This Monday, the United States decided to ban former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, his wife Zineb, and his children, Mariam and Muhammed, from entering the United States. After his two decades in office, Jammeh refused to step down as President to 2016 election winner Adama Barrow, resulting in military threats from the African Union and West African regional body ECOWAS,… Read more »
Since former President Mugabe was ousted in a military coup, the economy in Zimbabwe has been going down hill. Inflation is over 20 percent per year, and businesses are failing all around the country. Prices are soaring and there is a shortage of food in the grocery stores. Prices have risen by at least 300 percent in just the last… Read more »
Nigeria’s population is rising at a significant rate, between 1991 and 2006 it nearly doubled from 88 million to 140 million. If the projections are accurate and the country has the third highest population by 2050, the results are most likely to be disastrous. With this incredible rise in population, their poverty level also increases. India, currently second only slightly… Read more »
Medicins Sans Frontieres(MSF) reported that they have treated about 157 women that have been beaten and raped in South Sudan. Medicins Sans Frontieres is also known in English as Doctors without Borders. Since Mid-November there has been a dramatic spike in violence against women in that same area. Most of the women attacked were traveling in between neighboring communities for… Read more »
Because of it’s recent civil war, Liberia has had an energy shortage since 2003 and has been unable to rebuild its power sector thus far. There is a large demand for electricity; unfortunately, this demand cannot be met. The people of Liberia do not have enough energy, so they have started stealing electricity by connecting their own wires to their… Read more »
The decapitated head of a nine year old with albinism, was discovered 20km from his home in Malawi, Africa. This marks the second murder of an albino citizen this year, following the death of a 53 year old woman whose arms had been severed. Along with these murders, there have also been five abductions of albinos in Malawi, despite the… Read more »
Africans under the threat of the sleeping sickness may be seeing the light of healthiness as a new drug has come out to treat the terrible plague. Being one of the many problems plaguing Sub-Saharan Africa, this would help Africa greatly. However preventative measures such as heavier clothing and killing off the carrier flies via their living areas such as… Read more »
Boko Haram is a west African Islamic terrorist organization, founded and primarily working out of Nigeria. the self proclaimed Caliphate also operates in countries like Chad, Niger, and Cameroon. on November 18th, Boko Haram insurgents assaulted a Nigerian base, killing their commanding officer, and several other Nigerian soldiers.
New reports are saying that the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) regional economy is finally making a comeback after a long and intense recession. Given that the region is by far one of the poorest in the world, it’s good to see that they are making positive growth. This growth is a result of greater political stability in East Africa, boosting growing… Read more »
Women in Africa are at the greatest risk of anywhere in the world to experience violence. This is according to a UN report that also said almost a quarter of women in Nigeria have been victims of sexual or physical violence committed by a previous husband. This is just the reported incidences, they are many others that go unreported out… Read more »