The U.N. weather agency is forecasting a return to normal or above normal rainfall conditions in famine-hit southern Somalia. The World Meteorological Organization said its prediction, issued Wednesday, is for the September-to-December period, an important rainfall season for southern Somalia and other equatorial regions in the Horn of Africa. The Horn is struggling with a […]
Forecasters Predict Return of Rainfall to Southern Somalia
Posted September 7th, 2011 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
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Forecasters Predict Return of Rainfall to Southern Somalia
Posted September 7th, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. weather agency is forecasting a return to normal or above-normal rainfall conditions in famine-hit southern Somalia. The World Meteorological Organization said its prediction, released Wednesday, is for the September to December period, an important rainfall season for southern Somalia and other equatorial regions in the Horn of Africa. The Horn is struggling with […]
World Bank, China, Discuss Shifting Manufacturing Jobs to Africa
Posted September 6th, 2011 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
World Bank officials say they have held preliminary discussions with China about the prospect of moving millions of low-skilled manufacturing jobs to Africa. World Bank President Robert Zoellick said in Beijing that China’s labor force is projected to stop growing, the result of its slowing birthrate and one-child policy. At the same time, the government […]
South Africa’s ANC Denies Malema Bid to Drop Charges
Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said Friday it is not dropping disciplinary charges against its Youth League leader Julius Malema. Malema had sought to have the charges dropped. He is accused of sowing dissension within the ANC by undermining President Jacob Zuma and calling for the overthrow of the leader of neighboring Botswana. Malema […]
African Union Encouraged By Libyan Council Promises
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
Officials from the African Union say the organization is not yet ready to recognize Libya’s transitional council but that they are encouraged by promises the council has made. A.U. officials say the National Transitional Council has given assurances to the African Union that it will protect African workers in Libya. The officials say that because […]
US Drought Aid for Horn of Africa Tops $600 Million
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
The United States says it will provide an additional $23 million to combat the drought in the Horn of Africa, including $10 million specifically for Somalia. The U.S. Agency for International Development announced the aid Thursday. It said U.S. drought and famine assistance now totals more than $600 million, the largest total given by any […]
South Africa Boycotts Meeting on Libya’s Future
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
South African President Jacob Zuma says he is boycotting a Paris conference on Libya’s future because he is “not happy” with NATO’s military intervention in the troubled country. Speaking during a state visit to Norway Thursday, Mr. Zuma took issue with NATO’s use of airstrikes after the United Nations implemented a no-fly zone in Libya. […]
French Ship to Deliver Food to Horn of Africa
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
A ship loaded with nearly 400 tons of food for drought and famine victims in the Horn of Africa is set to depart from France on Thursday. The U.N. World Food Program says the French ship is carrying enough flour, sugar, rice and oil to feed more than 22,000 people for one month. The food […]
Scientists Date Ancient Tools To Earlier Time
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
New research suggests that ancient humans made sophisticated stone tools much earlier than believed. A team of scientists from the United States and France say they used a technique to date mudstone from a site near Kenya’s Lake Turkana. They determined the age of ancient tools found there to be 1.76 million years old. Previous […]
Demonstrators Gather Again for ANC’s Malema
Posted August 31st, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Demonstrators gathered outside the headquarters of South Africa’s ruling party Wednesday in support of Julius Malema, the controversial head of the party’s youth league. The African National Congress is holding a second day of disciplinary hearings for Malema, who is accused of sowing division and tarnishing the party’s reputation with a series of inflammatory statements. […]
