Tag: unemployment
Uneducated and unskilled youth a “ticking time bomb”: Motlanthe
Uneducated and unskilled youth are a "ticking time bomb" of pent-up emotions that will explode if not addressed soon, says Deputy President...
Al Qaeda recruiters target Algeria’s young jobless
In this Algerian town on a rocky outcrop sticking into the Mediterranean Sea, al Qaeda recruiters find work for idle hands.
Local officials...
Africa jobs recovery lags economic rebound: UN
Africa's economy is likely to grow by an average 4.3 percent this year from just 1.6 percent in 2009, but poverty could...
Global downturn hits Africa’s poverty target
Africa is the only continent not on track to meet the UN millennium development goal of halving poverty by 2015 because of...
SA unemployment drops, job losses halted
South Africa's official unemployment rate edged lower in the fourth quarter of 2009, halting the massive job losses that had accompanied the...
Two decades after Mandela’s release, SA struggles
Twenty years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, South Africa is a vibrant democracy but the millions still living in poverty...
Poor Eritreans increasingly joining gold rush
More than a dozen foreign mining firms are now working in Eritrea, but poor villagers in the Red Sea state's remote lowlands...
Eritrean refugees not fleeing political repression
Eritrea said yesterday that thousands of people who leave the Red Sea state every year were not responding to any political persecution,...
UN alarmed by xenophobic attacks in SA
Attacks on foreigners in South Africa are "gravely alarming" and the government should implement laws to prevent further outbreaks of violence, the...
Climategate, crime and recession
A jaded wire reporter once claimed originality was great but plagiarism as faster. I was reminded of this when I read a...
Parties complain of irregularities in Namibia vote
Frustration over a lack of results from Namibia's presidential and parliamentary elections mounted last night, with several opposition parties complaining of irregularities.
Party...
