Fossil of "Lucy's Baby" Revealed
Thursday September 21, 2006
Five years after the fossil was found in the Dikika region of Ethiopia, a juvenile Australopithecus afarensis has been finally freed from the sandstone surrounding it, reports BBC News. As ... Read More
Origins of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Tuesday September 19, 2006
When the Portuguese first sailed down the Atlantic African coast in the 1430s, they were interested in one thing. Surprisingly, given modern perspectives, it was not slaves but gold. However, ... Read More
World Health Organization Okays DDT
Saturday September 16, 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reversed nearly 30 years of policy and re-approved the use of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) in the fight against malaria. WHO is now recommending the use ... Read More
A Brief History of Kenya
Thursday September 14, 2006
Home to indigenous Bantu and Nilo-Saharan speaking peoples, the region was colonized by Arab traders from the 10th century and by the British in 1895. The route to independence was ... Read More
Gadaffi's Vision of a United States of Africa
Monday September 11, 2006
"Africa should build one federal government as soon as possible ... Africa should have one identity, one nationality, one people, one currency, one army ... ... This will be the ... Read More
Traditional Leaders vs Democracy
Sunday September 3, 2006
How modern democracy and traditional leadership can co-exist is a question facing many parts of Africa today. It's not a unique problem. Many countries in Europe were once ruled by ... Read More
Journalist John Pilger on Black Empowerment in SA
Saturday September 2, 2006
In his latest book, Freedom Next Time, award-winning journalist John Pilger is as blunt as always. In the section about South Africa since the end of Apartheid, Pilger criticises the ... Read More