10 Important Things To Know About Africa in 2014
06/01/2014“If your yam is white, you should cover it while you eat,” an African proverb reads. Put in context of the recent economic resurgence across the continent, the question posed.
“If your yam is white, you should cover it while you eat,” an African proverb reads. Put in context of the recent economic resurgence across the continent, the question posed.
Thousands of African migrants cram into Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, calling for a labor strike. Their chants fill the air, summing up their message: “We need asylum.” Activists.
Tunisia’s 2011 revolution inspired other Arab spring uprisings Tunisia’s national assembly has begun voting on a long-delayed new constitution. It is to be voted on article by article and politicians.
Former finance minister Hery Rajaonarimampianina won Madagascar’s first presidential election since a coup in 2009 but his closest rival said the vote was rigged, raising concerns the island could remain mired in.
U.S. Marines flew a C-130 aircraft Friday into South Sudan’s capital to evacuate about 20 U.S. Embassy staff members, according to the Defense Department. U.S. citizens were urged to get.
Kwaku Boham worries about the future. For years, he and his four fellow gold miners have scratched out a living on a tiny plot next to the roadside near Tarkwa.
In the past year, Africa continued to be a hive of business activity, when it came to mergers and acquisitions and deals involving sub-Saharan African companies reached $23.4 billion in.
“Because a bunch of us back home, who have returned after living overseas, know that this is the place to be,” said Angel Jones, founder of the Homecoming Revolution, an.
The number of middle-class consumers continues to expand in many African countries In our series of letters from African journalists, BBC Africa’s Komla Dumor looks back at 2013. It is.