Strike Down the Desert Force!
Five hundred years ago, the European slave trader who arrived on our shores and his local comprador had to exert a lot of brute force before catching men and women …
FEATURE-All at sea: foreign fishing fleets drain West African waters
Trawlers of Asian, European and Western African origin often carry out illegal incursions into waters reserved for locals, or flaunt fishing regulations
Opinion - Is Nigeria a tragedy?
By Abike Olajide In literature, tragedy does not really connote something tragic but it means a re-evaluation and possible redemption of a given situation. Truly, this is …
ZAMBIA - Where has the 2 Million come from?
By David Kapoma I came across a saying “The Mark of a great leader is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the …
Will Rwanda's push for prosperity be powered by the sun?
With its economy growing fast, Rwanda will need to keep moving forward with green energy, minister says
Made in China, counterfeited for Nigeria
By Debo Adesina President Muhammadu Buhari could not have picked a better place for his next stop on what many Nigerians have begun to see as a …
From China with love
By Yakubu Mohammed President Muhammadu Buhari did not go to China with a begging bowl in hand. In other words, he did not go there seeking for …
LUSOFONIA / VÁRIAS COLABORADORAS DE SERMOS GALIZA ENTRE AS PARTICIPANTES - UCCLA: VI Encontro de Escritores de Língua Portuguesa
XOÁN COSTA A União das Cidades Capitais de Língua Portuguesa (UCCLA) realiza entre os dias um e três de Fevereiro, na Cidade da Praia, o seu VI Encontro de Escritores …
China y Egipto encarcelan a una cifra récord de periodistas
Egipto es sólo superado por China como el país con la mayor cifra de periodistas encarcelados en 2015. A escala global, la cifra de periodistas encarcelados por su labor informativa …
The Emergence of India in the Africa Rising Anecdote; a Game Changer?
The third India-Africa Summit recently held in New Delhi, created history by being the largest Africa summit ever held in India. But what’s in for African countries?
INTERVIEW - Fairphone answers call for more ethical electronics
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: Katie Nguyen LONDON, Nov 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Few brands would risk showing the reality of the complex supply chains behind …
EXCLUSIVE: Congolese ban on overseas adoptions fuels smuggling of children
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: Tom Esslemont and Kenny Katombe * Ban on overseas adoptions fuels child smuggling from DRC * US continues to process adoptions …
Doctors should take lead in push to curb climate change – experts
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON, Feb 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Doctors should take the lead in supporting political efforts to cut the pace of climate change and …
States fail to protect civilians from militant violence - Amnesty – TRFN
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON, Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Governments are failing to protect millions of civilians from violence by states and armed groups, Amnesty …
Kenya Thieves fry Kenya's power grid to cook fast food
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The morning scene is increasingly routine for Kenyans. When it’s time to start the day, the power is already out. Somewhere nearby, the shell of …
Nigeria Nigerians grope in the dark
LAGOS – Intractable: that’s what Nigeria’s electricity supply problem has been for decades now. The current electricity capacity of the world’s most populous black nation is an abysmal 3,500 megawatts, …
Zimbabwe With Chinese cash, Zimbabwe to boost use of fossil fuels
HARARE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Zimbabwe’s efforts to ease a long-running energy crisis got a big boost this month with the signing of a billion …
