Tag: africa
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Ancient city found in Ethiopia sheds new light on country’s history » Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient, forgotten city in Ethiopia once thought to be the home of giants. The… more ›
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An ancient Islamic city has been found under an Ethiopian town where local lore spoke of giants » The residents of Harlaa, a small town in eastern Ethiopia, have always… more ›
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Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? » Every weekday before dawn, a morning migration takes place near the desert on Africa’s southwestern coast. more ›
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Germany moves to atone for 'forgotten genocide' in Namibia » Berlin discusses possible reparation payments over massacre of tens of thousands of people in early years of 20th century It… more ›
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The forgotten genocide » Throughout this month, the global community unites to remember the systematic slaughter of six million Jews and an estimated 11 million other victims under the Nazi… more ›
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The Aftermath of Ebola in Liberia » The disease has left a terrible legacy—and another outbreak is likely. The open-air GoByeandChop market in Monrovia, Liberia, sprawls across a field of… more ›
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Africa’s richest woman—and president’s daughter—will head Angola’s state oil company » Angola’s president is keeping control of state resources in the family. Faced with a struggling economy as global oil… more ›
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African Economic Outlook – Measuring the pulse of Africa » The continent’s economic outlook for 2013 and 2014 is promising, confirming its healthy resilience to internal and external shocks and… more ›
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'We are the Mau Mau': Kenyans share stories of torture » It’s December 1952. Naomi Nziula Kimweli, her husband Kimweli Mbithuka Kilatya, and their three children are on a bus,… more ›