American rap star Curtis Jackson, known to fans as 50 Cent, calls the sights he saw in a refugee camp in Somalia “devastating.” The United Nations World Food Program recently hosted Jackson on a tour of Somalia and Kenya so he could see the fight against hunger in the Horn of Africa. Jackson spoke Thursday […]
Rap Star 50 Cent: Visit to Somali Refugee Camp Was Devastating
Posted February 9th, 2012 at 9:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Rap Star 50 Cent: Visit to Somali Refugee Camp Was Devastating
Posted February 9th, 2012 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
American rap star Curtis Jackson, known to fans as 50 Cent, calls the sights he saw in a refugee camp in Somalia “devastating.” The United Nations World Food Program recently hosted Jackson on a tour of Somalia and Kenya so he could see the fight against hunger in the Horn of Africa. Jacobson spoke Thursday […]
South Africa’s Zuma Outines Plan to Create Jobs, Lift Economy
Posted February 9th, 2012 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
South Africa’s president has outlined what he calls a massive infrastructure drive to help create jobs and stimulate the economy. During his state of the nation address on Thursday, President Jacob Zuma said the plan must not only create “power stations, rail lines, dams and roads.” He said the initiative must also “industrialize the country, […]
World Bank Says Intra-Africa Trade Significantly Lacking
Posted February 8th, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
The World Bank says African nations are annually losing out on billions of dollars of potential trade earnings because of trade barriers among neighboring countries and onerous shortcomings rooted in the continent’s history. In a report released Wednesday in South Africa, the World Bank said it is easier for Africa to trade with the rest […]
US Envoy to Visit Africa on Energy Trade Mission
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
The top U.S. envoy to Africa will lead a two-week mission to the continent to promote U.S. investment in large-scale energy projects. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson will travel with executives from U.S. companies to five African countries beginning Monday. The group will visit Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana during […]
South Africa Sentences Trio to 25 Years for Rhino Poaching
Posted February 1st, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
South African officials say a court has sentenced three people to 25 years in prison for rhinoceros poaching and possession of illegal firearms. Wildlife authorities say the punishment is the harshest to date for the illegal killing of a rhino. The poachers were sentenced by a court in Phalaborwa, near Kruger National Park, which borders […]
African Leaders Urged to Respect Gay Rights
Posted January 29th, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
The secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. has told African leaders it is time for them to respect gay rights. Speaking Sunday before the annual African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mr. Ban said discrimination based on sexual orientation has prompted some governments to treat people as second-class citizens or even criminals. “Let […]
Report: South Africans, Kenyans Top Twitter Users in Africa
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
A new study says South Africans and Kenyans are Africa’s most active Twitter users and that the social networking site is rapidly becoming a key information tool across the continent. Researchers analyzed more than 11.5 million tweets from specific locations in Africa during the last three months of 2011. They found South Africans made more […]
UN: Record Number Cross from Horn to Yemen in 2011
Posted January 20th, 2012 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. refugee agency says a record number of people — 103,000 — crossed from the Horn of Africa to Yemen last year, fleeing violence, poverty, and the regional drought. The number of crossings nearly doubled from 2010, and is 25,000 higher than any other year in the agency’s records. UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said […]
Report: World Must Respond Sooner to Food Crises
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Aid agencies say thousands of lives were lost in the East African food crisis because the international community waited to respond until the shortage was a full-blown emergency. A report released Wednesday by Oxfam and Save the Children says a food shortage for the region was reported as early as August 2010, but rich donor […]
