The Forgotten Pyramids Of Sudan [Travel]
The Nubian Meroe pyramids, much smaller but just as impressive as the famous Egyptian ones. With more than 250 tombs, Sudan has more than twice the number of pyramids you’ll…
The Forgotten Pyramids Of Sudan [Travel]
The Nubian Meroe pyramids, much smaller but just as impressive as the famous Egyptian ones. With more than 250 tombs, Sudan has more than twice the number of pyramids you’ll…
EU launches economic development fund for Africa
EU launches $47b fund for Africa The EU has a 47 billion dollar fund for Africa. The African Economic Development Fund is to help accelerate African countries economic growth.… READ…
Wave of strikes as Algeria economy struggles [The Morning Call]
Algeria is facing several years of suppressed growth and rising macroeconomic challenges in part as the government now turns to austerity measures in response to its major exchange earner,… source
Algeria’s Berbers rally for ‘official recognition’ of Amazigh language
Algeria’s Berber community took to the streets on Wednesday demanding official recognition of the Amazigh language. The rally coincided with a 1980 uprising referred to as the ‘Berber spring’… source
Colonising Algeria was crime against humanity, Macron [The Morning Call]
The centrist French politician Emmanuel Macron, who is surging in the polls two months ahead of the presidential election, is under fire after criticizing his country’s colonial past. Macron,… source
Ecobank’s Fintech Challenge [Hi-Tech]
In this episode of Hi-Tech, Donald Trump’s recent executive order on immigration continues to face massive opposition. Several technology giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, banded… source
Mali dance labs bring performers together for a festival of experimentation [no comment]
Twenty four dancers have been meeting in Bamako, Mali to share ideas and history of movement from different countries around Africa. Organised by Haitian dancer Kettly Noel, this festival has……
UN to assist with repatriation of migrants in Libya
The United Nations special envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, has assured migrants in the country they will be repatriated. Kobler was visiting the Abu Salim Detention Center in the country’s……
Nigeria plans 60% local refining capacity before the end of the year
Nigeria: refining capacity Nigeria is a giant oil producing nation with four oil refineries yet largely depends on oil imports. pipeline vandalism has become a drain on the nation’s economy….…