I have to start out by saying I’m glad this is my last Sub Saharan Africa post. Well I’m not glad i guess its kind of bitter sweet. I really want to take this time to say that even though I did not keeping up with this region at all. I have learned to respect it and understand the area…. Read more »
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has never experienced a peaceful transition of power and is now, as anticipated, in the midst of another political crisis. Joseph Kabila, the incumbent president, is due to finish his term in office at the end of 2016. However, there is widespread scepticism of his willingness to leave office. As of 2014, the… Read more »
UNITED NATIONS — The International Criminal Court has begun investigating war crimes in Georgia, is looking into British soldiers accused of torture in Iraq and, in one of its most politically delicate missions yet, sent a team to Israel to discuss crimes in Gaza. But as the court tries to expand into new geography and investigate new types of crimes,… Read more »
JENDOUBA, Tunisia — Two Americans were detained in this small town in northwestern Tunisia, suspected of involvement with a terrorist organization, police officials said on Wednesday. The men were arrested on Tuesday and then transferred to the country’s main counterterrorism center in Tunis, the capital, the police said. They were released and driven away in a United States Embassy car… Read more »
DIFFA, Niger — The military convoy was rumbling across a river near the border last month when soldiers suddenly realized they were surrounded. More than 100 Boko Haram fighters, some of them on horseback, had encircled the vehicles, ready to strike. The 300 soldiers from Niger and the handful of American Special Operations forces accompanying them called for help. Soldiers… Read more »
After another two weeks of Subsaharan Africa and talking to Mr.Bailey about my last post I have taken a less extreme view point on Subsaharan Africa. I still do not like the place nor do i have high hopes for their future. Although after more research I have realized that even though it is not a great place at all… Read more »
vory Coast’s energy ministry has announced plans to invest around US$1 billion to build oil pipelines and storage facilities. The investment will be made through two newly-created companies owned by a dozen of investors, including France’s Total SA (NYSE:TOT) and industrial group Bollore, the ministry said on Tuesday. Just before that announcement, Ivory Coast had signed a deal with a consortium led by Total… Read more »
Straddling the borders of Chad, Niger and Cameroon in West Africa, Lake Chad has been a source of freshwater for irrigation projects in each of these countries. Maps drawn from a series of satellite images show a dramatic decrease in the size of the lake over the past 30 years. Since 1963, the lake has shrunk to nearly a twentieth… Read more »
Chad has sent some 2,000 troops to neighboring Niger to help the fight against Boko Haram following last week’s terrorist attacks by the Takfiri militants in the Nigerien town of Bosso. The “heavily armed” soldiers will “search everywhere for Boko Haram,” a military source said Wednesday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that some 50,000… Read more »
Anger with the ANC continues to grow, as students in South Africa stage nation-wide protests against a planned tuition hike. Protesters are calling for free tuition, and are putting pressure on the mining industry to help fund it. South Africa is facing increasing instability as student protests sweep across the country, leading to violent clashes with police. The unrest began… Read more »