Discussion Forum
On who is to blame for the spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa
Article and e-mail discussion
Africa Needs a Hand Up, Not a Handout: How Best to Save African Children
A letter to the Edmonton Journal newspaper by Chukwuemeka Obiajunwa, published November 30, 2007
What's Wrong With Foreign Aid To Africa?
Dispatches: a CBC Current Affairs Program with host, Mr. Rick MacInnes-Rae.
An inquiry into how Africa’s “Vicious Cycle” can be broken; and on micro-loans.
A piece of correspondence with Ms. Lisa Gallagher, President, Bridge Capital Foundation.
To adopt an African child or not to adopt;
On sponsoring an adult African female as foreign domestic help …
A piece of correspondence with Ms. Veronica who says, “Africa seems to have called to me my whole life, but I am unsure whether I will truly be helping an African child by pulling her/him from their culture and immersing them here.”
When you provide an employment to an African, you shall not have sponsored one person to a better life; you would have empowered a whole village.
A piece of follow up correspondent with Ms. Veronica again.
The slippery trail of Nigeria's black gold: One more example of a dysfunctional government in Africa.
A helpless, powerless and impoverished Nigerian community is left to their own devices to deal with the notoriously infamous Shell company in the case of an environmentally catastrophic and devastating oil spill.
On the debt relief for the African countries; and Canada’s (CIDA) decision to hand aid money to the governments of the countries where the aid is needed.
In my opinion, the decision of the G-8 Leaders, and the perceived intention of the Government of Canada, may be well meaning but, alas, is at best naïve and at worst misguided.
On the response of the government of Canada / the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to our Water for Life Project.
(I want to emphasize our Branch's appreciation for the effort and commitment that your organization and its Nigerian partners have demonstrated. Again, I regret that we are unable to encourage you further with your submission and I hope that you will be able to secure funding from alternative sources. Signed, Mr. Manuel Le Bris, Senior Development Officer, Nigeria Program, Africa and Middle East, CIDA.)
Making Poverty History: What does a "pampered" prince of Swaziland, far removed form the poor of his tiny country of 150,000 people, know of poverty in Africa?
Correspondences with Ms. Nancy Hannemann, Director, Global Education, International Center, University of Alberta.
How Best to Combat the Spread of AIDS / HIV in Africa – Condoms or Abstinence?
A piece of correspondence with Mr. David, a student at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and an exchange student at the French University in Lille, France.
Making Poverty History: We have the cash; we have the drugs; we have the science – but do we have the will? Do we have the will to make poverty history?
An article for you, from economist.com.
How deep is corruption in Africa?
In Nigeria, the international oil giant Shell admitted that it inadvertently fed conflict, poverty and corruption through its oil activities in the country.
Nigeria produces 2.5 million barrels of crude oil every single day, 365 days a year. Nigeria contributes to about 10% of Shell's global production and is home to some of its most promising reserves, yet the country is steeped in poverty and conflict.
