960s and '70s were self-sufficient in food production and indeed were exporters.
Canada's position is that the declaration is not a legally binding instrument and it has no legal affect in Canada," said Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) spokesperson Patricia Valladao. "So we cannot support the change of the senior rapporteur's mandate. "We remain shocked and angered at Canada's refusal to support this important international human rights instrument," said Union of B.C. Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip. "It is truly ironic that four first world countries that have become prosperous through the exploitation of the lands and resources of the Indigenous peoples, including Canada, chose to oppose the adoption of the declaration." "Canada had tried to use any kind of 'sweet language' for the declaration to be blocked. However, the African countries ... refused...
Re: Canada must seek Khadr's return: judge (April 24). I am sick and tired of hearing Omar Khadr's name. Omar Khadr was not a "child" soldier as we know what a real "child" soldier is. A real "child soldier" is one who has been kidnapped by rebels, in mainly African countries, and forced into fighting. The Khadr family has supported the al-Qaida movement and fought along them which resulted in the death of Omar's father and brother. One brother was badly wounded and was brought back to Canada, to be cared for here. Omar threw a grenade at an American medic, killing him. The medic left a family behind that everyone seems to have forgotten in their rush to help poor Omar.
Based on a unique retrospective survey conducted in 2000 with several cohorts of men and women in Burkina Faso, the study analyzes how the transition to adulthood in the two largest urban centers of the country has evolved over the past twenty years. Results show that both the timing and the nature of important social steps in the lives of male and female youth, such as end of schooling, first paid employment, residential independence, first union and first birth, have undergone considerable changes since 1980. The period during which youth remain economically dependent on their elders seems clearly to be lengthening in Burkinabe cities. With a longer and more complex transition phase between childhood and adulthood, young people's life trajectories are also more diverse and new social ...
... Faso, like in many other sub-Saharan African countries, the socialization of children into adul...
Just six months after Canadian funding ran out, the U of M HIV/AIDS Program in India was chosen by the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID) to deliver a key program to stem the growing tide of infection in two of India's most populated provinces. This is very exciting and very gratifying," Dr. Stephen Moses, a U of M professor of medical microbiology and one of the leaders of the Indian program, said in an interview from India. "This is good for Manitobans, that the University of Manitoba has the ability to access sources of money from sources other than the Canadian government. The official infection rate in India is just under one per cent, but in some states it runs as high as five per cent of the adult population. In those areas, HIV/AIDS is already the leading cause...
... begin to ravage India the way it has some African countries. The U of M program appeared to be doome...
The country's president is to be elected by Parliament after a general election on Wednesday, which the dominant African National Congress is sure to win again. As the party's candidate, [Jacob Zuma] is unquestionably Africa's next "Big Man." But it is a phrase that goes to the heart of the continent's troubles. Too many African countries have been ruined by political chiefs for whom government is the accumulation of personal power and the dispensation of favors. That the revered Nelson Mandela's rainbow nation is now turning to a man of Zuma's stamp may sharpen prejudices about Africa. It is for Zuma to prove these doubters wrong. When it comes to policy, Zuma travels light. In the wake of Mbeki's shameful and lethal denial of the link between HIV and AIDS, he has overseen the appointm...
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