‘Made in Ghana’ Vehicles Go on Sale
Story and photo by AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
A Ghanaian inventor and church leader who started out trying to make voice-controlled television sets is telling the world’s auto giants to move over. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka — nicknamed “Apostle”…
Mogadishu Prepares for Housing Boom
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Somalia’s elegant colonial villas were left in ruins by two decades of street fighting among warlords, and the seaside capital Mogadishu was dubbed the most dangerous city in the world.
But now new housing estates…
Mauritian President Calls for Scientific Innovation
MEDIA CLUB SOUTH AFRICA
She is already a scientist, biologist and president of Mauritius. Now Ameenah Gurib-Fakim can add another role to her list. She has been appointed vice chairman and trustee of the Planet Earth Institute (PEI), an…
King Jaja of Opobo
Jubo Jubogha started out as a slave and ended up a king in what is now southern Nigeria. Along the way, he became one of the richest men of his time. Today he is remembered as one of the master strategists of the 19th century.
Jubo,…
Where am i?
CLUES
This town is East Africa’s oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement.
Buildings were constructed with traditional Swahili techniques using coral, lime and mangrove poles.
This community has been continuously inhabited…
The Algerian Experience
ADF STAFF
Known as the “Black Decade,” the 1990s in Algeria were devastating. After a decision by the military to intervene and cancel elections in 1992, insurgents unleashed near-daily attacks against civilian and governmental targets…
Viewpoint
U.S. Africa Command Staff
Some problems don’t have simple solutions. The confounding decision by a young man or woman to leave home and join a terror group such as ISIS, al-Shabaab or Boko Haram is one of those problems.
An estimated…
Kenya Takes Stand Against Violent Extremism
Kenya is experiencing a growing threat of terrorism and violent extremism due to a number of factors. One: We share a border of approximately 700 kilometers with Somalia, where al-Shabaab bases are located. The al-Shabaab are luring…
Reforming a Radical
Programs to Deradicalize Extremists Are Necessary and Imperfect
The idealized version of deradicalization is that it happens in an instant. A dedicated jihadist sees the light and chooses to walk away. In this version, he becomes horrified…
Pilgrims Cast Prayers to Skies from Algerian Mountain Peak
In the heart of Algeria’s northern Kabylie region, Azro Nethor — the zenith prayer rock — towers 1,884 meters above sea level, at the end of a steep path in the Atlas Mountains.
On the rock’s summit sits El-Jammaa Oufella, which means…