TRANSFORM, an innovative training initiative that strengthens individual and institutional capacity for the management of national social protection systems in Africa, has launched a new website, redesigned and updated with the most up-to-date resources. Commissioned by the African Union, and implemented or supported by UNU-MERIT with a dozen international and national agencies including the International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the United Na...
The UN’s relationships with regional organisations are quickly becoming a key aspect of peacekeeping missions. These bodies are playing more assertive roles both politically and militarily, and the most prominent recent example is the United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). In 2007, as a result of the threat to international peace and security from Darfur, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1769 authorising the deployment of the first-ever hybrid peacekeeping operation...
How far can ICT help education and development in Africa? Will too much emphasis on ICT cause a ‘digital divide’, leading to ever greater inequalities? Dr. Mindel van de Laar sends her insights from this year’s eLearning Africa conference. In the heart of the Ethiopian capital, the African Union Conference Centre is a modern and mostly glass building — one that would fit well in many cities across the world. Yet it seems rather incongruous in this dynamic East African met...