Africa’s economic progress over the last 25 years has been a mixed bag. On the one hand, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has declined from 54% to 41%. On the other, the absolute number of people living in poverty has increased in this same period as population growth has outpaced the 0.5% average fall […]
It’s more than bad software. VOX, By Matthew Yglesias Boeing executives are offering a simple explanation for why the company’s best-selling plane in the world, the 737 MAX 8, crashed twice in the past several months, leaving Jakarta, Indonesia, in October and then Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in March. Executives claimed Wednesday, March 27, that the […]
Ancient origins SARAH P YOUNG Africa is a region with a long and glorious history, with hundreds of distinct cultures and traditions. From the Egyptians to the Zulus each culture has produced some of the greatest warriors and most powerful leaders in the world. From discerning tradesmen to distinguished scholars – here are just a […]
Live Science The Maya refer to both a modern-day people who can be found all over the world as well as their ancestors who built an ancient civilization that stretched throughout much of Central America, one that reached its peak during the first millennium A.D. The Maya civilization was never unified; rather, it consisted of […]
BBC Renowned Ethiopian artist Aida Muluneh has taken a series of striking images to depict the harsh life of many women in rural areas – especially their daily efforts to obtain clean water for their families. Her Water Life series, which was commissioned by the charity WaterAid, will be on display at London’s Somerset House […]
Zimbabwe’s intellectual despot; how Mugabe became Africa’s fallen angel, and an independence leader who built his country up, then helped destroy it The Guardian by David SmithMain image: ‘He will be remembered for the land invasions, the rigged elections, the beatings in the townships and the ineptitude of the courts.’ Photograph: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters Three great […]
The Guardian As one of the first countries to adopt Christianity, Ethiopia has a legacy of churches and monasteries, built on hilltops or hewn out of cliff faces, as well as vibrant traditions of worship. These are celebrated in a lavish book, Ethiopia: The Living Churches of an Ancient Kingdom Ethiopia adopted Christianity in the early […]
BY MANU VENKAT Time to talk about a part of the world we don’t get to write about often: Africa! European and Asian airlines handle the lion’s share of the continent’s long-haul air traffic. But recently we’ve seen Africa’s own carriers make impressive strides. Royal Air Maroc is using its Dreamliner fleet to operate long […]
By Jon Abbink From its very inception, Islam has been a trans-continental religion, in this case, helped by thé proximity of thé African Red Sea Coast to thé Arabian heartland where it first emerged. In fact, thé first converts to thé new religion – outside thé close circle of thé Prophet Muhammad – are assumed to […]
AP NEWS AGENCY AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat says sustaining the ruling military council ‘is not acceptable’. The African Union and the United Nations have said they are supporting a civilian-led transitional government in Sudan following last month’s overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir. AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat told reporters after meeting on Monday with UN […]
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