Africa

By EurActiv | – A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday (19 April) appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Reuters was unable to verify the authenticity of the video, but the killings resemble past violence carried out by Islamic State, […]

Africa

How will Kenya respond to Al-Shabab Terror?

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NTV | – “Terror On Campus Interview with MP for Bala Mbala, Abdikadir Aden & Deputy Secretary General of the Kenya Red Cross, James Kisia discuss the Garissa Attack with Smriti Vidyarthi.” NTV Kenya: “Interview Bala Mbala MP & Kenya Red Cross Deputy Sec.Gen on the Garissa attack”

Energy

As South Africa aims to get 1/2 of Power from Solar, US Firms Jump In

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CCTV | – “Pretoria is promoting its growing solar industry, with predictions the sun will soon contribute about half of all South Africa’s new power generation. The ambitious approach is leading to major opportunities for solar power companies, including those attending an investor summit called “Powering Africa.” CCTV America’s Daniel Ryntjes reported the story from […]

Africa

Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa

Juan Cole

The Economist | — “Africans have been waiting for decades for the mains electricity which the rich world takes for granted. Sub-Saharan Africa’s 910m people consume less electricity each year than the 4.8m people of Alabama. Many more who are on the grid suffer brown-outs and dangerous surges in current. But a solar revolution is […]

Africa

Boko Haram Menaces Cameroon Schoolchildren after Massacre in Nigeria

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By Ngala Killian Chimtom MAROUA, Far North Region, Jan 14 2015 (IPS) – “I’d quit my job before going to work in a place like that.” That is how a primary school teacher responded when IPS asked him why he had not accepted a job in Cameroon’s Far North region. James Ngoran is not the […]

Boko Haram

Do Nigerians Matter to World Press? – 2,000 feared dead in Boko Haram Attacks

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By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | Commondreams.org As many as 2,000 people are feared dead in Nigeria from what has been described as Boko Haram’s deadliest attack amid ongoing bloodshed a UN official says “should be searing the conscience of the world.” The militant group reportedly carried out attacks starting January 3 on the northern […]

Drones

After 500 Strikes: Is America’s Drone War Crashing And Burning?

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AJ+ | — “Drone strikes are the weapon of choice in America’s so-called War on Terror. They’ve been used nearly 500 times in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia since 2002. But while U.S. officials praise their “surgical precision,” the reality on the ground tells a different tale. Here’s what you need to know about the U.S. […]

Featured

Americans 64 times more likely to be Murdered than die in Terrorism

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | — The Institute for Economics and Peace in the UK has released a report on terrorism in 2013, which it maintains was substantially up. There are virtues of the study. It shows that 80% of the victims of terrorism in the past year are Muslims living in just five countries– Nigeria, […]

Africa

Reading Africa: How exciting Literature takes us beyond the Dreary Headlines

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By Shaun Randol There is not one positive news story on the front page. The two news organizations might as well tack up a single headline—“Africa Implodes”—and call it a day. The negativity, by the way, is not limited to the Western media. A snapshot of headlines on the same day presented by AllAfrica.com reveals […]