Akon Launches Solar Academy In Africa To Supply 600 Million With Electricity
• trueactivist.com'Akon Lighting Africa' has launched a solar academy to help people in Bamako, Mali harness the power of the sun.
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Africa: On the Map
China Begins Military Colonization Of Africa w/ 1st Ever Overseas Army Base At Key Oil Chokepoint
• Zero HedgeBab el-Mandeb is a key chokepoint for global crude and needless to say, just about the last thing Saudi Arabia (or the West for that matter) wanted to see was an Iranian proxy army taking control of one side of the corridor.
In Mali and Rest of Africa, the U.S. Military Fights a Hidden War
• theintercept.comTHE GENERAL LEADING the U.S. military's hidden war in Africa says the continent is now home to nearly 50 terrorist organizations and "illicit groups" that threaten U.S. interests.
Is This Nation On The Verge of Rwanda-Style Genocide?
• http://www.thedailybeast.comA recently created African army, aimed at preventing another Rwandan-like atrocity, could see action in Burundi, which is on the verge of "possible genocide."
Tomgram: Nick Turse, America's Empire of African Bases
• http://www.tomdispatch.comAs I've written elsewhere, what Chalmers Johnson called America's "empire of bases" was "not so much our little secret as a secret we kept even from ourselves" -- at least until Johnson broke the silence and his book Blowback became a bes
Just Who Is Sidney Blumenthal, the Clintons' Closest Advisor?
• The ObserverWill Hillary's hatchet man be up for White House job if she wins?
Ron Paul Believes Benghazi Hearings Needed Broader Focus
• The Daily Bell -The mainstream media's obsession with keeping score when it comes to politics often distracts even the most knowledgeable political observers from considering the underlying, more important issues. This is just as true, surely, in Europe as it is in
House Benghazi Hearings: Too Much Too Late by Ron Paul
• Prison PlanetLast week the US House of Representatives called former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to appear before a select committee looking into the attack on a US facility in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. The attack left four Americans dead, including US Amb
House Benghazi Hearings: Too Much Too Late by Ron Paul
• Prison PlanetLast week the US House of Representatives called former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to appear before a select committee looking into the attack on a US facility in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. The attack left four Americans dead, including US Amb
Benghazi Questions No One Dares Ask by Ron Paul
• Ron Paul Liberty ReportToday's political theater on Capitol Hill purports to be an investigation into the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. Neither party will ask the real questions -- about the attack on Libya in the first place -- because they both
Hillary Clinton Looks to Turn Benghazi Hearing Into Next Boost
• BloombergWith the Republican-led committee under fire, the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential front-runner prepares to testify.
Obama's New War In Africa: Do We Need It? by Ron Paul
• Ron Paul Liberty ReportPresident Obama announced yesterday that he was sending the US military to Cameroon to help battle with Boko Haram, an ISIS-affiliated jihadist group. With the success rate of his previous interventions, is this a good idea?
Maasai Women Are Installing Solar Panels And Bringing Clean Energy To Rural Villages In Africa
• True ActivistVillages in Kenya, Africa are lighting up their houses in sustainable fashion thanks to women from the Maasai tribe - a semi-nomadic tribe in East Africa - and Green Energy Africa.
George Clooney Opposes War Profiteering While African
• http://worldbeyondwar.orgGeorge Clooney is being paid by the world's top two war profiteers, Lockheed-Martin and Boeing, to oppose war profiteering by Africans disloyal to the U.S. government's agenda.
Egypt Is On The Edge Of Full Blown Civil War
• http://www.zerohedge.comIn the last few days there were dozens of separate attacks in Egypt from the Sinai up to Cairo. Probably more than 60 people died while the Egyptian army used F16 attack plains to protect itself against it disgruntled population. It is clear that
AFRICOM Behaving Badly
• AntiWar.comThere were those secret service agents sent to Colombia to protect the president on a summit trip and the prostitutes they brought back to their hotel rooms. There was the Air Force general on a major bender in Moscow (with more women involved). Ther
AFRICOM Behaving Badly
• AntiWar.comThere were those secret service agents sent to Colombia to protect the president on a summit trip and the prostitutes they brought back to their hotel rooms. There was the Air Force general on a major bender in Moscow (with more women involved). Ther
Unsmiling Gen. Buhari Takes Charge in Nigeria
• Lewrockwell.comAfrica's most populous nation has just achieved something very important. This week Nigeria's voters handed a landslide victory to former president, Muhammadu Buhari.
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• Indiegogo - LRN.FMOur current satellite coverage includes North America and Central America. Until recently, we were also on over much of Africa. More about what happened to our signal in a moment.
Hailed as a Model for Successful Intervention, Libya Proves to be the Exact Opposite
• firstlook.org/theinterceptWhen Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003 by U.S. forces, Iraq War advocates boastfully celebrated the event as proof that they were right and used it to mock war opponents (Joe Lieberman and John Kerry, ...
Nigeria-based writer trolls 'measles-ravaged country America' on Twitter
• RawstoryA writer living in Nigeria turned the tables on American's overreaction and fear that travelers from African nations might bring Ebola into the United States, expressing his concern for "the measles-ravaged country America" on Twitter.
Growth of free Wi-Fi Transforming Africa
• arcleinIn Africa, the trend is towards providing citizens with free Wi-Fi in order to boost economic activity and education, in line with McKinsey's projection that if internet penetration grows in the same way as that of mobile phones on the continent, i
SPIEGEL: "For God's Sake, Please Stop the Aid!"--Interview with African Economics...
• http://www.dailypaul.comThe Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati, 35, says that aid to Africa does more harm than good. The avid proponent of globalization spoke with SPIEGEL about the disastrous effects of Western development policy in Africa, corrupt rulers, and the ten
When Is a "Base Camp" Neither a Base Nor a Camp?
• .Nick Turse looks at the US military in Chad. Yep, I said "in Chad." 99% of Americans are undoubtedly unfamiliar with that landlocked African country and the remaining 1% have no idea the US military is deeply involved in Chad.
How Thunderstorms Could Help Save African Elephants
• arcleinScientists hope one day to use this ability to save them from being killed by the thousands by poachers. Researchers analyzed data from GPS tracking devices placed on elephants in 14 different herds in the Nambia region of Africa and plotted the ele
Africa: A Tragic Continent
• http://www.lewrockwell.comHere's how my Aug. 11, 2003, column began: "Anyone who believes President Bush's Africa initiative, including sending U.S. troops to Liberia, will amount to more than a hill of beans is whistling Dixie. Maybe it's overly pessimistic, but most
Cautious optimism over Nigeria's kidnapped girls
• Washington PostCommunity leaders in the hometown of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are cautiously optimistic about news of a cease-fire with the Islamic extremists who abducted their daughters six months ago.
Maybe I'm Missing Something
• Daily Paul.comMaybe I just don' t get it.
Coke machines to serve as Wi-Fi hotspots in South Africa
• gizmag.comIn this day and age, if a community is to prosper, it certainly helps if its residents have internet access.
A Green Revolution, This Time for Africa
• arcleinIn 1944, Borlaug moved to Mexico to work on breeding high-yield, disease-resistant strains of wheat. Mexico adopted them — and in 1970, wheat yields were six times what they had been in 1950. In 1965, India and Pakistan, then on the brink of wides
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