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PAV HEADLINES Vol. 23 June 2009
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EDITORIAL: Taking the aspirations of the people for granted is proving more and more costly. The Nigeria military has been forced to exercise its might on militants in the Niger Delta Region, Parliament and the Constitutional Court fail to warm up to designs by Niger’s President to beat term limits imposed by the constitution, while the Gabonese government and citizens engage on a cat and mouse over the health of President Bongo with high stakes on Presidential succession. Considering these and more as Africa’s Winnable Battles Against Old Habits PAV posits that Africans have what it takes to rise up to the challenges of the momentPOLITICS: At a moment when democracy in Africa got a tremendous boost from key elections in Ghana and South 
Africa, political events in Niger, Madagascar and Gabon have opened another dark chapter on the continent’s laborious journey towards democracy. In Africa: Troubling Signs for Democracy David Akana sounds the alarm bells
Africa, political events in Niger, Madagascar and Gabon have opened another dark chapter on the continent’s laborious journey towards democracy. In Africa: Troubling Signs for Democracy David Akana sounds the alarm bellsSTOP PRESS :
As we went to press, the death was reported of Pres. Omar Bongo in a Spanish private clinic in 
Barcelona, where he has been hospitalized since 21 May 2009. Bongo has been in power for 41 years, since 2 Dec 1967, when as Vice President, he took over the reign of power in Gabon following the death of President Leon Mba. It would be recalled that his wife, Edith-Lucie Bongo Ondimba, medic and daughter of another sit-tight African (Congo) Head of State, Denis Sassou Nguesou, died at the age of 45 last 14 March in Rabat Morocco. Presently, the Prime Minister of Gabon, claims he has not been informed of the death of Bongo. PAV will return to this developing story in the near future.
INTERVIEWS: A friend in need is a friend indeed and Africa can boast of one such friend in Ambassador Charles Stith who heads the African Presidential Archives and Research Center, APARC, at the University of Boston. Ambassador Stith introduces APARC and the work it does helping former democratically elected leaders to continue with positive contributions for growth and development in the continent in Africa is More Than Just the Sum of Its ProblemsPARTNERSHIPS: In the face of resounding success in its initiatives, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) reaffirms its desire and willingness to maintain and broaden its partnership with Africa. The commitment was made recently at the Corporations Washington DC Headquarters where authorities of the corporation, the cream of the African Diplomatic Corps, other stake holders in US-based African development initiatives and Senior Officials of the Obama Administration gathered to commemorate the African day. Managing Editor Ajong Mbapndah L tells the story in Millennium Challenge Corporation Recommits To African Development
FEATURES: Since attaining Independence in 1960, Nigeria for the first time successfully enjoys ten years of 
“democratically” elected governance. While the scars of military rule are still perceptible the experience itself has not been without bump. In Democracy at 10: Symphony of Elections, Petitions and the Judiciary- NIGERIA Maxwell Oditta traces the road covered thus far.TUNJI BRAITHWAITE Chairman of Nigerians United for Democracy opines that the case of Nigeria is worse than that of Zimbabwe in an insightful analyses
“democratically” elected governance. While the scars of military rule are still perceptible the experience itself has not been without bump. In Democracy at 10: Symphony of Elections, Petitions and the Judiciary- NIGERIA Maxwell Oditta traces the road covered thus far.TUNJI BRAITHWAITE Chairman of Nigerians United for Democracy opines that the case of Nigeria is worse than that of Zimbabwe in an insightful analysesSOCIETY: Surveying a history of exploitation of Africa's people and resources, Lord Aikins Adusei denounces the multinational corporations continuing to plunder the continent's natural wealth. Situating today's ongoing exploitation of African resources within an established tradition of external interference, Adusei decries the ability of corporations to avoid paying taxes and keep dictators indifferent to their citizens' plight in their pocket. But with the emergence of China as a viable funding alternative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the author concludes that the 'second colonialism' driving Euro-American globalisation may be at an end. His analysis are found in Multinational corporations: The New Colonizers in Africa
DEVELOPMENT:It was just a small loan worth the equivalent of $100, from a local microfinance bank. But it enabled Mojamah who had just come back to her home in Kenema, Sierra Leone, after the country’s civil war, to set up a dressmaking business to support her family of six. In neighbouring Liberia, Amelia, a single mother with five children, got a loan of $83 to help expand her work crushing rocks used to build roads. The loan worked so well she applied for another, worth $200, so she could hire workers to help meet the growing demand for roading material, as Liberia rebuilt itself after the war. In Sierra Leone: After war, creating jobs for peace Roy Laishley shares challenges of coping with life after war
HEALTH:Many physicians and nurses working for public hospitals in Cameroon hardly wear gloves and masks. The few who use the materials generally limit them to the HIV intensive care units and theaters. But the absence of these vital materials does not seem to pose a major problem to both staff and hospital managers. PAV special correspondent, Martin Nkematabong weighs the price of such levity in Hospital-Acquired Infections Incubate in Cameroon
OPINION:The planned visits to Egypt and Ghana by President Obama on June 4, 2009 and July 10-11, 2009 respectively, have been generating some excitement, angst and recriminations. For the favoured countries, especially Ghana, there has been a certain chest thumping, a belief that the choice is a reward for good governance and/or an enhanced strategic importance of the country to the USA. Among the countries not favoured, in particular Nigeria, which prides itself as the giant of Africa, there is palpable anger among the citizens. Jideofor Adibe wades into the debate in President Barack Obama and the Politics of Africa Visit.