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Africa Rising: S.Africa and Lesotho move forward on mega water project

South Africa and Lesotho ceremonially launched Thursday the second phase of a massive water transfer project, their biggest joint infrastructure investment. Work on the 14-billion-rand ($1.3-b illion, 950-million-euro) second phase…

Discoveries: Ancient Egyptians, Grand Canyon

Discoveries: Ancient Egyptians, Grand Canyon

Greetings,    Ancient Egyptians, Grand Canyon    This Egyptian Tunnel City was named Kincaids Cave for G.E. Kincaid who first entered the Cave when he was working for S. A. Jordan.…

African News: Self-styled ‘Apostle’ seeks converts to ‘Made in Ghana’ goods

African News: Self-styled ‘Apostle’ seeks converts to ‘Made in Ghana’ goods

From wooden TVs and talking robots to cars that start with gold watches, an inventor and church leader who calls himself the "Star of Africa" is hoping to transform manufacturing…

This is a by-product of Western materialism and corporate thuggery: Child miners pay the price in Burkina Faso’s gold rush

Perched on the edge of a mine shaft, Joel Sawadogo, 13, readies the fragile plastic lamp strapped to his forehead with an elastic band as he prepares to lower himself…

African news: Terror grips Ebola-hit west Africa

African news: Terror grips Ebola-hit west Africa

Guinea battled Wednesday to contain an Ebola epidemic threatening neighbouring countries as fear and confusion gripped communities under siege from one of the deadliest viruses known to mankind. Aid organisations…

Nigeria predicted to become a global economic powerhouse: Improve leadership to fulfil potential, Nigeria told

Nigeria needs to improve the way it does business if it is to fulfil its potential to become one of the world's top economies, a leading economist said on Tuesday.…

Health Alert: Fears Guinea Ebola outbreak has spread to Sierra Leone

Health Alert: Fears Guinea Ebola outbreak has spread to Sierra Leone

West Africa was on high alert Tuesday after Sierra Leone warned an Ebola outbreak ravaging Guinea may have crossed its borders and five deaths in Liberia were being tested for…

Will Israel kill US empire this week?

Greetings, Will Israel kill US empire this week? Benjamin Netanyahu By Dr. Kevin Barrett The US empire, which might be more accurately termed the New World Order bankster empire, seems…

Guinea scrambles to contain deadly Ebola outbreak

Guinea scrambles to contain deadly Ebola outbreak

Aid workers and public health officials battled Monday to contain west Africa's first outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus as tests on suspected cases in Conakry allayed fears that it…

Ancient African Discoveries: Two more colossal pharaoh statues unveiled in Egypt

Ancient African Discoveries: Two more colossal pharaoh statues unveiled in Egypt

Archaeologists on Sunday unveiled two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Egypt's famed temple city of Luxor, adding to an existing pair of world-renowned tourist attractions. The two monoliths…

Africa: Bodies and skulls found in Nigerian ‘House of Horror’

Africa: Bodies and skulls found in Nigerian ‘House of Horror’

Nigerian police said Sunday they have opened a murder probe after the discovery of rotting bodies and skeletons in an abandoned building the media has branded a "House of Horror".…

African News: Guinea confirms Ebola as source of deadly epidemic

African News: Guinea confirms Ebola as source of deadly epidemic

Guinea identified the Ebola virus Saturday as the source of a highly contagious epidemic raging through its southern forests, as the death toll rose to 59. Experts in the west…

African News: African bank loans Zimbabwe $100 million to ease credit crunch

African News: African bank loans Zimbabwe $100 million to ease credit crunch

The African Export-Import Bank on Saturday announced a $100 million (72 million euro) loan to Zimbabwe's banking sector to ease a credit crunch that has deepened the country's economic woes.…

“CAR” Freedom fighters are putting it on Colonial power France: France calls for more European troops for C.Africa mission

French President Francois Hollande appealed on Friday for European countries to quickly provide enough troops for the delayed peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic. "Five hundred personnel are needed.…

African News: Kenya legalises polygamy without wife’s consent

African News: Kenya legalises polygamy without wife’s consent

Kenya's parliament has passed a bill allowing men to marry as many women as they want, prompting a furious backlash from female lawmakers who stormed out, reports said Friday. The…

It’s evident that they hate black–Storm after Dutch populist Wilders vows ‘fewer Moroccans’

It’s evident that they hate black–Storm after Dutch populist Wilders vows ‘fewer Moroccans’

Outspoken Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders faced an unprecedented storm of protest on Thursday after he told supporters he would ensure there were "fewer Moroccans" in the country. Hundreds filed…

African News: Mystery illness kills 23 in Guinea

African News: Mystery illness kills 23 in Guinea

A mysterious illness has killed at least 23 people in southern Guinea in six weeks, but the disease has yet to be positively identified, the health ministry announced Thursday. "A…

Didn’t we tell you that Africa was the jump-off to the breaking of Western Power: France bemoans troop shortage for EU force in C.Africa

Didn’t we tell you that Africa was the jump-off to the breaking of Western Power: France bemoans troop shortage for EU force in C.Africa

The French commander of a European Union peacekeeping force which had been due to deploy in the Central African Republic this week said Wednesday he did not have enough soldiers.…

African News: S.Africa’s largest union marches for youth jobs

African News: S.Africa’s largest union marches for youth jobs

South Africa's 340,000-strong NUMSA union marched Wednesday to protest a new labour law it says will increase unemployment and poverty, amid a tense stand-off with the ruling ANC weeks before…

US to send experts to Uganda on anti-gay law…But why?

US to send experts to Uganda on anti-gay law…But why?

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has agreed to meet with American experts to discuss his nation's draconian anti-gay law which has triggered international outrage, the top US diplomat said Tuesday. Secretary…

The Rise of African economic independence will not relent — S.Africa union plans mass protest over jobs

The Rise of African economic independence will not relent — S.Africa union plans mass protest over jobs

South Africa's largest union is calling a nationwide strike on Wednesday to protest at the government's failure to stem rampant youth unemployment. The 340,000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South…

Media blackout on how France is losing the war in CAR(France warns EU military mission to C. Africa in jeopardy)

Media blackout on how France is losing the war in CAR(France warns EU military mission to C. Africa in jeopardy)

France warned on Friday that the launch of a much-needed EU military operation in conflict-ridden Central African Republic planned for next week may not take place for lack of troops.…

African News: Mozambique prisons deny ‘sex-for-soap’ claim by S.African inmates

African News: Mozambique prisons deny ‘sex-for-soap’ claim by S.African inmates

Mozambican prison authorities on Wednesday dismissed claims that guards were sexually exploiting female South African prisoners in exchange for basics, such as soap. Director of Mozambique's prison operations, Samo Goncalves,…

African News: No English please, we’re Gambians (President)

African News: No English please, we’re Gambians (President)

Gambia will drop English as its official language, President Yahya Jammeh said in his latest diatribe against former colonial power Britain. "We're going to speak our own language," he said,…

Reaching For Energy Indepedence — Middle East North Africa Area To See Renewable Energy Boom

Reaching For Energy Indepedence — Middle East North Africa Area To See Renewable Energy Boom

The trade association behind the DESERTEC Concept of the same name has said that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is likely to see their renewable energy assets…

African News: 42 African migrants drown off Yemen coast

African News: 42 African migrants drown off Yemen coast

Forty-two illegal African migrants drowned when their boat overturned off Yemen's southern coast late on Sunday, the defence ministry reported. The boat smuggling dozens of African migrants "overturned off the…

The time is ripe for Africa to shake off the economic, cultural, and deceptive shackles of the white world — S.Africa platinum union marches on Pretoria over strike

The time is ripe for Africa to shake off the economic, cultural, and deceptive shackles of the white world — S.Africa platinum union marches on Pretoria over strike

Thousands of striking platinum mineworkers Thursday marched on the seat of South African government to deliver their grievances to the office of President Jacob Zuma. Leaders of the Association of…

Yakub’s plan of ruling the people is in full effect: UN to hammer out details of C.Africa peacekeeping plan

Yakub’s plan of ruling the people is in full effect: UN to hammer out details of C.Africa peacekeeping plan

United Nations diplomats will begin hammering out the details of a peacekeeping plan for the Central African Republic on Thursday, hoping to restore order to the strife-torn country. UN Secretary…

Western corporations’ “Master Race” complex — S.African platinum firms reject union’s revised wage demands

Western corporations’ “Master Race” complex — S.African platinum firms reject union’s revised wage demands

South Africa's platinum producers on Tuesday rejected a revised wage demand from unions now into the sixth week of a crippling strike in Africa's top economy. The radical AMCU union,…

Breaking colonial rule — South Africa’s striking miners to march to Pretoria

Breaking colonial rule — South Africa’s striking miners to march to Pretoria

The hardline South African union leading a six-week-old strike that has halted most production at top platinum mines on Monday announced plans to march on the seat of government. The…