africa

The Nigerian Army Chased Italian Forces Like "Cheetahs Hunt a Bull": Forgotten World War 2 History Map in a newspaper reporting on British progress in the war against Italian forces in North and East Africa. Brigades of Black African soldiers including Nigerians, Ghanaians and Kenyans fought...

Coronavirus: Africans Accuse Europeans of ‘Coronising’ the Continent 16 March 2020 Many of Africa's cases have been brought by Europeans By Amandla Thomas-Johnson The large number of Europeans being diagnosed with coronavirus in Africa has sparked debate and ridicule, with one Senegalese...

Health officials prepare to vaccinate residents of the Malawi village of Tomali, where young children are test subjects for the world’s first vaccine against malaria. Image: AP A scathing opinion piece in the BMJ is accusing the World Health Organization of conducting a pilot program in Africa...

Scientists are coming to the conclusion that the Niger River Basin is the equivalent to the Fertile Crescent when it comes to plant/crop domestication. Here's a couple of sites on the research paper: (PDF) Yam genomics supports West Africa as a major cradle of crop domestication Yam genomics...

Scientists are coming to the conclusion that the Niger River Basin is the equivalent to the Fertile Crescent when it comes to plant/crop domestication. Here's a couple of sites on the research paper: (PDF) Yam genomics supports West Africa as a major cradle of crop domestication Yam genomics...

:leostare: I know we don't all have Passports, but keep in mind breh this: NAIROBI, Kenya is POPPING. Might be the #1 city/market on the entire continent going forward. This is no "savage bush/outback" we're talking about. Read the comments on that tweet. :ld: I see some of the locals got some...

CNN article: Young Black Americans who want to explore their roots can take a free birthright trip to Africa. Here's how - CNN It's with a non-profit called Birthright Africa Birthright AFRICA "This isn't about validating black identity. It's about providing an opportunity for people to...

Communities in Africa fight back against the land grab for palm oil by Alliance Against Industrial Plantations in West and Central Africa | 19 Sep 2019 Gathering of leaders from African communities affected by oil palm plantations, Ndian, Cameroon, 2016 Co-authored by: ADAPPE-Guinée, Bread...

Is Dakar, Senegal the Flyest City on the Planet? I dig their steeze :ehh: Dignified, black, handsome, beautiful people. Lemme rock that pullover with the brown and white leopard print tuxedo shoes ya heard?

Revealed: how Angolan ruler's daughter used her status to build $2bn empire The complex financial schemes that helped Africa’s richest woman amass a fortune at vast cost to the Angolan state can be revealed for the first time after a huge leak of confidential documents from her business empire...

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@Jesus is my protector @Samori Toure @mbewane Thoughts? If yall had to give your top 3 reasons what would they be?

United States ambassador to Zambia recalled as gay rights row intensifies | Africanews The United States has withdrawn its ambassador to Zambia, saying it is “dismayed” by the Zambian government’s statement that Ambassador Daniel Foote’s position “is no longer tenable.” The move is the latest...

Idris Elba granted Sierra Leone citizenship | Africanews Idris Elba who has been awarded citizenship of his father’s native Sierra Leone said it was “the biggest honour I could get from my country”. “I’m no stranger to Africa: I’ve been in Africa, I’ve made films in Africa, I’ve championed...

The head of the mission of the Republic of Benin to the European Union has been declared persona non grata by the EU Council according to an official communication dated December 19, 2019. Ambassador Zacharie Richard Akplogan, by the declaration will no longer receive diplomatic treatment and...

Ethiopia Launches First Satellite Named ETRSS-1 From China - Space in Africa A Chinese Long March 4B rocket (CZ-4B) today blasted off into space carrying onboard Ethiopia’s first remote sensing satellite, ETRSS-1, at 03:21 GMT from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China. The flight...

I talked about this before about US tech companies including Bill Gates's foundation but here it is