Africa calls on rich nations to curb brain drain

Senior African scientists have asked the world's richest and most rapidly developing countries, meeting under the G8+5 banner next month, for help to stem the ruinous exodus of scientists from their continent

Africa: Database Aims to Put African Research On the Map

An attempt to make African science more visible by tracking the scientific publications of the continent's scientists is underway

A United States of Africa?

A UNITED States of Africa, strong, powerful, functionally integrated, and technologically advanced, is a dream that would forever captivate the minds and imagination of most Africans

Dismay in Africa as West focuses inwards

Africa could soon suffer seriously from the global credit crisis as Western countries start to build up huge amounts of debt in an effort to head off an international recession.

Deepening the dialogue for African diaspora engagement

The World Bank has joined the discourse to bring back the African Diaspora for the development of the continent; but beyond talk shops

Special Report on Brain Drain
Now African governments are getting serious about tackling the problem

Investment echoes in Rwanda diaspora convention

Investment opportunities in Rwanda has taken the lead in the ongoing Third North American Rwanda Convention in Hyatt Morristown Hotel in New Jersey, US, where President Paul Kagame was the chief guest.

Leon H. Sullivan Summit VII Opens in Nigeria July 17
Washington File - Washington,DC,USA
... The summit also aims to leverage the investment power of the African diaspora and to promote corporate social responsibility based on the Global Sullivan ...

Former African leaders look to diaspora
South Africa.info - Houghton,South Africa
... about their return. The strategies for doing so start with African leaders leading the way in building a bridge to the diaspora. ...                                                 

Head of african union attacks "brain trade"
... The president of the African Union has attacked the 'selective immigration' policies of developed countries that draw scientists and other skilled workers away from developing countries

Africa ready to tell the African story
African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa
Africa will within a year be having a television network reporting on the continent for the world.

Maroons hold 'mother of all celebrations' at 268th annual festival
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... Shepherd argued that in honour of their ancestors, Jamaicans and others in the African diaspora had a responsibility to agitate for air links to Ghana and West ...  

Black studies going global
Colorado Daily - Boulder,CO,USA
... "When I look at the African diaspora, I see that we're all connected," said Quinlan, who is researching the role of Africans in South America. ...                                      

The clout of Africa's diaspora
East African - Nairobi,Kenya
... RWANDA'S DIASPORA should also contribute skills to bridge the human capacity ... centres of excellence in science and technology, including African institutes of ...   

Droit d’asile : la France au banc des accusés
Le rapport accablant d’’Amnesty International   ....La France adopte des lois de plus en plus répressives à l’égard des étrangers. Amnesty International, dans un rapport très critique, fait un bilan alarmant sur le droit d’asile en France.                                                  

Ghana wants once-enslaved diaspora
International Herald Tribune - France   - December 26, 2005
... For African-Americans and others in the African diaspora, there is lingering hostility and confusion about the role Africans played in the slave trade. ...                              

KWANZAA: A celebration of heritage and principles
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... Since its founding in 1966 by Maulana "Ron" Karenga, Kwanzaa has allowed those in the African diaspora worldwide to re-connect with their roots each year