Brooking Institute Although most African countries have, to date, been largely successful in fighting the spread of COVID-19, with far fewer reported cases and deaths from the disease than Europe, Asia, or the Americas, the pandemic has still had substantial socioeconomic impacts on African citizens. Policy measures to limit the spread of the disease, such […]
The cold war between Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea once seemed irresolvable. An uneasy stalemate had endured since 2000 when a UN-brokered peace agreement ended two years of trench warfare that claimed about 80,000 lives and displaced more than half a million. The deal was swiftly ignored by Ethiopia, which refused to cede the border town […]
Several remarks by reporters and media pundits have described Ukraine as more ‘civilised’ which has a GDP per capita of 3700, that is half of Belarus and one-fourth of Russia and the African country of Seychelles and way less than more developing countries in comparison, sparking backlash on social media. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which […]
Location: Northern Africa Capital City: Laayoune Area: total: 266,000 sq km land: 266,000 sq km water: 0 sq km Land boundaries: Total: 2,049 km border countries (3): Algeria 41 km, Mauritania 1,564 km, Morocco 444 km Coastline: 1,110 km Total: 3159 km Climate: hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog […]
angola Location:Southern Africa,Area: total: 1,246,700 sq kmland: 1,246,700 sq kmwater: 0 sq kmCapital City;LuandaLand boundaries: Total: 5,369 kmborder countries (3): Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,646 km, Republic of the Congo 231 km,Namibia 1,427 km, Zambia 1,065 kmCoastline:1,600 kmTotal: 6969 km Angola Climate:semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda;north has cool, dry season (May to October) and […]
Djibouti Location: Eastern Africa Capital City: Djibouti Area: total: 23,200 sq km land: 23,180 sq km water: 20 sq km Land boundaries: Total: 528 km border countries (3): Eritrea 125 km, Ethiopia 342 km, Somalia 61 km Coastline: 314 km Total: 842 km Climate: desert; torrid, dry Terrain: coastal plain and plateau separated by central […]
JERRY HILDENBRAND, Android Central Recently Google, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla and other tech companies were named in a lawsuit that claims each knew that forced child labor is being used to mine the cobalt that goes into a lithium-ion battery. The cobalt in question is being mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and if history is […]
The The conversations, by Mahemud Tekuya Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are a step closer to resolving their disputes over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The dam – a huge project on one of the River Nile’s main tributaries, the Blue Nile in Ethiopia – is designed to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity. […]
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do ~ Kobe Bryant. The Cable BY CHINEMELU NWOKIKE Recently, I was opportune to speak to a group of Africans in the maiden Twitter spaces of the Federation of United Global Africans #FUGA. The movement […]
The country has the potential to generate over 60,000MW of electric power from hydropower, wind, geothermal, solar, and biomass sources. Currently, a total of 8160 MWs (from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam with two outdoor power stations, with installed capacities of 3,750MW and 2,250MW and Koysha: The 2,160 MW Hydroelectric Power Project) are under contraction […]
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