The Historyscoper's Africa Watch Blog.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Christian Persecution: Islam Rising in Africa
http://vinmedia.biz/2014/12/30/christian-persecution-islam-rising-in-africa/
Saturday, December 20, 2014
The Globalist’s Top 10 Features on Africa
http://www.theglobalist.com/the-globalists-top-10-features-on-africa/
Friday, December 19, 2014
You Will Be Appalled When You See How China Is Taking Advantage of Black People in Africa
http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/12/11/you-will-be-appalled-when-you-see-how-china-is-taking-advantage-of-black-people-in-africa/
RISING POLITICAL RISK FOR MINERS IN ZAMBIA
http://www.eurasiareview.com/18122014-rising-political-risk-miners-zambia-oped/
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
KENYA: ‘ANTI-TERROR’ CRACKDOWN ALSO TARGETS NGOS
http://www.eurasiareview.com/16122014-kenya-anti-terror-crackdown-also-targets-ngos/
Monday, December 15, 2014
MISS SOUTH AFRICA TAKES WORLD TITLE
http://www.eurasiareview.com/15122014-miss-south-africa-takes-world-title/
Saturday, December 13, 2014
MASSACRES HIGHLIGHT COMPLEXITY OF VIOLENCE IN DRC’S BENI TERRITORY – ANALYSIS
http://www.eurasiareview.com/13122014-massacres-highlight-complexity-violence-drcs-beni-territory-analysis/
Thursday, December 11, 2014
South Africa's controversial new asylum form
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100935/south-africa-s-controversial-new-asylum-form
Massacres highlight complexity of violence in DRC’s Beni Territory
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100932/massacres-highlight-complexity-of-violence-in-drc-s-beni-territory
Ivory Coast told to hand over Gbagbo's wife
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/12/ivory-coast-told-hand-over-gbagbo-wife-20141211145213776165.html
Monday, December 8, 2014
Sierra Leone’s worrying Ebola trend
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100926/sierra-leone-s-worrying-ebola-trend
Friday, December 5, 2014
Fancy Cars, Florida Homes Seized in Probe of Guinea’s Ex-President
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/12/fancy-cars-florida-homes-seized-in-probe-of-guineas-ex-president/
Scathing Report on Zimbabwe Election Debacle Puts Mbeki on the Defensive
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/12/scathing-report-on-zimbabwe-election-debacle-puts-mbeki-on-the-defensive/
International Criminal Court Drops Charges Against Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/05/uhuru-kenyatta-international-criminal-court_n_6275020.html
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
CONCERNS OVER NIGERIA’S 2015 ELECTIONS AND NEED TO LIMIT VIOLENCE
http://www.eurasiareview.com/01122014-concerns-nigerias-2015-elections-need-limit-violence/
Friday, November 28, 2014
14 African Countries Forced by France to Pay Colonial Tax For the Benefits of Slavery and Colonization
http://www.siliconafrica.com/france-colonial-tax/
Burkina Faso to Ask Morocco to extradite Former President
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/27/5_dangerous_fantasies_warping_our_foreign_policy_in_the_middle_east_partner/
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
EBOLA, ANARCHY AND FAILING STATES: THE CRISIS IN WEST AFRICA – ANALYSIS
http://www.eurasiareview.com/24112014-ebola-anarchy-failing-states-crisis-west-africa-analysis/
AFRICA’S DILEMMA: TRANSITIONING FROM WHERE TO WHERE? – OPED
http://www.eurasiareview.com/24112014-africas-dilemma-transitioning-oped/
BURKINA FASO GOVERNMENT APPOINTED
http://www.eurasiareview.com/25112014-burkina-faso-government-appointed/
Another Celebrity Wants to Help Africa, And He's No ‘Band Aid’
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/11/24/another-celebrity-wants-to-help-africa-and-hes-no-band-aid/
Tanzania evicting 40,000 people from homeland to make room for Dubai royal family
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/17/tanzania_will_sell_masai_homeland_to_dubai_royal_family/
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Burkina Faso Is Taking Steps Toward Democracy (and Africans Are Taking Note)
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/11/21/burkina-faso-is-taking-steps-toward-democracy-and-africans-are-taking-note/
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Ebola Spreading Intensely In Sierra Leone As Death Toll Rises: WHO
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/19/ebola-sierra-leone_n_6186566.html
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
BURKINA FASO: COLONEL ZIDA NAMED PRIME MINISTER
http://www.eurasiareview.com/20112014-burkina-faso-colonel-zida-named-prime-minister/
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
TV’s forgotten continent: Why television refuses to depict the real Africa
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/17/tvs_forgotten_continent_why_television_refuses_to_depict_the_real_africa/
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Africa, Uncolonized: A Detailed Look at an Alternate Continent
http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/africa-uncolonized
Friday, November 14, 2014
School lessons by radio in Sierra Leone, Liberia
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100838/school-lessons-by-radio-in-sierra-leone-liberia
Any lessons from Operation Lifeline Sudan?
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100837/any-lessons-from-operation-lifeline-sudan
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
How America's Favorite Baby-Goat Club Is Helping Big Ag Take Over Farming in Africa
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/11/4h-africa-farming-dupont-hybrid-seeds
Monday, November 10, 2014
Central African peacekeeping force gears up for action
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100815/central-african-peacekeeping-force-gears-up-for-action
Sunday, November 9, 2014
MOROCCO REFUSES TO HOST AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS 2015 DUE TO EBOLA VIRUS – REPORTS
http://www.eurasiareview.com/08112014-morocco-refuses-host-african-cup-nations-2015-due-ebola-virus-reports/
Friday, November 7, 2014
The U.S. Just Lost a Client State in West Africa. What Happens Now?
http://fpif.org/u-s-just-lost-client-state-west-africa-happens-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-just-lost-client-state-west-africa-happens-now
Saturday, November 1, 2014
It isn’t a Coup in Burkina Faso
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/10/31/it-isnt-a-coup-in-burkina-faso/
South Africa’s inequality gap remains the largest in the world
http://jamiat.org.za/blog/south-africas-inequality-gap-remains-the-largest-in-the-world/
South Sudan: How to end economic domination by foreigners?
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article52909
Friday, October 31, 2014
South Africa's health system shuns asylum seekers
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=100776
1 French commando and 20 militants killed in Mali, 9 Nigerien troops killed in Niger
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/10/one_french_commando.php
Burkina Faso Army: President Compaore Has Resigned – Voice of America
http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2014/10/31/burkina-faso-army-president-compaore-has-resigned-voice-of-america/
Disaster Management: Morocco First African Country To Receive UN INSARAG Certification
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/10/142795/disaster-management-morocco-first-african-country-to-receive-un-insarag-certification/
Fossil Fuels Won’t Benefit Africa in Absence of Sound Environmental Policies
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/fossil-fuels-wont-benefit-africa-in-absence-of-sound-environmental-policies/
Millions misspent on AIDS relief in Africa, audit finds
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/30/hammer-millions-misspent-on-aids-relief-in-africa-/
Thursday, October 30, 2014
CAR: The search for justice
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=100773
West African Musicians Harness the Power of Song to Inform Public About Ebola
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/west-african-musicians-record-ebola-awareness-song
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Nearly 25 million food insecure in Sahel
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=100769
Zambian President Michael Sata Dead At 77
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/michael-sata-dead_n_6065826.html
Monday, October 27, 2014
Health of Democracy in Burkina Faso and the D.R.C.
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/10/27/health-of-democracy-in-burkina-faso-and-the-d-r-c/
50 Years Later, Zambians Are Asking What Independence Day Means
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/10/28/50-years-later-zambians-are-asking-what-independence-day-means/
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Analysis: The state of state-building in Somalia
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100745/analysis-the-state-of-state-building-in-somalia
Friday, October 24, 2014
Sustaining Africa’s Development by Leveraging on Climate Change
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/sustaining-africas-development-by-leveraging-on-climate-change/
Thursday, October 23, 2014
First Ebola Case Confirmed In Mali
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/ebola-mali_n_6038026.html
Monday, October 20, 2014
In Zimbabwe, another Mugabe seeks the presidency
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2014/1020/In-Zimbabwe-another-Mugabe-seeks-the-presidency
Ebola - Can you quarantine West Africa?
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100736/ebola-can-you-quarantine-west-africa
Ebola hits West Africa food security
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100738/ebola-hits-west-africa-food-security
Nigeria Declared Ebola-Free After Containing Virus
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/20/nigeria-ebola-free_n_6013392.html
Islamic Burial Rituals Spread Ebola in Africa
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/islamic-burial-rituals-spread-ebola-in-africa/
Ethiopia Shows Developing World How to Make a Green Economy Prosper
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/ethiopia-shows-developing-world-how-to-make-a-green-economy-prosper/
Africa Can Be its Own ‘Switzerland’
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/africa-can-be-its-own-switzerland/
Sunday, October 19, 2014
MINING AS AN ALLY IN PRESERVING BOTSWANA’S OKAVANGO DELTA? – ANALYSIS
http://www.eurasiareview.com/19102014-mining-ally-preserving-botswanas-okavango-delta-analysis/
Friday, October 17, 2014
Liberians in US face worsening Ebola stigma
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100734/liberians-in-us-face-worsening-ebola-stigma
Tanzania’s new citizens to get land, voting rights
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100725/tanzania-s-new-citizens-to-get-land-voting-rights
Measuring How Climate Change Affects Africa’s Food Security
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/measuring-how-climate-change-affects-africas-food-security/
Africa closes borders, limits Ebola to just 5 countries
http://www.gopusa.com/news/2014/10/17/africa-limits-ebola-to-just-5-countries-through-border-closings-and-medical-practices/
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Is Freetown fighting a losing battle against Ebola?
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100722/is-freetown-fighting-a-losing-battle-against-ebola
Limited support for key populations undermines Ugandan HIV control
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100721/limited-support-for-key-populations-undermines-ugandan-hiv-control
Sudan, Iran, the Obama Administration, and Khartoum’s political vision
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article52747
Monsanto And The Gates Foundation In Africa
http://jamiat.org.za/blog/monsanto-and-the-gates-foundation-in-africa/
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Ebola Cases, Already Rampant in West Africa, Expected to Double Every 3 Weeks
http://dailysignal.com/2014/10/15/ebola-cases-already-rampant-west-africa-expected-double-every-3-weeks/
Journal from an Ethiopian Prison: Testimony of Befeqadu Hailu
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/10/14/journal-from-an-ethiopian-prison-testimony-of-befeqadu-hailu-part-1/
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Tanzanian village burns alive seven suspected witches
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/10/13/tanzanian-village-burns-alive-seven-suspected-witches/
‘Western Sahara’: Senegal reiterates support to Morocco’s autonomy plan
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/10/141572/western-sahara-senegal-reiterates-support-to-moroccos-autonomy-plan/
Monday, October 13, 2014
Uproar over Harare demolitions
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100709/uproar-over-harare-demolitions
No justice, no peace for northern Mali
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100707/no-justice-no-peace-for-northern-mali
Friday, October 10, 2014
Close-up to Ebola: Sierra Leone blog
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100706/close-up-to-ebola-sierra-leone-blog
U.S. MARINES LAND IN EBOLA EPICENTER IN LIBERIA
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=27110
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Uganda's flagging male circumcision drive
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100701/uganda-s-flagging-male-circumcision-drive
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Genesis of Lakes state crisis in South Sudan (Part two)
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article52660
Kenyan President Steps Down to Face Charges of Crimes Against Humanity
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/kenyan-president-steps-down-to-face-charges-of-crimes-against-humanity/
Monday, October 6, 2014
Dire conditions for Nigerian refugees in Cameroon
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100689/dire-conditions-for-nigerian-refugees-in-cameroon
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Ebola and Sierra Leone – money is the easy bit
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100682/ebola-and-sierra-leone-money-is-the-easy-bit
Analysis: South Sudan at a crossroads
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100681/analysis-south-sudan-at-a-crossroads
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Kenya's President Kenyatta is summoned to world criminal court: Will he go?
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2014/1001/Kenya-s-President-Kenyatta-is-summoned-to-world-criminal-court-Will-he-go
ZIMBABWE: WAITING FOR THE FUTURE
http://www.eurasiareview.com/01102014-zimbabwe-waiting-future/
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
THE BAKASSI PENINSULA: A DISCREET PROBLEM WITH MAJOR IMPLICATIONS – ANALYSIS
http://www.eurasiareview.com/30092014-bakassi-peninsula-discreet-problem-major-implications-analysis/
Ebola and the media – Nigeria’s good news story
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100674/ebola-and-the-media-nigeria-s-good-news-story
Zimbabwe's Tonga fishermen cut off from Zambezi lifeline
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100670/zimbabwe-s-tonga-fishermen-cut-off-from-zambezi-lifeline
African Leaders Strengthen Ties with Cuba
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/09/african-leaders-strengthen-ties-with-cuba/
Outgunned by Rich Polluters, Africa to Bring United Front to Climate Talks
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/09/outgunned-by-rich-polluters-africa-to-bring-united-front-to-climate-talks/
Friday, September 26, 2014
King Mohammed VI’s UN Speech, Evidence of Sovereign’s Leadership in Africa: Expert
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/09/140125/king-mohammed-vis-un-speech-evidence-of-sovereigns-leadership-in-africa-expert/
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Sierra Leone Restricts Travel For Over 1 Million To Stop Ebola Spread
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/25/sierra-leone-ebola-travel_n_5880986.html
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Ghana files arbitration suit over border dispute with Ivory Coast
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ghana-files-arbitration-suit-over-182428248.html
Monday, September 22, 2014
Federalist moves heighten Somalia’s natural resources debate – By Liban Ahmad
http://africanarguments.org/2014/09/18/federalist-moves-heighten-somalias-natural-resources-debate-by-liban-ahmad/
ExIm Bank Reauthorization Critical for US-Africa Business – By Alyson McGee
http://africanarguments.org/2014/09/18/exim-bank-reauthorization-critical-for-us-africa-business-by-alyson-mcgee/
A year after Westgate: what has Kenya learned? – By Jeremy Lind and Patrick Mutahi
http://africanarguments.org/2014/09/19/a-year-after-westgate-what-has-kenya-learned-by-jeremy-lind-and-patrick-mutahi/
he President’s Bank: corruption allegations tarnish Somalia’s brave new world – By Jay Bahadur
http://africanarguments.org/2014/09/22/the-presidents-bank-corruption-allegations-tarnish-somalias-brave-new-world-by-jay-bahadur/
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Cameroon border towns no safe haven for Nigerian refugees
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100618/cameroon-border-towns-no-safe-haven-for-nigerian-refugees
Friday, September 19, 2014
Scotland’s referendum, 700 years in the making: Why the “no” vote was still a stunning watershed
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/19/scotland%E2%80%99s_referendum_700_years_in_the_making_why_the_no_vote_was_still_a_stunning_watershed/
Uganda’s Youth Discover the Beauty in Farming
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/09/ugandas-youth-discover-the-beauty-in-farming/
Ebola Hasn't Reached the Gambia, and People Are Working to Keep It That Way
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/09/18/ebola-hasnt-reached-the-gambia-and-people-are-working-to-keep-it-that-way/
Thursday, September 18, 2014
As Uganda Heats Up, Pests and Disease Flourish to Attack its Top Export Crop
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/09/as-uganda-heats-up-pests-and-disease-flourish-to-attack-its-top-export-crop/
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
RAM Charters Special Flight to Carry Humanitarian Aid To Liberia
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/09/139304/ram-charters-special-flight-to-carry-humanitarian-aid-to-liberia/
Monday, September 15, 2014
How to boost food production in Africa
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100612/how-to-boost-food-production-in-africa
Saturday, September 13, 2014
A new vaccine vanquishes meningitis A in Africa
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6202/1265.full
Pentagon report slams humanitarian aid missions in Africa
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/13/pentagon_report_slams_humanitarian_aid_missions_in_africa_partner/
Friday, September 12, 2014
OPINION: Ebola Crisis Reversing Development Gains in Liberia
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/09/opinion-ebola-crisis-reversing-development-gains-in-liberia/
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Beny Steinmetz: Bribery claim tycoon says he was swindled
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/beny-steinmetz-bribery-claim-tycoon-says-he-was-swindled-9725210.html
Why Is the United States Trading Less With Africa?
http://www.theglobalist.com/why-is-the-u-s-trading-less-with-africa/
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Three Pagans Enter Monastery, Take Three Elderly Nuns, Rape Them And Then Stab Them All To Death
http://shoebat.com/2014/09/08/three-pagans-enter-monastery-take-three-elderly-nuns-rape-stab-death/
Monday, September 8, 2014
Ebola Is Surging In Places It Had Been Beaten Back
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/08/ebola-outbreak-resurging_n_5783218.html
Friday, September 5, 2014
MOZAMBIQUE’S GAS: AN ITALIAN, AMERICAN AND ASIAN LOVE TRIANGLE
http://www.eurasiareview.com/04092014-mozambiques-gas-italian-american-asian-love-triangle-analysis/
Pentagon set to open second drone base in Niger as it expands operations in Africa
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-set-to-open-second-drone-base-in-niger-as-it-expands-operations-in-africa/2014/08/31/365489c4-2eb8-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Zimbabwes neglected elderly farmers
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100566/zimbabwe-s-neglected-elderly-farmers
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Influx of African Immigrants Shifting National and New York Demographics
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/02/nyregion/influx-of-african-immigrants-shifting-national-and-new-york-demographics.html
Monday, September 1, 2014
Red Cross to Kenyatta: send troops to quell clan clashes
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100562/red-cross-to-kenyatta-send-troops-to-quell-clan-clashes
Sunday, August 31, 2014
It was already the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Now it’s moving into Africa’s cities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/it-was-already-the-worst-ebola-outbreak-in-history-now-its-moving-into-africas-cities/2014/08/30/31816ff2-2ed6-11e4-bb9b-997ae96fad33_story.html
Saturday, August 30, 2014
11 Ancient African Writing Systems That Demolish the Myth that Black People were Illiterate
http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/08/08/11-ancient-african-writing-systems-demolish-myth-black-people-illiterate/
Monday, August 25, 2014
South Sudan’s child soldiers - a step backwards
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100534/south-sudan-s-child-soldiers-a-step-backwards
Sunday, August 24, 2014
“This is a war”: A conflict photographer takes on the rapidly escalating poaching crisis
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/23/this_is_a_war_a_conflict_photographer_takes_on_the_rapidly_escalating_poaching_crisis/
Friday, August 22, 2014
Ebola horror hastens use of test drugs
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100522/ebola-horror-hastens-use-of-test-drugs
South Africa opens space for traditional rulers to claim land
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100525/south-africa-opens-space-for-traditional-rulers-to-claim-land
No Hope for AIDS-Free Generation in Uganda as Controversial HIV Bill is Signed into Law
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/no-hope-for-aids-free-generation-in-uganda-as-controversial-hiv-bill-is-signed-into-law/
War Veterans Planting for Peace in South Sudan
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/war-veterans-planting-for-peace-in-south-sudan/
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Liberia Seals Off Slum To Control Ebola, Angry Residents Clash With Troops
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/liberia-ebola-west-point_n_5694315.html
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Paul*, gay rights campaigner in DRC: “They said I was the Antichrist”
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100509/paul-gay-rights-campaigner-in-drc-they-said-i-was-the-antichrist
An American Bluegrass Band Woos Nigerian Audiences With Their Rendition of P-Square's Chop My Money
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/15/an-american-bluegrass-band-woos-nigerian-audiences-with-their-rendition-of-p-squares-chop-my-money/
Monday, August 18, 2014
School tries to heal the divide in northern Nigeria
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100507/school-tries-to-heal-the-divide-in-northern-nigeria
Warning over rampaging youth gangs in Abidjan
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100506/warning-over-rampaging-youth-gangs-in-abidjan
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Sudanese consumers hit by spiraling prices of food products
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article52076
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Food security alarm for east, central Africa
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100482/food-security-alarm-for-east-central-africa
African Writers Rip U.S. Summit
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/african-writers-rip-u-s-summit/
Monday, August 11, 2014
Burkina Faso - heading for a showdown?
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100472/burkina-faso-heading-for-a-showdown
Man suspected of war crimes in Rwandan genocide entered the U.S. illegally from Canada
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/08/man-suspected-of-war-crimes-in-rwandan-genocide-entered-the-u-s-illegally-from-canada/
Lack of funds silences voice of opposition in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/10/lack-of-funds-silences-voice-of-opposition-in-robe/
Friday, August 8, 2014
Ann Coulter refers to Africa as “disease-ridden cesspool” in victim-blaming Ebola rant
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/06/ann_coulter_rips_apart_american_ebola_patient_for_going_to_disease_ridden_cesspool/
Ugandan Court Strikes Down Anti-Gay Law on a Technicality
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/07/ugandan-court-strikes-down-anti-gay-law-on-a-technicality/
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Cameroon Wants the World to Wake Up to the Smell of its Coffee
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/cameroon-wants-the-world-to-wake-up-to-the-smell-of-its-coffee/
How Farming is Making Côte d’Ivoire’s Prisoners ‘Feel Like Being Human Again’
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/how-farming-in-making-cote-divoires-prisoners-feel-like-being-human-again/
Nigeria Wakes Up to its AIDS Threat
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/nigeria-wakes-up-to-its-aids-threat/
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Obama: We have a moral obligation to support Africa’s progress
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/08/05/235509/kurds-from-turkey-syria-enter.html
White House to announce $14 billion in new deals with Africa
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/08/05/235449/white-house-to-announce-14-billion.html
The Obama Administration Needs to Stop Ignoring Africa: Seven Ways the U.S. Could Help
http://dailysignal.com/2014/08/04/obama-administration-needs-stop-ignoring-africa-seven-ways-u-s-help/
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Trade Facilitation Will Support African Industrialisation
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/07/trade-facilitation-will-support-african-industrialisation/
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Boko Haram steps up Cameroon raids
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100401/boko-haram-steps-up-cameroon-raids
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Nigeria: Christian Pastor Dead, Family Members Missing, Dozens Of Others Killed After Jihadist Attack
http://midnightwatcher.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/nigeria-christian-pastor-dead-family-members-missing-dozens-of-others-killed-after-jihadist-attack/
Rosewood plunder in Guinea-Bissau
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100387/rosewood-plunder-in-guinea-bissau
Saturday, July 12, 2014
A Plea to Pope Francis to Take Action Against African Dictators
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/12/a-plea-to-pope-francis-to-take-action-against-african-dictators/
Monday, June 30, 2014
Analysis: Should Uganda withdraw from South Sudan?
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100285/analysis-should-uganda-withdraw-from-south-sudan
Refugee economies - the Ugandan model
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100284/refugee-economies-the-ugandan-model
Soco International Says It Will Cancel Oil Exploration in Congo's Virunga Park
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15960
Monday, June 23, 2014
Safe water for the people in Tanzania
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140620102310.htm
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Authorities Adopt New Technologies to Fight Illegal Ivory Trade in Togo
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/togo-ivory-smugglers
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Sierra Leone: From Blood Diamonds to a Market Economy
http://www.theglobalist.com/sierra-leone-from-blood-diamonds-to-a-market-economy/
The International Criminal Court’s Relationship With Africa: An Unfair Bias? – OpEd
http://www.eurasiareview.com/10062014-international-criminal-courts-relationship-africa-unfair-bias-oped/
Friday, June 6, 2014
Meagre funding for CAR refugee influx
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100176/meagre-funding-for-car-refugee-influx
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Kenya turns up the heat on Somali refugees
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100166/kenya-turns-up-the-heat-on-somali-refugees
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Understanding the surge in migrant boat crossings to Europe
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100149/understanding-the-surge-in-migrant-boat-crossings-to-europe
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
South Sudan capital faces worsening cholera outbreak
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100146/south-sudan-capital-faces-worsening-cholera-outbreak
Shortages, clan rivalries weaken Somalia's new army
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100141/shortages-clan-rivalries-weaken-somalia-s-new-army
Hardship for third-country nationals fleeing CAR
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100143/hardship-for-third-country-nationals-fleeing-car
Concern over camp-closure threat in North Kivu
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100144/concern-over-camp-closure-threat-in-north-kivu
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Zimbabwe's women farmers on the rise
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100135/zimbabwe-s-women-farmers-on-the-rise
Displaced CAR youths in Chad desperate for school
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100130/displaced-car-youths-in-chad-desperate-for-school
Sunday, May 25, 2014
This Map Shows All the Countries in Africa Where the U.S. Has Active Military Operations
http://www.policymic.com/articles/89831/this-map-shows-all-the-countries-in-africa-where-the-u-s-has-active-military-operations
Friday, May 23, 2014
The battle for Africa: US with military brute force, China via investment-Zero Hedge
http://impeachobamatoday.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-battle-for-africa-us-with-military.html
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
“Hell on Earth”: Understanding War and Conflict in the Congo
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/05/21/hell-on-earth-understanding-war-and-conflict-in-the-congo/
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Militant Islam in Africa (video)
http://www.c-span.org/video/?319310-1/boko-haram-abduction-nigerian-schoolgirls
Friday, May 16, 2014
The U.S. Military’s New Normal in Africa
http://www.lobelog.com/the-u-s-militarys-new-normal-in-africa/
New IRIN film: Land of Dust
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100089/new-irin-film-land-of-dust
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Al Sharpton: 'Why Is Africa Ignored?'
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/al-sharpton-why-africa-ignored
Ivoirian refugees return to homelessness
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100085/sexual-violence-soars-in-south-sudan
Sexual violence soars in South Sudan
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100085/sexual-violence-soars-in-south-sudan
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Mass vaccination campaigns reduce the substantial burden of yellow fever in Africa
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140506190730.htm
CAR survivors endure squalid camp conditions in Chad
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100053/car-survivors-endure-squalid-camp-conditions-in-chad
Somalia at “risk of relapse”
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100051/somalia-at-risk-of-relapse
Could climate change spread kala-azar?
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100058/could-climate-change-spread-kala-azar
Monday, May 5, 2014
Work-for-peace scheme for CAR
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100041/work-for-peace-scheme-for-car
Friday, April 25, 2014
Muslims in Central African Republic Call for Partition from ‘Christian Militia’
http://upww.us/vinienco/2014/04/25/muslims-central-african-republic-call-partition-christian-militia/
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The Last Well Moves Closer to Providing Border-to-Border Clean Water in Liberia
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1867189
Friday, April 18, 2014
Birth Rates in Africa: Not Following Asia More contraception would help Africa educate the young and govern itself.
http://www.theglobalist.com/birth-rates-africa-not-following-asia/
Nigeria: An Incentive for South Africa Bigger GDPs for other countries in Africa are not a zero-sum game.
http://www.theglobalist.com/nigeria-an-incentive-for-south-africa/
African Currency Unit: An Urgent Question In Midst Of Capitalist Crisis – OpEd
http://www.eurasiareview.com/18042014-african-currency-unit-an-urgent-question-in-midst-of-capitalist-crisis-oped/
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
The Zebu and the Zama (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-JF0Ja_PDw
Empowerment program greatly decreases incidence of rape, study finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414092111.htm
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Which Way Forward For The BRICS In Africa A Year After Durban Summit?
http://www.eurasiareview.com/13042014-which-way-forward-for-the-brics-in-africa-a-year-after-durban-summit/
Friday, April 11, 2014
Back to Rwanda
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99930
Back to the ballot-box - Guinea-Bissau seeks stability
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99929
Ethnic Somalis under pressure in Kenyan capital
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99927
Africa’s Top 10 Philanthropists
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99924
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
African Migrants Risk Lives To Reach Europe
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/african-migrants-europe_n_5117035.html
Sunday, April 6, 2014
‘Hotel Rwanda’ Manager: We’ve Failed To Learn From History
http://www.inyenyerinews.org/politiki/hotel-rwanda-manager-weve-failed-to-learn-from-history/
Friday, April 4, 2014
Back to Africa? For some African-Americans, the answer is yes
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2014/0404/Back-to-Africa-For-some-African-Americans-the-answer-is-yes
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Why Google Maps gets Africa wrong
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/03/why-google-maps-gets-africa-wrong/
Monday, March 31, 2014
Growing up in war - the DRC's child soldiers
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99869
U.S. Military Averaging More Than a Mission a Day in Africa
http://www.lobelog.com/u-s-military-averaging-more-than-a-mission-a-day-in-africa/
Central African Republic: Ten dead as Chadian troops fire on Christian civilians
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/03/central-african-republic-ten-dead-as-chadian-troops-fire-on-christian-civilians
Senegal seals borders as Guinea Ebola epidemic kills dozens
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/03/31/senegal-seals-borders-as-guinea-ebola-epidemic-kills-dozens/
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Soros Economic Development Fund Invests in Ghana to Bolster Food Security
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1808471
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Obama’s Under the Radar Assistance to Africa
http://www.laprogressive.com/obama-africa-policy/
Thursday, March 20, 2014
The scientific legacy of colonialism in Africa
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140319133548.htm
Trading away West Africa’s hunger
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99810
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Washington’s Back-to-the-Future Military Policies in Africa
http://www.lobelog.com/washingtons-back-to-the-future-military-policies-in-africa/
Friday, March 14, 2014
Clitoraid surgeries thwarted by Burkina Faso’s revocation of doctors’ licenses
http://www.clitoraid.org/news.php?extend.166.2
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Briefing: DDR in eastern DRC - try, try again
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99741
Fleeing fighting in Mozambique to uncertain future in Malawi
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99740
Unravelling Zimbabwe's "food crisis"
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99737
Monday, March 3, 2014
Swaziland's dry spell upends sunny outlook on food
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99734
Worsening food crisis in South Sudan’s swamplands
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99735
Emerging from crisis, Mali braces for hunger
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99726
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
100 Migrants Enter Spanish City in North Africa
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=1650150&CategoryId=12395
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Arms smuggling to Boko Haram threatens Cameroon
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99682/arms-smuggling-to-boko-haram-threatens-cameroon
Muslims now fleeing the Central African Republic like cockroaches from the light
http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/02/23/muslims-now-fleeing-the-central-african-republic-like-cockroaches-from-the-light/
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Nigeria: Cannibal restaurant 'with roasted human heads on the menu' shut down by police
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/cannibal-restaurant-with-roasted-human-heads-on-the-menu-shut-down-by-police-9123693.html
Friday, February 14, 2014
Opening of the Pleasure Hospital in Burkina Faso (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRMCQMW_sCw
Thursday, February 6, 2014
The Douala-Djibouti Corridor
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/jerome-vitenberg/the-douala-djibouti-corridor/
Not Enough Money to Bring Peace to CAR
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/02/enough-money-bring-peace-car/
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Central African Republic Man Brutally Killed By Crowd
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05/central-african-republic-man-killed-by-crowd_n_4729627.html
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Marines going from Afghanistan to Africa as military mulls special troops on continent
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/16462763-us-plays-shell-game-with-marines---out-of-afghanistan-later-deployed-to-africa
Monday, February 3, 2014
Why is Uganda's Army in South Sudan?
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2014/0203/Why-is-Uganda-s-Army-in-South-Sudan
UN shifts approach to help Sahel’s 20 million hungry
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99584/un-shifts-approach-to-help-sahel-s-20-million-hungry
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Paradoxes of “Peace Development” in Africa
http://journal-neo.org/2014/01/31/paradoxes-of-peace-development-in-africa/
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Zimbabwe short-changing its small-scale farmers
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99548/zimbabwe-short-changing-its-small-scale-farmers
Friday, January 24, 2014
Troops deployed to protect aid convoys in CAR
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99527/troops-deployed-to-protect-aid-convoys-in-car
Friday, January 17, 2014
Doubts over Uganda’s military intervention in South Sudan
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99494/doubts-over-uganda-s-military-intervention-in-south-sudan
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Africa Attacks the International Criminal Court
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/feb/06/africa-attacks-international-criminal-court/
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Exodus adds to CAR crisis
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99447/exodus-adds-to-car-crisis
Zimbabwe's ailing economy fuelling child labour
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99443/zimbabwe-s-ailing-economy-fuelling-child-labour
Sierra Leone's Fight for Gender Equality
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/282894/sierra-leones-fight-for-gender-equality/
Saturday, January 4, 2014
If Nigeria falls to Islam, All of Africa Will be at Risk
http://upww.us/vinienco/2014/01/04/nigeria-falls-islam-africa-risk/
U.S. Is Facing Hard Choices in South Sudan
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/04/us/politics/us-is-facing-hard-choices-in-south-sudan.html
Friday, January 3, 2014
West Africa: West African livelihoods weakened by graft
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99422/west-africa-west-african-livelihoods-weakened-by-graft
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Uganda grapples with influx of South Sudanese refugees
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99416/uganda-grapples-with-influx-of-south-sudanese-refugees
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