W/Africa’s challenges not insurmountable, say Catholic Bishops — Vanguard News

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.By Lumi­nous Jan­namike, Abu­ja Catholic Bish­ops from the 16 West African coun­tries, on Sat­ur­day in Abu­ja, said the sub-region will over­come its cur­rent challenges.However, they insist­ed that polit­i­cal lead­ers must halt poli­cies and prac­tices that per­mit the exploita­tion of the peo­ple. The cler­ics also resolve to work with crit­i­cal stake­hold­ers to remove all obsta­cles to peace­ful coex­is­tence, devel­op­ment and pro­duc­tiv­i­ty in the region.The Bish­ops under the aus­pices of the Reunion of the Epis­co­pal Con­fer­ences of West Africa (RECOWA) said this in a com­mu­nique made avail­able to jour­nal­ists at the end of their 4th Gen­er­al Assem­bly, which was held in Nigeria’s cap­i­tal city. The reli­gious lead­ers, who acknowl­edged that West African coun­tries were bat­tling the com­mon chal­lenges of inse­cu­ri­ty, cor­rup­tion, and sec­tion­al mar­gin­al­i­sa­tion among oth­ers, nonethe­less said there is no need to despair because tough times do not last forever.They said, “We rec­og­nize the inher­ent dan­gers in our cur­rent soci­ety, but we remain opti­mistic that none of the prob­lems bedev­illing our sub-region is insur­mount­able. “How­ev­er, we need to work togeth­er, with like minds in pol­i­tics, reli­gion, eco­nom­ics, social life the media, in syn­er­gy to fight against all forms of man’s inhu­man­i­ty to man.”The com­mu­nique was signed by RECOWA Pres­i­dent, the Most Revd. Alex­is Touabli Youlou, fur­ther stressed that all stake­hold­ers must sus­tain the advo­ca­cy for pos­i­tive change in soci­ety. To this end, it added: “As Church, we call on politi­cians, oth­er lead­ers and indeed our peo­ple to order in their nev­er-end­ing crav­ing for self-aggran­dis­e­ment and acqui­si­tion of wealth.“We urge Chris­t­ian politi­cians, tra­di­tion­al rulers, tech­nocrats, pro­fes­sion­als, espe­cial­ly those in the media, busi­ness­men and women, and indeed all our peo­ple to live out their Chris­t­ian voca­tion in fight­ing cor­rup­tion, eth­no­cen­trism, sec­tion­al­ism, and all forms of injus­tice in society.“We strong­ly denounce the poli­cies and prac­tices of our gov­ern­ments and lead­ers who facil­i­tate and per­mit the exploita­tion and mar­gin­al­i­sa­tion of our peo­ple and endan­ger the future of our children.“Tragically, some indi­vid­u­als engaged in acts of vio­lence and ter­ror­ism have aggra­vat­ed the state of inse­cu­ri­ty in our sub­re­gion. We, there­fore, call on all nev­er to grow weary in denounc­ing and root­ing cut such evils in our midst.”The Catholic Bish­ops also said that at the end of their delib­er­a­tions, they held elec­tions and the fol­low­ing emerged as the lead­ers of RECOWA for the next three years:“Most Rev­erend Alex­is Touabli Youlou, Bish­op of Agbovilie in Cote D’Ivoire, Pres­i­dent; Most Rev­erend Joseph Kwaku Afrifan-Agyekum, Bish­op of Koforid­ua in Ghana, first vice pres­i­dent; and Most Rev­erend José Lam­pra, Bish­op of Bis­sau in Guinea Bis­sau, sec­ond vice president.“Also elect­ed to the sec­re­tari­at of the reunion are Father Vital­is Anae­ho­bi, Sec­re­tary-Gen­er­al, from Nigeria.”Vanguard News Nige­ri­aRE­LAT­ED NEWS

In Senegal’s Former Capital, a Colonial Statue in Hiding Is No Longer Welcome

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The city of Saint-Louis was shaped by Louis Faid­herbe, a French gov­er­nor who also led bru­tal mil­i­tary cam­paigns in West Africa. What to do with his lega­cy has divid­ed Sene­gal. SAINT-LOUIS, Sene­gal — For more than a cen­tu­ry, the French gen­er­al who shaped Senegal’s for­mer cap­i­tal was hailed as a hero and a father figure,…

Indian doctor removes ‘rare’ cancerous tumour from African infant’s brain — India News

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Ayr­ton Timm de Oliveira and Edwina, both 26 and from Mozam­bique, were dev­as­tat­ed when their infant son and first child, John (name changed), began expe­ri­enc­ing major vision loss, delayed growth and feed­ing dif­fi­cul­ties. He is a ten-month-old baby.After pre­sent­ing their child’s reports to sev­er­al Indi­an hos­pi­tals, the par­ents were informed that their child had a mas­sive brain tumour. Symp­toms such as insuf­fi­cient oral food con­sump­tion result­ed in the child remain­ing under­weight and con­stant­ly cry­ing. The tumour was 7x8x9 cm in size and took up one-third of the brain.The cou­ple trav­elled to India in an attempt to save the baby, where Dr Harshil Shah, a well-known neu­ro­sur­geon at Ahmed­abad’s Shal­by Hos­pi­tals, per­formed a five-hour surgery.Dr Shah said, “They [par­ents] did a CT scan in Africa and the basic diag­no­sis revealed it to be a large, ini­tial stage 2 can­cer­ous brain tumour. Every hos­pi­tal they had gone to told them that the mor­tal­i­ty rate was high. Shal­by Hos­pi­tal was able to not just detect but also per­form the lengthy and com­pli­cat­ed surgery.”“The male child was suf­fer­ing from a rare chi­as­mal tumour. This tumour aris­es from the optic nerves that were affect­ing the brain, which I was able to diag­nose on time. This is the rea­son that the child was not able to see even objects that were close to him due to an affect­ed vision,” said Dr Shah.“Post-surgery, the child’s food intake increased, and he gained three kg. He was nutri­tion­al­ly defi­cient. How­ev­er, the patient is now doing well and is com­plete­ly nor­mal,” said the doctor.“Surgery and com­plete tumour removal have a very low suc­cess rate, and patients with no deficit are extreme­ly rare. I’ve nev­er seen such a large tumour, let alone in a child,” he added.READ | Boy goes for nasal surgery, doc­tor per­forms her­nia oper­a­tion instead­WATCH | Meet the IAF doc­tor who revived can­cer patient after she suf­fered car­diac arrest on Kolkata-bound flight

South Africa’s latest surge is a possible preview of the pandemic’s next chapter.

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Coro­n­avirus cas­es are surg­ing again in South Africa, and pub­lic health experts are mon­i­tor­ing the sit­u­a­tion, eager to know what’s dri­ving the spike, what it says about immu­ni­ty from pre­vi­ous infec­tions and what its impli­ca­tions are glob­al­ly. South Africa expe­ri­enced a decline in cas­es after hit­ting an Omi­cron-fueled, pan­dem­ic peak in Decem­ber. But in the…

New tools for easing cross-border trade in Africa

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Mike Ogbalu, CEO of the Pan-African Pay­ment Set­tle­ment Sys­tem (PAPSS) at the African Export-Import Bank, dis­cuss­es PAPSS, a cross bor­der, finan­cial mar­ket infra­struc­ture enabling pay­ment trans­ac­tions across Africa. Relat­ed Con­tent Fore­sight Africa pod­cast is part of the Brook­ings Pod­cast Net­work. Sub­scribe and lis­ten on Apple, Spo­ti­fy, and wher­ev­er you lis­ten to pod­casts. Send feed­back email to podcasts@brookings.edu, and…

EMEA: Central African Republic Embraces Crypto | PYMNTS.com

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In today’s top Europe, Mid­dle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Cen­tral African Repub­lic Finance Min­is­ter Herve Ndo­ba said the use of cryp­tocur­ren­cies in the nation’s econ­o­my is com­ing, while London’s Tru­eLay­er has intro­duced vari­able recur­ring pay­ments (VRP). Plus, Face­book own­er Meta and Google pledged to per­mit only reg­is­tered finan­cial firms to adver­tise pro­mo­tions on their…

Mwai Kibaki, Former President of Kenya, Dies at 90

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He came to pow­er promis­ing to root out cor­rup­tion and improve gov­ern­ment trans­paren­cy. But his tenure was blight­ed by wide­spread graft and a vio­lent upheaval. NAIROBI, Kenya — Mwai Kiba­ki, who helped trans­form Kenya’s econ­o­my and ush­er in a new Con­sti­tu­tion as its third pres­i­dent, but whose tenure was marred by high-pro­­file cor­rup­tion cas­es and…

Symbiosis School of International Studies Launches MA in African Studies — News18

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Sym­bio­sis School of Inter­na­tion­al Stud­ies (SSIS) has launched a mas­ters of arts in African stud­ies (geo-eco­nom­ics and for­eign pol­i­cy) that offers a holis­tic under­stand­ing of the African con­ti­nent and its rela­tion with major coun­tries in the world. The two year long mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary pro­gramme focus­es on the polit­i­cal, eco­nom­ic and socio-cul­tur­al envi­ron­ment of the con­ti­nent and its impact on glob­al affairs.Candidate should be a grad­u­ate from any statu­to­ry uni­ver­si­ty with a min­i­mum of 50 per cent marks (45 per cent for SC and ST) at the grad­u­a­tion lev­el. Can­di­dates appear­ing for the final year exam­i­na­tion can also apply, but their admis­sion will be sub­ject to obtain­ing a min­i­mum of 50 per cent marks (45 per cent for SC and ST) in the qual­i­fy­ing examination.
A can­di­date who has com­plet­ed qual­i­fy­ing qual­i­fi­ca­tion from any for­eign board/ uni­ver­si­ty must obtain an equiv­a­lence cer­tifi­cate from the Asso­ci­a­tion of Indi­an Uni­ver­si­ties (AIU) Sym­bio­sis School of Inter­na­tion­al Stud­ies (SSIS), a con­stituent of the Sym­bio­sis Inter­na­tion­al (Deemed Uni­ver­si­ty) was estab­lished in 2012 with the aim to bring a dis­course on inter­na­tion­al rela­tions through a well-designed aca­d­e­m­ic pro­gramme, con­fer­ences, sym­posia and exchanges with rel­e­vant stakeholders.
The MA African stud­ies cen­ters around the key areas of African econ­o­my, for­eign pol­i­cy, his­to­ry, cul­ture and iden­ti­ty. It also delves into the polit­i­cal process­es and insti­tu­tions, for a com­pre­hen­sive under­stand­ing of the upswing devel­op­ment tra­jec­to­ry of the region.
Along with empow­er­ing stu­dents to learn and under­stand the African con­ti­nent, the pro­gramme aims to strength­en ana­lyt­i­cal, crit­i­cal think­ing and com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, includ­ing devel­op­ing a holis­tic under­stand­ing of the Unit­ed Nations’ Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goals. The pro­gramme will also help the stu­dent to work in a mul­ti­cul­tur­al environment.
Fur­ther, the third and fourth semes­ters offer elec­tives to help stu­dents deep-dive into the sub­ject around North, West and Cen­tral Africa and East­ern, South­ern Africa and Island nations. It also offers Ara­bic and French lan­guage learn­ing as part of its elec­tive courses.
The cur­ricu­lum includes a manda­to­ry intern­ship in the third semes­ter to help stu­dents imple­ment their the­o­ret­i­cal learn­ing with the real-world sce­nario. Post the com­ple­tion of pro­gramme, stu­dents can pur­sue a host of career paths across the cor­po­rates, the NGOs, the civ­il ser­vice, think tanks, the media hous­es and inter­na­tion­al orga­ni­za­tions or fur­ther, pur­sue doc­tor­al stud­ies in the domain.
Aspi­rants can apply for MA African Stud­ies (Geo-eco­nom­ics and For­eign Pol­i­cy) by vis­it­ing the offi­cial web­site of SSIS and reg­is­ter­ing for the pro­gramme. After suc­cess­ful online reg­is­tra­tion and pay­ment of fee, sub­ject to ful­fill­ment of admis­sion cri­te­ria, short­list­ed can­di­dates would be noti­fied for Per­son­al Inter­view (PI) via email.
The PI will be con­duct­ed vir­tu­al­ly and aspi­rants will have to book their pre­ferred slot for the same. Aspi­rants need to ensure unin­ter­rupt­ed con­nec­tiv­i­ty and a well-func­tion­ing mic to under­go the PI. The max­i­mum score for PI will be 100 marks and can cov­er gen­er­al aware­ness, clar­i­ty of thought and artic­u­la­tion, log­i­cal rea­son­ing, learn­ing ori­en­ta­tion, moti­va­tion, extracur­ric­u­lar activ­i­ties, spe­cif­ic field of inter­est, com­mu­ni­ca­tion and soft skills, and over­all personality.
Shiv­ali Lawale, Direc­tor, Sym­bio­sis School of Inter­na­tion­al Stud­ies said, “It brings us immense plea­sure to announce the launch of M.A in African Stud­ies focus­ing on Geo-eco­nom­ics and For­eign Pol­i­cy. With the launch of this pro­gramme, we are steadi­ly diver­si­fy­ing our plat­form for teach­ing and research in inter­na­tion­al rela­tions, with an empha­sis on India and its role in glob­al affairs. Through this pro­gramme, we hope to empow­er future lead­ers and cor­po­rates, who will strength­en the col­lab­o­ra­tions between India and Africa. We look for­ward to wel­com­ing our first batch of students.”
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