Jeffrey Smith | April 21, 2016 | Foreign Policy Gambia is facing its biggest protest movement in years. It will either be a breakthrough or a bloodbath. Since taking power in a bloodless coup in 1994, Yahya Jammeh has presided over the worst dictatorship you’ve never heard of. The eccentric Gambian president, who performs ritual exorcisms and claims to heal everything … [Read more...] about The Worst Dictatorship You’ve Never Heard Of
Archives for April 2016
In new Egyptian textbooks, ‘it’s like the revolution didn’t happen’
Sudarsan Raghavan | 23 April 2016 | The Washington Post CAIRO — The omission on Page 5 is glaring. In a fifth-grade government textbook, a name has been purged from a list of Egyptian Nobel laureates: Mohamed ElBaradei, who was awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize along with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which he led. Three years ago, the former diplomat … [Read more...] about In new Egyptian textbooks, ‘it’s like the revolution didn’t happen’
Ethiopia struggles with worst drought for 50 years leaving 18 million people in need of aid
Aislinn Laing, Sitti Zone, Ethiopia | 23 April 2016 | The Telegraph Every morning Aisha Nor rises at dawn to spend several hours gathering dry twigs from the scrubland around her home. By selling them each week at the local market, she can earn just enough to buy sweet black tea to supplement her children’s daily bread ration. And that, in turn, may be just enough to … [Read more...] about Ethiopia struggles with worst drought for 50 years leaving 18 million people in need of aid
The map that shows the countries with the least press freedom in the world
Katie Foster | Saturday 23 April 2016 | The Independent The UK is described as having a 'satisfactory situation' but has dropped two places in the 2016 World Press Freedom Index This map shows the countries where journalists are free to report the news – and the places in which the media is most strictly controlled. The nations with the least press freedom … [Read more...] about The map that shows the countries with the least press freedom in the world
Congo music legend Papa Wemba dies
24 April 2016 | iol.co.za Abidjan - Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage in the Ivory Coast in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the private morgue where his body was taken. Wemba, born in 1949, was performing at the FEMUA 2016 festival when he collapsed on stage. Videos posted online showed the artist falling on his … [Read more...] about Congo music legend Papa Wemba dies
Eye on Africa (France24)
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Abuse of power: African leaders and their flying machines
Leela Jacinto | 2016-04-23 | France24 Presidential planes are one of the perks of holding a country’s top post. In Africa, the relationship between some leaders and their aerial fleets can serve as a manual on how power is wielded – and often abused. The US president has “Air Force One” – or more specifically, two customised Boeing 747-200B aircraft fitted with secure … [Read more...] about Abuse of power: African leaders and their flying machines
Stage Five of the Tour Eritrea 2016
23 April 2016 | shabait.com Asmara, 23 April 2016 - The fifth stage of the Tour Eritrea 2016 “Tour of Resilience and Development” consisted climbing long distance mountains and the expectation to observe breakaways, attacks and counter attacks was very high. As expected the attack and counter attack started in Dongolo area. The fifth stage conducted today was the last … [Read more...] about Stage Five of the Tour Eritrea 2016
National cycling team impress in Tour of Eritrea
Richard Bishumba | April 22, 2016 | The New Times Classification after stage 2 Top three 1. Yonatan Haile 5:43:10 2. Amanuel Meron 5:43:25 3. Aron Debretsion 5:43:30 Team Rwanda 4. Joseph Areruya 2:43:31 6. Camera Hakuzimana 2:43:34 10. Samuel Mugisha 2:43:44 16. Jean Claude Uwizeye 2:44:17 24. Patrick Byukusenge 5:44:22 28. Ephrem Tuyishime … [Read more...] about National cycling team impress in Tour of Eritrea
The Sixties and Red Africa: the decade of searching for African utopias
Gerard McCann | April 21, 2016 | The Conversation Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba was a celebrity in Yugoslavia. Lumumba’s execution in 1961 caused such outrage that the Belgian embassy in the Yugoslav capital Belgrade was ransacked. Yugoslav leader Josip Tito was himself a regular visitor to Africa – he went to Gamal Abdel Nasser’s … [Read more...] about The Sixties and Red Africa: the decade of searching for African utopias