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| | Somalia’s PM may resign, but the wound will not stop bleeding By Faisal Mahamud Somalia’s prime minister, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is expected to resign after Somalia’s feuding leaders agree to form a new government following a political infighting between the Somali president, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and parliament speaker, Sharif Hassan that saw an intervention from the International Community. read more ...
| The killing of Bin Laden: What to make of it? By Medhane Tadesse ‘I must say the political future of al-Qaeda will be determined by the course and outcome of the uprisings in the Arab world. As a result or despite this, there has already been a parallel decline in the organizational and operational capabilities of the organization’. read more ...
| Consumers’ Protection: Whose Role? The Need for Consumers’ Protection Taking into account the interests and needs of consumers recognizing that consumers often face imbalances in economic terms, educational levels and bargaining power; and bearing in mind that consumers should have the right of access to non-hazardous products and fair services, as well as the right to promote just, equitable and sustainable economic and social development; facilitate production and distribution patterns responsive to the needs and desires of consumers; encourage high levels of ethical conduct for those engaged in the production and distribution of goods and services to consumers, the government should encourage the adoption of appropriate measures including legal systems, safety regulations and standards and the maintenance of safety records to ensure that products are safe for consumption. read more ...
| Governing Development in Africa By Jean Ping and Abdoulie Janneh
If there was a lesson for Africa from the last global financial and economic crisis, it may be that we should tarry a bit before writing off the state as a catalyst for development. The clear lesson from Europe and America is that the private sector, which many had looked upon as the solution to sustainable growth and development, faced severe problems and had to be rescued by state structures. Accordingly, in the US, the un-imaginable happened: Government took over banks and ran automobile companies. That was not all. Across Europe, billions of dollars were given as grants and/or loans to the private sector to help corporations keep afloat and weather the storm. What went wrong? Several explanations have been proffered but at the height of the crisis, there was broad agreement that it was in the interest of countries to arrest sliding production, curtail unemployment and save homes and families if governments lent a helping hand to the private sector in correcting market failures......Read More..............
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