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Contributions from
the Column
Facts and trends
The FAO adopts guidelines
The reality of development aid
IMF evaluation of capital market liberalisation
Kenya produces generic AIDS drugs
UN Report: fewer conflicts in Africa
Computers for the poor
“In Afghanistan, donors must do more
to support the private sector”
Debt relief stays on the agenda
11/2004
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UN Report: fewer conflicts in Africa
The United Nations estimates that efforts to establish peace and stability in Africa are progressing well. In his latest report on war and conflict in Africa, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan indicates that at present only six countries on the continent are engaged in armed conflict. These include Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo-Kinshasa and Sudan. When he tabled his first report on the causes of conflict in Africa six years ago, the number was still 14. Annan stresses that inner-African efforts to end wars and prevent conflict escalation become more and more successful. Annan describes the establishment of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council at the beginning of the year as a “major boost”. The Council is already dealing with situations in countries such as Sudan and Congo and with the border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Little has been achieved, however, in dealing with the political and economic causes of conflict. Poverty is only slowly easing, and democracy is still fragile in many countries. (ell)
On the Internet:
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/sgreport/keyreps.htm
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