Africa

The coronavirus pandemic, coupled with climate change and the struggling economies of several countries, are the main causes of the food insecurity, said international aid organizations in a webinar organized by the Foreign Correspondents Association of Southern Africa. … [Read more...] about Southern Africa’s Hunger Upsurge Blamed on Climate, COVID-19

The retail chain said 425 of its stores have been targeted, with many prominent South Africans also taking to social media to comment on the advert. Local media also reported that a group of people threw a petrol bomb into one of its stores in Emalahleni, a local municipality in the southern African country. … [Read more...] about Protests erupt in South Africa over controversial TRESemme ad featuring Black hair

Moore saw an opportunity to bring social change to remote communities with affordable solar power kits -- and started M-KOPA Solar in 2011 together with Nick Hughes, Chief Product Officer, and Chad Larson, Chief Credit Officer. … [Read more...] about This solar-powered TV brings global news to rural Africa

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) announced a strike on Monday “over poor pay and dilapidated health facilities,” Kenya’s Daily Nation reported. “Medical workers in the country endure unfavorable working conditions that have recently been “worsened by the Covid-19 [Chinese coronavirus] pandemic,” KMPDU Secretary-General Chibanzi Mwachonda said in Nairobi on Monday. … [Read more...] about Africa Struggles with Health Worker Strikes During Pandemic

He also played a pivotal role in South Africa’s decision to ban the death penalty, in 1995. in his later years, he led a legal team seeking justice for victims of the 2012 Marikana massacre, where police killed 34 miners who were on strike, the worst single incident of police brutality in South Africa since the end of apartheid.  … [Read more...] about South Africa Mourns Death of Anti-Apartheid Icon, Lawyer George Bizos