the majority of problems in sub-Saharan Africa for the most part pertain to a few different causes. The biggest problem is the border disputes and set boundaries. This problem arose because of European colonization. Before 1936, only two countries ( Ethiopia and Liberia ) where independent in Africa, the rest was controlled be European empires. In 1937, Ethiopia was also… Read more »
How has Tanzania been faring under the stewardship of one John Pombe Magufuli these past 24 months? The short answer is that we are still being our usual dependably peaceful quiet selves, stubbornly refusing to feed into the “Africa is a Headcase” narrative at some cost to ourselves. If you take a look around the neighbourhood, you can imagine how… Read more »
Rights groups and opposition politicians have issued concern as DRC President Joseph Kabila looks set to remain leader for another 14 months, having held power for the past 16 years. After delaying a presidential vote because of violence, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) on Sunday set a date for the election – December 23, 2018. Elections were meant to… Read more »
Beira, Mozambique – Albano Joze, stares blankly at a group of fishermen casting their nets in shallow waters on the coast of the Indian Ocean, near Beira, Mozambique’s second largest city. He kicks a lump of soil and shakes his head in frustration. “I have been living here for more than 10 years, but I have never seen this sea… Read more »
Khartoum — The Chief Justice, Prof. Hayider Ahmed Dafulla, met Monday, at his office, with Hamdou Mohamed Aramees, the Federal Minister of the Republic of Djibouti, in the presence of the State Minister of the Federal Governance, Abu al-Gassim Imam. The Chief Justice has reviewed during the meeting the Sudan’s judicial system and its independence from the executive and legislative… Read more »
NAIROBI — A militant faction loyal to Islamic State (IS) has increased its following in northern Somalia from a few dozen last year to up to 200 this year, a U.N. report said, days after the group came under U.S. air attack for the first time. The increase in strength of the IS spin-off group has attracted attention because some… Read more »
MOGADISHU, Somalia — When a double truck bombing shattered the night in Mogadishu on Saturday, rescue workers began the grim search for survivors that has become all too common as Somalia battles an Islamist insurgency. They picked through burned-out cars and hunted as best they could in a collapsed hotel. But it was only on Sunday, as emergency workers pulled… Read more »
WASHINGTON — The United States military bombed Islamic State fighters in Somalia for the first time on Friday, a sign that the air campaign against the group was expanding after recent battlefield successes against the militants in Iraq and Syria. Several militants were killed in a pair of strikes hours apart in the country’s northeast, according to a statement from… Read more »
In America you can clearly see a gap within gender when looking at jobs, government positions, and overall society related activities. Unfortunately, America isn’t only the country like this. In Africa it is much much worse to an entire new scale of things. Most of East African countries are not only ranked as some of the worst countries that experience… Read more »
The Boko Haram have been inciting terror and draining hope from Nigeria since 2009. The threat of terrorism in Africa has caused for the United States to pledge $60 million for Anti-terrorism Force in Africa. The Boko Haram are setting back the next generation on education which is sure to felt on a major scale in a few years. With… Read more »