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Lending by the IMF and its many implications and complications for Africans 0
- Finance
- Saturday, February 6th, 2021
A country in severe financial trouble, unable to pay its international bills, poses potential problems for the stability of the international financial system, which the IMF was created to protect. Any member country, whether rich, middle-income, or poor, can turn to the IMF for financing if it has a balance of payments need—that is, if
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White flight from South Africa : Between staying and going 0
- Africa
- Friday, February 5th, 2021
First, he thought it was a mouse, then a rat—and then the rat shot him in the face. That is how André Brink, one of South Africa’s most famous novelists, described the recent killing of his nephew Adri, at home at 3am in the morning. The young man was left to die on the floor,
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Slave markets in Libya – Who is to blame? By Elliot Booker 0
- Africa
- Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
When CNN released video footage of a live slave auction in Libya, captured by journalist Nima Elbagir, shockwaves were sent around the world. Libya’s suffering and slavery didn’t just happen. Starting the bidding at $400 each, buyers purchased 12 African migrants at an undisclosed location outside the capital city of Tripoli in a matter of minutes.
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Radical economic transformation is just a code-word for theft, says South Africa’s richest man 0
- Africa
- Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
South Africa’s richest man Johann Rupert said “radical economic transformation,” the policy championed by the country’s President Jacob Zuma to reduce racial inequality, is no more than theft. What is Radical economic transformation? “Radical economic transformation is just a code word for theft,” Rupert said on the sidelines of Richemont’s annual general meeting in Geneva
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Established story about how humans came from Africa may be wrong.0
- Africa
- Monday, February 1st, 2021
The belief that humans came out of Africa millions of years ago is widely believed. But it might be about to be entirely re-written, according to the authors of a new study. They claim to have found a footprint in Crete that could change the narrative of early human evolution, suggesting that our ancestors were
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Why Jerusalem has always been such a dangerous flashpoint 0
- World
- Friday, January 29th, 2021
There are bulls in china shops and then there is Donald Trump. Charging in where every US President before him had feared to tread, he announced yesterday his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Why Jerusalem is considered a dangerous flashpoint. Israelis, naturally, were delighted; Palestinians appalled. In Gaza, Hamas pledged that the decision would
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