THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Benin’s president vowed to contribute 800 troops to a regional force to combat the Nigeria-based Islamic extremist…
Year: 2016
BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Members of the African Union’s new 25,000-strong multinational standby force gathered in South Africa in October…
REUTERS Power cuts in 15 Sub-Saharan African countries could become an exception rather than the norm in 10 years, with…
IPS Dr. Helena Ndume of Namibia was one of two people honored with the first United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela…
story and photo by JEFFREY MOYO/IPS Hillary Thompson throws leftover rice, mixed with some beer dregs from his sorghum brew,…
VOICE OF AMERICA Kenya and Uganda have agreed on the route for a pipeline that will carry crude oil from…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti has relaunched its national airline. Air Djibouti, which went bankrupt in…
VOICE OF AMERICA The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is developing plans for mega-farms of 50,000 to 150,000 hectares…
ADF STAFF King Tenkamenin ruled the Kingdom of Ghana with style. He insisted on good etiquette. His airy, windowed court…
CLUES The dunes here have red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow sand. This is the only place in…