Navigating old age and the urban terrain: Geographies of ageing from Africa

This paper extends research on geographies of ageing in relation to urban academic and policy debates. We illustrate how older people in urban African contexts deploy their agency through social and spatial (im)mobilities, intergenerational relations and (inter)dependencies. Through doing so, we reveal how urban contexts shape, and are shaped by, older people’s tactics for seizing opportunities and navigating the urban terrain. Our analysis demonstrates how a more substantive dialogue between insights on ageing in African contexts and urban ageing policy can create new forms of knowledge that are more equitable and just, both epistemologically and in their policy impacts

Rwanda : The preventable genocide -july 2000 ; excerpts from the report of the international panel eminent personalities to investigate the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

Document collected by the University of Texas Libraries from the web-site of the Reseau Documentaire International Sur La Region Des Grands Lacs Africains (International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region). The Reseau distributes "gray literature", non-published or limited distribution government or NGO documents regarding the Great Lakes area of central Africa including Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.UT Librarie

22 February 1982 : The O.A.U. wellcomed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as ITS 51st members-state

Al marge superior escut de la República Àrab Saharaui Democràtica i de la Organization of African Unity (OAU). Als marges inferiors fotografies de la signatura del tractat de creació de la República Àrab Saharaui Democràtica i de El-Uali Mustafa Sayyid. Al centre fotografía de gent a una manifestaci

22 February 1982 : The O.A.U. wellcomed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as ITS 51st members-state

Al marge superior escut de la República Àrab Saharaui Democràtica i de la Organization of African Unity (OAU). Als marges inferiors fotografies de la signatura del tractat de creació de la República Àrab Saharaui Democràtica i de El-Uali Mustafa Sayyid. Al centre fotografía de gent a una manifestaci

Report of the meetings of experts: First continental meeting of African experts on illicit proliferation, circulation and trafficking of small arms and light weapons

Document collected by the University of Texas Libraries from the web-site of the Reseau Documentaire International Sur La Region Des Grands Lacs Africains (International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region). The Reseau distributes "gray literature", non-published or limited distribution government or NGO documents regarding the Great Lakes area of central Africa including Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.UT Librarie

Nutrition among older adults in Africa: The situation at the beginning of the millenium

Most Africans enter old age after a lifetime of poverty and deprivation, poor access to health care and a diet that is usually inadequate in quantity and quality. However, nutrition interventions in African countries are directed primarily toward infants and young children, as well as pregnant and lactating women. This situational analysis focuses on two key areas to identify priorities for future research and policy development: the nutritional status of older Africans and determinants of undernutrition. Based on the scant evidence available, the prevalence of undernutrition is high in older African men (9.5-36.1%) and women (13.1-27%); however, in some urban areas there is evidence that older adults are experiencing the nutrition transition. Information on micronutrient status is sparse, yet it appears that anemia related to suboptimal folate status is a particular problem. Important determinants of poor nutritional status in the elderly in the African context include inadequate household food security, war and famine, and the indirect impact of HIV infection and AIDS. The rapidly increasing size of the older population, combined with their increased burden of care-giving responsibilities and severe socioeconomic hardship, indicates an urgent need for increased attention to this group, including applied research on nutrition problems and the development and evaluation of nutrition interventions