The coup d’état that overthrew Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
At the time of independence from Britain in 1957, the Ghanaian leader, Kwame Nkrumah, enjoyed moderately friendly relations with the U.S. However, his position on the Congo crisis of 1960 led to a noticeable chill on the part of Washington. By the early fall of 1961, Kennedy was telling one of his top State Department [...]
Research and Collaboration in Africa
More than 50 nations, hundreds of languages, and a welter of ethnic and cultural diversity. A continent possessed of abundant natural resources but also perennially wracked by a now-familiar litany of post-colonial woes: poverty, want, political instability and corruption, disease, and armed conflicts frequently driven by ethnic and tribal divisions but supplied by more mature economies. The current research landscape [...]
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Elderly Women Learning To Protect Themselves From Rape In Nairobi (WATCH)
Nairobi’s elderly community faces an increasing threat of sexual assault, with almost 20 percent of reported rapes in Kenya’s capital city involving women over the age of 60 last year. But now, some strong-willed grannies are taking tough measures to protect themselves by attending self-defense groups that cater to the elderly, GlobalPost is reporting. “At [...]
Security beefed up at home of U.S President Obama’s grandmother in Kenya for fear of terrorist attack
Security has been heightened at the Kogelo rural home of the grandmother of US President Barack Obama following the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. More police officers have been deployed to man Mama Sarah Obama’s in homestead western Kenya following fears of a terrorist attack in retaliation for the killing of Osama by [...]
West Africa’s Growing Terrorist Threat: Confronting AQIM’s Sahelian Strategy
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has undertaken increasingly frequent and effective attacks in the past year, posing a dangerous and growing threat in Africa’s Sahel region. Reversing this trend presents a particularly complex challenge as AQIM has simultaneously strengthened ties to local communities and regional criminal networks. Efforts to counter AQIM will require [...]
‘How-to’ guide will boost seismic networks in Africa
A group of US academic institutions is putting together the first guide to setting up sustainable seismological monitoring centres in developing countries. The guide will, for example, speed up the creation of a pan-African network of earth science monitoring stations. A draft of the document was discussed at the Seismological Society of America’s 2011 Annual Meeting, in [...]
Africa’s Bright and Dark Economic Spots Gets Attention
As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank spring meetings kick off in Washington this week, Africa’s economies are the talk of both guarded optimism and cause for concern. Since the mid-1990s, economic growth in Africa has accelerated. The upward trend is continuing now despite sluggish recoveries elsewhere. World Bank officials expect the region’s [...]
Nigerians Seek Energy Solutions from Next Leader
In Nigeria, as in many sub-Saharan African countries, getting energy to both rural and urban areas is a great challenge. Analysts say that given Nigeria’s immense resources, the energy industry is not very efficient in meeting the needs of its customers.Civilian leaders since the end of the military dictatorship in 1999 have promised changes in [...]
