SA closes the gender gap
The World Economic Forum finds the global gender gap has narrowed this past decade with increased access for women to politics and the workforce . Rwanda and South Africa score the highest among African countries in the WEF annual gender survey. The World Economic Forum confirms sweeping changes in many countries, with 105 becoming more […]
Abuja government still talking to Boko Haram
Nigeria’s government says it’s still in talks with terror group Boko Haram. This a fortnight after a wave of attacks and kidnappings by the Islamist militants flew in the face of claims by the Abuja authorities that they’d secured a truce. A presidential spokesman in Abuja expresses optimism that something concrete and positive will come […]
Liberian academic asks whether West manufactured Ebola and AIDS?
A claim that Western pharmaceutical companies and the United States Department of Defence have been manufacturing the Ebola virus and HIV have gone viral on social media. The accusation implicates the World Health Organisation and other UN agencies in the alleged selection of African countries to hold testing events and promotion of vaccines. The article […]
Ian Khama promises diversification in his second term
Sworn in for his second term, Botswana’s President Ian Khama’s promised to intensify efforts to diversify the economy and eradicate poverty. His Botswana Democratic Party’s seen its majority eroded by growing economic strain and unemployment. President Ian Khama’s inauguration ceremony included 21 gun salute and a flypast by military aircraft. He says the key to […]