Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in march 2011, 5 million peoples have run out of their homeland, 95% found a relative shelter in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq. Many families which cannot face the increasing violence and destruction waves had to migrate to find asylum. Unfortunately, they are not welcome for everybody and their […]
Nigeria: The Economy And Military Super Power
1888 PressRelease – The evolving economic and political dynamic in Africa and the role Nigeria now plays. In the past several weeks there have been numerous reports via and through the media suggesting that Nigeria has surpassed South Africa to become the most super Economy Power in Africa! Such media reporting appears to be authentic […]
Cameroon: Essayist and Blogger Arrested and Charged with Robbery
Written by Julie Owono Enoh Meyomesse, a Cameroonian writer and blogger [fr] was arrested on November 22, 2011, at Nsimalen airport in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on his way back from Singapore. Charged with robbery by the military court of Bertoua, in the east of the country, he is now detained at Nkondengui prison in Yaoundé, where Amnesty International has documented severe […]
Obama’s Ghana Speech Underwhelms
Congolese blogger Alex Engwete posts a French translation ofObama’s address to the Ghanaian parliament, given this Saturday during his first-ever visit as President. Two readers respond, each unimpressed by Obama’s speech. Wavre thinks Obama’s failure to recognize America’s past misdeeds in Africa or Africa’s contribution to the West’s success places his speech just a little above Sarkozy’s infamous […]