Weakly regulated painkillers (tramadol) are causing untold damage in West Africa, but stricter controls could have dire consequences for patients. Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt unpicks an opioid crisis even more complex than America’s.
Africa struggles to look towards the 21st century, but the appalling scars left by its brutal past --slavery and colonialism --coupled with the bitter disappointment over the post-independence promise, will take a long time to heal. Gamal Nkrumah reviews the history of 20th century Africa
Nevertheless we are all aware that Egypt is not alone in these expansionist policies towards sub Saharan African, meant to pass through the land of south Sudan. Our oral and written histories have countless records on Egypt's role in the slave trade and raids that ravaged the whole area. This will remain a hot issue in our relationships and the Egyptian leadership must prepare itself to give apologies and must rightly pay compensations to the relatives of the victims. However it seems that our people are meant to pass through yet difficult times and hurdles before we make our rightful presence felt along the Nile. If Egypt is suffering from collective amnesia, we are not.
African civil society against AU decision to withdraw cooperation with the ICC arrest warrant.
Don't agree on some books (Paulo Coelho & Obama) but nevertheless a useful list.
Oromos were tortured more often than Somalis, whereas Oromo men and Somali women were the ethnic/gender groups most often tortured. A number of possible explanations can be posited. The very high rates in the Oromo community may reflect long-standing interethnic conflicts. Somali women were more often tortured than Somali men. Anecdotally, Somali men were either killed in their home country or able to escape unharmed, whereas women and children had a more difficult time leaving the country.
120 billion Zimbabwean dollars = 50 EGP!!
In 2000, EPRDF set fire haphazardly to all Oromia forests, including Bale forest which was recognized by UNESCO for its endemic fauna and flora. The Oromo students from elementary and high schools, and universities protested this atrocity referred to by conservationist as ‘ecological genocide’. The response to the student protest, as Human Rights Watch reported, was bloodshed. Similarly in 2001, police killed more than 30 people and wounded an estimated 400 more in putting down a student demonstration at the Addis Ababa University . In 2002, police opened machine-gun fire on protesters in Awassa, killing an estimated 38 people. Many students were kept in prison for months without ever being brought to court, a clear violation of human rights and the constitution of the regime itself in a manner …
Dictators have similar style in addressing the public.
Short history of current conflict in DRC.
The information collected by the organization highlighted that there is no indication that refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants seeking to leave Egypt and cross into Israel used force or posed any threat to the Egyptian border guards who fired at them.
The BBC has found the first evidence that China is currently helping Sudan's government militarily in Darfur.
Charges against Al-Bashir could include war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Prosecutor is to submit evidence on Monday, which could lead to an arrest warrant being issued.
An amazing photo gallery of wild African mammals
could use a service like twitter or a close server functioning like twitter (1 to many) could be built for it.
Video of goals by egypt
Fans at Africa's Nations Cup have been as colourful as their teams' actions on the pitch
ethan's view
A blog from Togo
the parts of the continent that are growing more prosperous
wifi antenna with plastic water bottles
aggregator for african blogs