Category: Africa

2nd Woman Killed in Shark Attack in Egypt’s Red Sea

CAIRO—Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt’s Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. Two sources told Reuters that the body of a Romanian tourist in her late forties was discovered hours after an attack that left a 68-year-old Austrian woman dead. Both attacks…


Competing Directly With Belt and Road Initiative Spells Disaster for Western Taxpayers

Commentary U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement at the 2022 G7 meeting that $600 billion would be given to the developing world should set off alarm bells across the West. What is driving this massive transfer of wealth from the developed world to developing countries? The reason is the U.S. State Department, and Biden managed to…


Travel for Two: Wild meets serene at Tanzinia’s Grumeti Game Reserve

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service The late afternoon light is fading fast, and with the dust kicked up by the Land Rover catching the low rays of the sun, the terrain of trees, rocks and acacia-flecked hills of the Singita Grumeti Game Reserve seemed cloaked in gold. Maybe that’s why I missed…


9 Killed in Sudan as Protesters Rally on Uprising Anniversary

KHARTOUM—Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at protesters on Friday near the presidential palace in Khartoum, a day after nine people were reported killed during the largest anti-military rallies for months. Protest groups demanding a return to democratic rule have said they will organize an open-ended campaign of sit-ins and other peaceful actions in response…


Chinese Businessman Makes Videos to Insult Black People, Leading to Diplomatic Fallout

In a short video, a group of African children in red shirts and shorts happily looked at the camera, chanting in Chinese: “I am a black monster and my IQ is low. Yeah!” They repeated these words with joy and enthusiasm, apparently not knowing what they were saying. The video was uploaded to Douyin, a…


Chinese Businessman Made Videos to Insult Africans, Leading to Diplomatic Fallout

In a short video, a group of African children in red shirts and shorts happily looked at the camera, chanting in Chinese: “I am a black monster and my IQ is low. Yeah!” They repeated these words with joy and enthusiasm, apparently not knowing what they were saying. The video was uploaded to Douyin, a…


Jailed South African Paralympic Star Pistorius Met Victim’s Father

JOHANNESBURG—Former South Africa paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, last week met her father, a lawyer for the Steenkamp family said on Friday. The lawyer, Tania Koen, said Pistorius took part in a process known as victim-offender dialogue—an integral part of South Africa’s restorative justice program that brings…


Malawians Protest Against Chinese Video Tricking African Children Into Insulting Black People

A Chinese national who allegedly shot and sold exploitative videos of Malawian children with content insulting black people, has been arrested in Zambia on June 20. Malawians subsequently protested at the Chinese Embassy demanding compensation for the child victims. On June 21, local rights groups took to the streets in protest, filing a petition at the Chinese…


Bodies of 20 Migrants Found in Libyan Desert 2 Weeks After Last Contact

TRIPOLI, Libya—The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert near Chad have been found, the ambulance service said on Wednesday, showing pictures of them lying around a black pickup truck on the sand. The bodies were discovered by a truck driver travelling through the desert and were recovered on Tuesday about…


South African Human Fossils More Than a Million Years Older Than Previously Thought

Fossils of early human ancestors that were found in a cave in South Africa are now thought to be a million years older than originally estimated, thereby shaking the current scientific understanding of human evolution and its origins. Fossils from the Sterkfontein Cave, belonging to the genus Australopithecus, were initially thought to have been from…