In september 2018 ondertekenden de Ethiopische Premier Abiy Ahmed en de Eritrese President Isaias Afwerki een vredes- en vriendschapsverklaring: een ‘vredeskus’ tussen buurlanden die tot voor kort elkaars aartsvijanden waren. Feestelijke getuigen waren o.a. VN-Secretaris Generaal António Guterres en de Saoedische kroonprins Mohammed bin Salman.
In de Westerse media werd vooral ‘Hosanna!’ geroepen over de toenadering tussen Ethiopië en Eritrea, maar wie waren werkelijk de architecten van de toenadering tussen de twee aartsvijanden?
Het is gelukt! De SDG-toets is een feit. Building Change (samenwerkingsverband FMS, Partos en Woord & Daad) pleit al sinds 2016 voor de ontwikkeling van een instrument om de gevolgen van Nederlands beleid op duurzame ontwikkeling te meten. Nu is het zover!
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And what policy could be implemented to prevent irregular migration? Read her newest story here!
Sinds de zomer van 2015 is migratie een van de belangrijkste kwesties in de Europese politiek. Terwijl migratie naar de EU afneemt, blijft het onderwerp populair. Ook bij Europese de verkiezingen in 2019 speelt dit onderwerp een grote rol. De grote vraag in deze discussies is: hoe kan irreguliere migratie naar de Europese Unie verminderd worden?
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And what policy could be implemented to prevent irregular migration? Read her newest story here!
On the 16th of February general elections were supposed to occur in Nigeria. The last time elections were held was in 2015, where voters could choose between Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari. People hoped this election would bring a new start. This year, Nigerian voters are choosing between the sitting president Buhari (76) and a new candidate, Atiku Abubakar (72). Both are known for being corrupt. The majority of voters in Nigeria do not feel represented by these men, especially the younger part of the population. On top of that, Nigerians never even got a chance to vote this past weekend: the elections were postponed. How did Africa’s largest democracy end up here?
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And how can irregular migration be prevented? Read her newest story here!
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And how can irregular migration be prevented? Read her newest story here!
After a nine-month deadlock it was announced on January 31 by Prime Minister Saad Hariri that Lebanon formed a new government. Hariri has been negotiating with Lebanon’s rival parties since the parliamentary elections last May. The political system that is based on a power-sharing agreement between religious groups lies at the heart of this long process. The main obstacles concerned the Iran-backed Hezbollah group gaining ground in the government and therefore appointing key ministries which would enlarge their sphere of influence.
In the past few weeks multiple protests have sparked in the South African country Zimbabwe, bringing a lot of violence and resulting in arrests. The direct cause for these protest was the rise of fuel prices by 150 percent. This meant that petrol now costs 3,31 US dollars per litre, the highest fuel price in the world. The bigger picture shows a general unrest in the country, where corruption and poverty are still very present. When President Robert Mugabe resigned under pressure of his party, the people were very happy. However, the new president Emmerson Mnangagwa has not brought the changes people hoped for.
