Riots sparked by the shooting of a radical Muslim cleric and renewed ethnic clashes have shattered Kenya’s fragile stability. The…
Browsing: Africa in Fact
It took the International Criminal Court (ICC) ten years to convict and sentence its first offender. As it enters its…
Last June, the African Union moved its summit to Ethiopia. Malawi, the planned host, had refused entry to Omar al-Bashir,…
Terrorist group Boko Haram demands the adoption of sharia throughout Nigeria, though it has been practised in 12 Muslim-dominated states…
The lack of clean, reliable, affordable energy in Africa stifles economies, makes people sick and harms the environment. In industrialised…
Africa is often referred to as the dark continent and a former Belgian colony as the heart of darkness. These…
The Congo River is the world’s deepest. It is the second largest in terms of flow after the Amazon and…
Fewer than 16% of Ethiopians are connected to the national electricity grid. Many cook on firewood, charcoal and dung and…
The introduction of a property tax in Sierra Leone sees local governments gaining discretionary revenue In sub-Saharan Africa, property tax…
The introduction of a property tax in Sierra Leone sees local governments gaining discretionary revenue In sub-Saharan Africa, property tax…
