Africa will be the secret victim of Brexit

July 28, 2016 0

Britain’s economy may bear the brunt of the fallout from the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but another part of the world — Africa — is set to be an unexpected victim. Much 25

Gates Foundation announces new $5B investment in Africa

July 19, 2016 0

JOHANNESBURG — Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said Sunday his foundation will invest another $5 billion in Africa over the next five years. Gates delivered the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture ahead of Mandela Day, 25

CNN Is Launching A Multi Platform Operation in Nigeria

July 18, 2016 0

CNN is establishing a multi-platform operation in Lagos, Nigeria. Launching specifically in Lagos, the operation is designed to increase news coverage of Africa and give the network a strong digital presence on the continent. According 25

The child bride who still haunts me

July 14, 2016 0

By Sudarsan Raghavan (WP) I met Fayrouz Ahmed Haider  in a grim refugee camp in Yemen. Just 11 years old, she was already married. She reminded me of someone else: a girl I had met thousands of 25

Burundi crisis: MP Hafsa Mossi shot dead in Bujumbura

July 14, 2016 0

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – A Burundian member of the East African Legislative Assembly was shot dead on Wednesday in what Rwanda’s foreign minister called an assassination in a country in violent political turmoil. Hafsa Mossi, a 25

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