Global warming: Scientists say temperatures could rise by 6C by 2100 and call for action ahead of UN meeting in Paris
April 22, 2015 There is a one-in-ten chance of the world being 6C warmer than it is today by 2100 which would lead to cataclysmic changes in the global climate with unimaginable consequences for human civilisation, leading climate researchers have warned in an “Earth Statement”. The risk of hitting the highest upper estimate for global
Cost Of Xenophobia: South African Companies In Rest Of Africa Feel The ‘Heat’
April 22, 2015 South African companies with operations in other African countries have started feeling the pressure of Xenophobic attacks on immigrants in Durban and Johannesburg that has already killed six people in the last two weeks. The attacks started in the port city of Durban soon after Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini said that foreigners
Fury as 700 feared dead in ‘avoidable’ Med shipwreck
April 20, 2015 Rome (AFP) – More than 700 people are feared to have drowned after an overcrowded boat smuggling them to Europe capsized off Libya, officials said Sunday, prompting demands for the European Union to react to the Mediterranean’s deadliest migrant disaster to date. Italy’s coastguard, which was coordinating the search for survivors and
Nigerian marathon runner achieves North Pole dream
April 16, 2015 The first Nigerian to do the North Pole Marathon tells the BBC how proud she felt to plant her country’s flag in the snow at the end of the race. Tuedon Morgan, 42, said Antarctica, where she has been on two previous trips, was a playground compared to her experience at the
Photos: African immigrants now living in SA Police station following Xenophobic attacks
April 16, 2015 African immigrants and their children pictured in a South African police station today where they are taking refuge following a string of Xenophobic attacks in the country. More pics after the cut… Photo credit: Robert Alai
Energy: Nigeria and Russia in nuclear plant talks
April 16, 2015 As it seeks solutions to deal with decades of blackouts that has blighted its economy, Nigeria has entered talks with Russia’s state-owned Rosatom to build nuclear power plants. Although Africa’s most populous nation and biggest economy has no experience in developing and operating nuclear power plants; it has a gamma facility and
FACTS ABOUT AFRICA
April 15, 2015 1. The Gambia has only one university. 2. Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s only spanish speaking country. 3. South Africa is the most visited African country. 4. Nigeria has the richest Black people in Africa. 5. Samuel Eto’o is the highest paid Footballer of all time, he received about £350,000 weekly in Russia
Chibok kidnappings: Schoolgirls may never be brought home, Nigeria’s President-elect admits
April 15, 2105 The President-elect of Nigeria has said he cannot promise to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram a year ago today. The students were herded into vans in Chibok on 14 April and disappeared, with the head of the militant group later claiming they had been converted to Islam and
#BringBackOurGirls: Has The World Forgotten About The Chibok Girls?
April 15, 2015 A year has passed. A new president has been voted in Nigeria. But for families, relatives and friends of the 276 girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram in the Northern town of Chibok the last 12 months have been agonizing. In a fast paced social media, the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls burnt out a
Watch: atrocious xenophobic attacks in South Africa
April 14, 2015 Shocking footage of the recent xenophobic violence and lootings in South Africa has gone viral on social media. The graphic detail in some of these videos leaves is a distressing account of the problem Extremely graphic videos of foreign nationals – appearing to be of Zimbabwean and Somalian nationality – being attacked in South African townships have