africa

Revealed: how Angolan ruler's daughter used her status to build $2bn empire The complex financial schemes that helped Africa’s richest woman amass a fortune at vast cost to the Angolan state can be revealed for the first time after a huge leak of confidential documents from her business empire...

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@Jesus is my protector @Samori Toure @mbewane Thoughts? If yall had to give your top 3 reasons what would they be?

United States ambassador to Zambia recalled as gay rights row intensifies | Africanews The United States has withdrawn its ambassador to Zambia, saying it is “dismayed” by the Zambian government’s statement that Ambassador Daniel Foote’s position “is no longer tenable.” The move is the latest...

Idris Elba granted Sierra Leone citizenship | Africanews Idris Elba who has been awarded citizenship of his father’s native Sierra Leone said it was “the biggest honour I could get from my country”. “I’m no stranger to Africa: I’ve been in Africa, I’ve made films in Africa, I’ve championed...

The head of the mission of the Republic of Benin to the European Union has been declared persona non grata by the EU Council according to an official communication dated December 19, 2019. Ambassador Zacharie Richard Akplogan, by the declaration will no longer receive diplomatic treatment and...

Ethiopia Launches First Satellite Named ETRSS-1 From China - Space in Africa A Chinese Long March 4B rocket (CZ-4B) today blasted off into space carrying onboard Ethiopia’s first remote sensing satellite, ETRSS-1, at 03:21 GMT from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China. The flight...

I talked about this before about US tech companies including Bill Gates's foundation but here it is

Timestamped for cliffs, listen about 2minutes This was needed :wow:

The first African leader to defeat colonialism and lead his people to independence The African Formation Kwame Nkrumah grew up under in a village under British rule. His papa worked in the city so he was raised by strong African women. Kwame would have lived a simple life, but a German...

Twitter chief Jack Dorsey announces plans to temporary move to Africa Tech executive declared plan to move temporarily in 2020 following a month-long visit to entrepreneurs on the continent Twitter chief Jack Dorsey announces plans to move to Africa next year Twitter chief Jack Dorsey said...

As the title of the name implies. Project Africa is a massive collaboration of history YouTubers who have all came together with a topic of their choice that pertains to African history. Project Africa - YouTube You guys (and gals) should check it out.

my girl is from Ghana. Her parents spend months in our house when they visit once a year. She has 3 brothers who aren’t worth a damn. I know it’s her money and she can do whatever she likes with it but, it’s come to the point where she’s expected to send money back home every check. Even...

Alright, so there we go… I hesitated between doing this here, in the Locker Room, or in the Root. But since the Root is dead because of yall non-intellectual fukkery-addicted brehs (:dead: I’m just playing I’m the same), I thought why not post it where it will get the more traffic? If it turns...

“We were involved in Mozambique spreading the AIDS virus through medical conditions... to eradicate black people”. :dwillhuh:

African, Haitian Migrants Protest in Mexico's Southern Border Rights activists said that pressure from Washington not to allow the migrants to get to the U.S. border is the main obstacle. African and Haitian migrants repeated Tuesday the peaceful demonstrations they have been holding for a...

Ghana Welcomes African Americans Back Home | Afro Ghana Welcomes African Americans Back Home By Micha Green - October 3, 2018 267401 By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Four centuries ago Africans were taken from the Ghanaian coast and shipped to the Americas, and...

the coming anarchy” in the 1990s, to Boko Haram massacres today, news from Africa may seem dominated by never-ending conflict. That image is out of date. In 2002 Tony Blair was justified in describing the state of Africa as a “scar on the conscience of humanity”, but in the years since there...

1 July 2019 The Attempted Coup in Ethiopia Reveals the Fragility of Modern African States Military chief of staff and other regional officials are assassinated in bid to replace prime minister’s government By Abayomi Azikiwe Africa’s second most populace state was the scene of an attempted...