http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/news/ en rhumphries@hsrc.ac.za Copyright 2010 2010-03-16T08:02:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/africas_gift_to_silicon_valley_how_to_track_a_crisis/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:19:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/africas_gift_to_silicon_valley_how_to_track_a_crisis/#When:20:19:00Z New York: Could wiki technology find Osama bin Laden? Imagine if any Pakistani could send an anonymous text message to the authorities suggesting where to look. Each location could be plotted on a map. The dots would be scattered widely, perhaps, with promising leads indistinguishable from rubbish. But on a given day, a surge of dots might point to the same village, in what could not be coincidence. Troops could be ordered in. ICT 2010-03-16T20:19:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/donors_uganda_should_use_budget_to_fight_corruption/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:08:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/donors_uganda_should_use_budget_to_fight_corruption/#When:20:08:00Z Kampala: The Uganda government's oft-stated commitment to fighting corruption is set to remain merely rhetorical for another year at least, as Finance Minister Syda Bbumba presents the 2010-11 national budget this June without proposing concrete steps for stemming this major drain on the country's resources. Service delivery 2010-03-16T20:08:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/paul_fauvet_the_low_expectations_of_domingo/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:59:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/paul_fauvet_the_low_expectations_of_domingo/#When:19:59:00Z Maputo: The Maputo Sunday paper "Domingo" has joined the hyena chorus of those who want to end the new regime of compulsory inspections for road vehicles. The editorial in the latest issue of "Domingo" calls on the government to halt the inspections - to "stop and think, in dialogue with citizens". Service delivery 2010-03-16T19:59:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/quiet_corruption_undermining_development_in_africa/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:58:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/quiet_corruption_undermining_development_in_africa/#When:18:58:00Z Washington DC: The report, Africa Development Indicators 2010, notes that most studies on corruption focus on an exchange of money - bribes to powerful political designees or kickbacks to public officials. This report instead focuses on the way "quiet corruption" leads to an increasingly negative expectation of service delivery systems, causing families to ignore the system. Service delivery 2010-03-16T18:58:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/african_civil_servants_failing_to_deliver_paid_for_services/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:52:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/african_civil_servants_failing_to_deliver_paid_for_services/#When:18:52:00Z Johannesburg: "Quiet corruption" was pervasive and widespread across Africa, had a disproportionate impact on the poor and would have long-term consequences for the continent's development, a new report released by the World Bank on Monday revealed. Service delivery 2010-03-16T18:52:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/no_indication_that_donors_will_end_support_chang/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:48:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/no_indication_that_donors_will_end_support_chang/#When:18:48:00Z Maputo: None of the 19 donors and funding agencies who provide direct support to the Mozambican budget have threatened that that they will end this support, Finance Minister Manuel Chang told reporters on Thursday. General 2010-03-16T18:48:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/museveni_hits_back_in_row_with_donors/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:02:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/museveni_hits_back_in_row_with_donors/#When:08:02:00Z Kampala: President Museveni has hit back in a continuing row with donors telling them not to ask questions about governance. The President's comments on Friday came on the same day this newspaper revealed that three senior western diplomats had written to the Electoral Commission over the slow pace of reforms ahead of next year's election. General 2010-03-16T08:02:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/as_thieves_fall_out_wheels_come_off_kenyas_embedded_corruption_networks/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:09:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/as_thieves_fall_out_wheels_come_off_kenyas_embedded_corruption_networks/#When:07:09:00Z Nairobi: Kenya's corruption networks are in unprecedented flux under the coalition government. It appears the dragon of corruption is so engorged by the feeding frenzy of the past couple of years that it has started to throw up. So many deals by so many politically opposed players have finally given the beast indigestion. General 2010-03-16T07:09:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/who_is_advising_the_president/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:05:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/who_is_advising_the_president/#When:16:05:00Z Johannesburg: Barely an hour before the State of the Nation address last year, President Jacob Zuma's speech was nowhere to be found. Even his political adviser, Charles Nqakula, did not know what was in the final draft. General 2010-03-15T16:05:00+02:00 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/nigeria_tanzania_parliaments_to_collaborate/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:48:00 +0200 http://www.ansa-africa.net/index.php/views/news_view/nigeria_tanzania_parliaments_to_collaborate/#When:15:48:00Z Lagos: Senate President David Mark and Chairman of the Tanzanian Parliamentary Service Commission, Dr. Chrisant M. Mzindakaya, have advocated closer cooperation between and among African parliaments in order to fashion out a blueprint that would eradicate the problems in the continent. General 2010-03-15T15:48:00+02:00