By Thompson AyodelePhoto: (cc) Mark Knobil The situation in Chad evokes images of African countries that had similar poor political and economic profiles — Liberia, Chad, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia to name a few. What appears to be responsible for this plethora of crises has been a constant struggle for political power for groups that had…
IHT: Power-sharing agreement is reached in Kenya Quoting: Kenyan political leaders ended a two-month standoff on Thursday that had plunged this country into violence, reaching a long-sought agreement to share power between the government and the opposition. The country seemed to let out a collective hooray as Mwai Kibaki, the president, and Raila Odinga, the…
By Burak Bekdil Winston Churchill once described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in mystery inside an enigma.” Today, that description is perfectly applicable to 21st century Turkey. One of Europe’s poorest economies — with the Old Continent’s youngest and second-largest population — Turkey has a unique combination of demographics, politics and economics. Annual population growth…
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Journalists in the Kyrgyz Republic have created Central Asia’s first independent media self-regulatory body. The Media Complaints Commission will address breaches in journalistic ethics. This is clearly a step in the right direction, towards a truly independent press corps in the region. An OSCE OSCE Press Release reports: The new body, called the Media Complaints…
Luis De Sousa, a Global Integrity contributor in Portugal, is offering to train anti-corruption agency staff. The Second Meeting of the Network on Anti-Corruption Agencies (ANCORAGE-NET) will take place at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE) on 14-16 May 2008. Application instructions and details are here: Open Call for Trainees The program schedule is reposted…