Africa’s population is set to double to more than 2.4 billion over the next few decades due to improved health care and medicines, a new study found.
Sub-Saharan Africa – the world’s poorest region – will record the largest amount … Read the rest
Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
Looting Africa with ‘generocity’
Under the “smokescreen” of giving aid or charity, western governments and multinational corporations are pillaging states in sub-Sahara Africa with losses nearing $60 billion each year, according to research published on Tuesday by a coalition of 10 Africa and UK-based … Read the rest
Nigerian coach blames white US referee for Africa’s loss
Nigeria’s coach Stephen Keshi blamed American referee Mark Geiger after his side lost 2-0 to France in the World Cup last 16 in Brasilia.
Germany and France snuffed out African hopes after both European powerhouses left Africa with no teams … Read the rest
MSF: Ebola totally out of control
The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is “totally out of control,” according to a senior official for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), who says the medical group is stretched to the limit in responding.
The outbreak has caused more deaths than … Read the rest
Philips to establish Research & Innovation Hub in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 21, 2014/ – Royal Philips (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) today announced the establishment of its Africa Innovation Hub in Nairobi, Kenya, which underlines the company’s commitment to invest in Africa. The Philips Africa Innovation Hub will work both on the creation of … Read the rest
Facebook plans drones for Africa
Facebook is in negotiations to buy a drone manufacturer with the aim of using high-altitude autonomous aircraft to beam internet connections to isolated communities in Africa.
The social networking company is one of the main backers of the internet.org project, … Read the rest
John Kerry, Zampolit for gay rights
Getting on the gay life boat?
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday sounded like the Zampolit for Africa when he likened new anti-gay legislation in Uganda that imposes harsh penalties for homosexuality to anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany or … Read the rest
World Bank to map Africa’s natural resources
The World Bank plans to launch in July a $1 billion plan to map Africa‘s natural resources with the aim of delineating more clearly the continent’s uncovered mineral wealth.
The project, dubbed the Billion Trillion Dollar Map, “will unlock the … Read the rest
Swedish special forces deployed in Africa
Swedish operator chasing camel milk
Sweden’s SOF (or Special Operations Forces) are reported to have deployed to Chad, the Central Africa Republic, and the Congo in recent years.
Swedish operators may have also conducted other classified covert operations, including domestically in … Read the rest
Two-thirds of rape victims in Liberia are children
Julia Duncan Cassell, Liberia’s Minister of Gender and Development
The Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Shireaf, has appeared on Liberian television on Monday to denounce the country’s epidemic of child rape, calling it one of Liberia’s “biggest challenges” and “a growing … Read the rest
Ex-Blackwater chief looks East
The former Navy Seal Erik Prince who founded the private security group Blackwater is pitching to run logistics for Chinese mining and energy companies in Africa. Blackwater became controversial for its role providing private security in Iraq.
Prince is now chairman of … Read the rest
African railroads secure raw materials for resource-hungry China
The Chinese, investing heavily in Africa to secure its oil and other raw materials for their expanding economy, are spearheading a new era of railroad building to unlock the continent’s interior.
This is an echo of the long-gone colonial empires … Read the rest
Peacekeeping: SA punching below its weight
President Jacob Zuma, left
President Jacob Zuma, in a 2009 speech honoring the peacekeeping efforts of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF), proclaimed that “[South Africa] cannot survive in isolation, as its economic development and security is linked to … Read the rest
The real size of US military operations in Africa
The Pentagon’s Africa Command will tell you there’s one military base on the entire continent. Don’t believe them.
They’re involved in Algeria and Angola, Benin and Botswana, Burkina Faso and Burundi, Cameroon and the Cape Verde Islands. And that’s just … Read the rest