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Africa’s banks are doing what US banks aren’t: Winning
USA TODAY In the U.S., branches have been closing at a rapid pace — 1,771 in 2017, according to a National Community Reinvestment Coalition study — as they exit less profitable rural areas and try to lower costs, boost profits and regain trust in the aftermath … |
NPRIn Africa, War Over Water Looms As Ethiopia Nears Completion Of Nile River DamNPRThe $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam would tower over 500 feet and will generate more than three times the amount of energy produced by the Hoover Dam in the …
The Guardian |
World’s oldest art is in Africa, not Europe
The Guardian … 23 February), it is a pity the Guardian does not recall its own previous headlines. In an article 16 years ago (World’s first artwork found in Africa, 11 January 2002) you said: “Two tiny pieces of engraved ochre are the oldest works of art ever … |
BBC News |
Lion kills woman in South African private game reserve
BBC News A woman has been mauled to death by a lioness at a private game reserve north of South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria, a local emergency service reports. Netcare 911 spokesman Nick Dollman said the service had responded to a call of a … Lion Kills Woman at Private Hunting Lodge in South Africa Lion fatally mauls woman at game lodge in South Africa Lioness fatally mauls woman at game lodge in South Africa |
Quartz |
South Africa is now also notorious for white collar crime
Quartz “This indicates that the entire supply chain in South Africa is fraught with criminality,” the report said. It’s exactly the kind of white collar crime that is threatening to be the undoing of multinational group Steinhoff, in which an questionable … South Africa’s economic crime rate is the highest in the world South Africa Tops International Economic Crime List |
CitizenTurkey looks to AfricaAhvalTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is on a five-day, four-country visit to Africa this week to look for alternative trading partners to make up for losses in the Middle East and persuade African countries to close …
Independent Online |
Trump does have a plan for Africa and it doesn’t look good
Independent Online Since assuming the US presidency, Donald Trump has looked to block Muslims and refugees from entering the country; threatened Iran and North Korea and tried to kill the planet by pulling out of the climate deal. The African continent rarely features in … |
ChronicleTime to remap Europe-Africa relationsChronicleTHE story of thousands of Africans flocking to Europe and with thousands of the voyagers perishing in the Mediterranean Sea will no doubt go down in the annals of history as the most heart-breaking…
BuzzFeed News |
White House Yanked A Job Offer For Its Top Africa Post
BuzzFeed News In a sign of continued disarray in the White House’s national security team, the Trump administration has rescinded its job offer to the National Security Council’s senior director for Africa, ejecting a highly-regarded retired lieutenant colonel who … |
snopes.com |
Was a Half-Human, Half-Lamb Born in South Africa?
snopes.com The lamb in this photograph was born dead in the Eastern Cape of South Africa near the Lady Frere area. Although locals were surprised by the animal’s appearance and reportedly worried that it was the result of bestiality, the Eastern Cape Department … Stillborn lamb ‘sent by the devil’ terrifies South African villagers Lamb that looks half human produces horror in South Africa ‘Half-human’ lamb in South Africa terrifies both locals and the internet |