The Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa Secretariat has announced that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will be the keynote speaker at its sixth Forum to be held 22-23 April, according to a statement released by Africa Press Organization (APO). "Having President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the keynote speaker is a great success for the Forum,” said Michelle Ndiaye, Tana Forum Secretariat Head. For example, the mispricing of natural resources in Africa leads to the loss of US$50 billion per year, more than Africa’s combined foreign direct investment and overseas development aid, said APO. For the 6th Tana Forum, the focus will go beyond the conventional wisdom that places sole premium on the long-standing contradictions within the extractive ‘non-renewable’ sector (oil, gas and minerals) in understanding and explaining the challenges of resource governance in Africa. Whereas debates around the governance of natural resources have understandably been fixated with the extractive sector, the 6th Tana Forum will broaden the scope to include issues around the governance of other natural resources, specifically: (a) land, (b) water, (c) the seas, and (d) forests and biodiversity.

Source: Daily Observer January 26, 2017 01:54 UTC