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U.S. Military Averaging More Than a Mission a Day in Africa: Documents Reveal Blinding Pace of Ops in 2013, More of the Same for 2014 by Nick Turse - TomDispatch The numbers tell the story: 10 exercises, 55 operations, 481 security cooperation activities...

Nelson Mandela once said, “Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity, but the protection of a fundamental human right; the right to dignity and a decent life.” In October 2002, UN Secretary General Kofi Anan reminded the world on the occasion of...

Source – CNN, African Voices By Calestous Juma, Special to CNN Date – 6 August 2013 Website – edition.cnn.com Editor’s note: Calestous Juma is professor of the Practice of International Development and faculty chair...

Concern in Africa over genetically modified crops has been dismissed as fear of the unknown by an environmental group chaired by Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general. A report by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), published...

Wikipedia has begun piloting a service that sends articles via text message, primarily aimed at users in Africa. The Wikimedia Foundation on Oct. 24 announced that it would launch a three-month test of Wikipedia Zero in Kenya, in partnership with the...