The 20th century saw many conflicts in Africa, breaking out along ethnic divisions. For instance, according to an African researcher Abdalla Bujra, it took only the Ibos to start a major civil war in Nigeria a highly fractionised society. The Ibos were cohesive and well organised. Besides, the...
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Kinshasa - Fresh clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and a group of mutineers erupted on Sunday in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, defectors said, a day after fierce battles near a gorilla park. “We're on the ground. We've been confronting the FARDC (the Democratic...
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti
There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across the continent the imprisonment, murder and abuse of gays has become part of the fabric of society. So to many Africans the Rainbow...
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US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. They say the initiative is aimed at alleviating shortages as world food supplies are being stretched by rising demand in Asia's emerging markets. Food...
photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan
Months of warnings have failed to prevent a serious malnutrition crisis in Niger, Save the Children has said. The charity says more than six million people are affected there, and about 18 million...
photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan
One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serious malnutrition is sweeping the sub-Saharan nation. Yesterday, the charity announced that it was shifting its work in the country to...
photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan
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