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  • South Sudan Referendum – Unresolved Issues

    Jan. 14 2011

    The Southern Sudan referendum is the result of a collection of peacekeeping agreements, known as the Comprehensive Peacekeeping Agreement (CPA) or the Naivasha Agreement, between North and South Sudan. Rather than delaying the referendum and therefore testing the shaky peace, the referendum was pushed through -- despite key issues not being addressed. MORE

  • The Southern Sudan Referendum and Darfur: Explaining the Difference

    Jan. 14 2011

    The Southern Sudan referendum is the result of the Comprehensive Peacekeeping Agreement (CPA) made between President Omar al-Bashir’s government and the southern secular Sudan People’s Liberation Movement. It was created in order to bring an end to the two decade-long civil war between North and South Sudan, in which more than two million people died. The current Darfur conflict is between government forces, local militias and rebel groups in the semi-arid region of western Sudan. MORE

  • Q&A: REFERENDUM IN SUDAN

    Jan. 7 2011

    What is the Sudan referendum about? What will happen afterwards? ONE answers the big questions. MORE

  • The G20 and Africa: Can an Asian tiger help the African lions roar?

    Nov. 12 2010

    The G20 has recognised that supporting the development of low income countries, a majority of which are in Africa, is essential to promote their objective of ‘global, balanced growth’. The Toronto G20 Summit in June affirmed the importance of achieving the Millennium Development Goals and set up Working Groups on Development and Anti-Corruption. The G20 has also collectively made a number of development related commitments, including the L’Aquila Initiative on food security, action on non-transparent financial centres, and a Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Finance Challenge.  However the donor members of the G20 must also reaffirm their commitments to help developing countries meet the MDGs. MORE

  • ONE’s analysis of the 2010 UN MDG Summit outcomes

    Oct. 1 2010

    At the UN MDG Summit in New York City, world leaders released a strategy to meet the eight MDGs by 2015, called "Keeping the Promise - United to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals." This document offers ONE's analyais of this official communiqué.
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  • The Millennium Development Goals: How is Africa doing?

    Sept. 20 2010

    Although sub-Saharan Africa remains the fur­thest of any region from meeting the MDGs, a growing group of countries (Ethiopia, Rwanda, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Malawi) are making significant progress towards multiple goals. Here is a quick snapshot of the continent's progress towards the MDGs. MORE

  • ONE's Recommendations for the UN MDG Summit

    Sept. 13 2010

    ONE's recommendations for the UN MDG Summit, titled "Improving Governance & Promoting Growth to Achieve the Goals." MORE

  • Global Fund success stories

    Aug. 6 2010

    Sucess stories from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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  • Global Fund and the Global Health Initiative

    Aug. 6 2010

    By providing $6 billion to the Global Fund, we can achieve and exceed the goals of the President's Global Health Initiative - in a shortened time frame. MORE

  • Unheard Voices: Why Women Can't Wait

    July 30 2010

    Concern Worldwide reveals that Despite the fact that women produce the majority of food in developing countries, they make up at least 60% of the world's hungry people. MORE