For several years now, it’s been a popular trope of the Western press to make sweeping statements about Africa’s collective future – the continent is tumbling, no it’s rising, or maybe, as The New York Times put it earlier this year, Africa – all 50 some countries and 1.2 billion people of it – is just “reeling.”
Tehran, YJC. The 30th Fleet of the Iranian Navy is heading to South Africa in line with the Islamic Republic’s strategy of expanding its naval presence in international waters.
Tehran, YJC. -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Malaria Day, 25 April 2014 while saying that malaria still kills more than half a million people every year called for collective commitment to combat malaria.
Security in Africa, energy cooperation, data protection and the eurozone's recovery are on the menu of a joint meeting of France and Germany's cabinets in Paris later Wednesday.
The U.N. Security Council is set to authorize increased military action by France and African troops to try to end near-anarchy in the Central African Republic, which has seen an upsurge in Muslim-Christian violence along with widespread killings, torture and rapes.
Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday said two high-profile raids in Libya and Somalia showed the United States' unflinching determination to hunt down those responsible for terrorism.
Tehran, YJC. -- The Central African Republic has been sliding into chaos since rebels took over in March, with reports of executions, looting and epidemics prompting the United Nations to review its options Wednesday.