This Week's Top 10 News Stories From Africa

Africa.com:

This week, we’re reading about a singular problem facing Zimbabweans: a lack of change. We’re also reading comments by philanthropist Tony Elumelu, in which he states that Africans are the only ones who can develop Africa, and we take a look at the final moments in the career of the infamous leader Julius Malema, who was formally expelled from the African National Congress in South Africa.

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Comments

[Al Schrader]

11:22 AM on 04/22/2012

I gave them my solar fractionating technology worth more than 100 billion dollars US.
It turns sea water into free fresh water . It can turn all of the deserts in Africa into lush farmland, enough to feed everyone on Earth, not just Africa.
Sea water is unlimited, and also provides free sea salt, a valuable commodity. Solar actually works the best in deserts, and because of continual sunshine, crops do especially well there too. This occurs naturally in the Nile Delta area, as an example....Al-

[TRUTHHURTS500]

03:27 PM on 04/17/2012

In 1992, 45 African nations formed RASCOM (Regional African Satellite Communication Organisation) aimed at bringing down the cost of communications in the continent. Africa was paying some US$ 500 million a year as satellite fees to French and other European companies, and the call charges in the continent were the highest in the world. RASCOM had a plan to launch its own African satellite. The project would cost US$ 400 million. For 14 years, they went behind the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and other donors. These imperialist-run institutions made borrowing difficult by placing tough conditions.

Gaddafi put an end to these futile pleas and offered US$ 300 million. The African Development Bank with US$50 million and the West African Development Bank with US$27 million contributed to the project which was brought to fruition in December 2007. Africa’s gain was Europe’s loss. No wonder Gaddafi has become a villain for France, Britain and other imperialists though he is a hero for Africa.

Gaddafi had also pledged to fund three ambitious African projects — the creation of an African investment bank, an African monetary fund and an African central bank. Africa felt that these Africa-centred institutions were necessary to end its dependence on the IMF and the World Bank — institutions that prescribe unrealistic and unpopular measures to qualify for loans. These conditions which include measures to privatize natural resources and allowing unlimited access to foreign companies are designed to keep Africa eternally poor......"” Comments from dveloperz

[Paul Brewer]

12:55 PM on 04/17/2012

Looks like a poorly costumed 19th century Italian opera or Halloween

[TRUTHHURTS500]

11:14 AM on 04/17/2012

How did a European religion, Christianity reach the people of Africa? How did a European religion, Christianity reach the people in the Middle East? If Muslims came to America or were in Britian, France doing what European Christians are doing in Africa and the Middle East, people would be up in arms. But because Chrisitanity is seen as the "Correct" religion by imperialist there are different standards. Because Europeans want to dominate the world, what better why to do it than spread the poisoned religion around the world. Billy Graham and his son, The Mormons, mercernaries and even Black people from America programmed with this evil religion need to leave the people of Africa along. Enough damage has been done, they don't need your brainwashing!

[Sesheta Auset 1104]

01:32 AM on 04/23/2012

Originally, Christianity was not a "European Religion." It spread to Europe via the "Middle East." The first individual to accept Christianity was an African. Rome fed Christian converts to lions. Roman Emperor Constantine converted before he died, making the Empire accepting of Christianity. The New Testament (era of Jesus) has roots in Africa (Jesus lived and was schooled there). The problem would be the Old Testament.

[TRUTHHURTS500]

05:15 PM on 04/23/2012

Well Europeans hijacked it like they do everything else. They are all man-made anyway. Christianity, Islam, Jehovah,Buddist. Your relationship with your God, your Faith and your spirituality has nothing to do with man-made organized religion. Religion is used to brainwash and manipulate people. I don;t care what you say, Africans didn't refer to God and Jesus. God is YAHWEH. Everything biblical originates in Hebrew, not Greek, Latin or English. It's Hebrew. Nothing in the Holy Land has anything to do with Europe or English. There has never been a "J" in the Hebrew language. Your not going to convince me, I know better!

[Ibukun Otegbeye]

03:00 AM on 04/17/2012

Great news on Africa. As the world becomes more flat its always helpful to have access to such information

[DanielSo]

10:52 PM on 04/16/2012

Very informative news from Africa, thanks!

[Alara]

11:24 AM on 04/16/2012

What about all the new dubai-style cities being planned in angola, kenya, congo(oh yes), tanzania, south africa, equitorial guinea, ghana, nigeria...the android tablet being built by a congolese company(no kidding), the construction of an oil pipeline from south sudan to kenyan coast, 6% growth in SSA....etc

Seriously, there are tones of great news coming from africa, and this is the best you could compile?

[Onyxist]

12:58 PM on 04/16/2012

are these dubaistyle cities for blacks ?

[teeclarke]

08:56 PM on 04/16/2012

Go to Africa.com to see a full range of stories coming about ALL of the news from Africa, the good, bad and the ugly.

[JohnnyAce Okeke]

02:50 AM on 04/16/2012

Get well soon, Mugabe. We love you. You are an inspiration to us all. {{-_-}}

[Angie Daniels]

01:24 AM on 04/16/2012

Good luck!

[papapj]

09:44 PM on 04/15/2012

The old warrior who is uncle Bob Mugabe is on his last legs, it seems, and the fight he has taken on may now come into focus which is now coming to the fore not only in Zimbabwe, but in the neighboring nation of Azania (South Africa). That being, the equitable redistribution of lands which were appropriated by a non-representative minority and generationally husbanded for the benefit of a few, whilst the masses live in abject poverty and destitution, standing by in near starvation whilst fertile lands they once farmed for their livelihood are being used to grow crops which are principally for export for the benefit of others.

It's a common theme in many so-called 'Third World' nations. As part of the passage to a western style 'market economy' traditional methods and means of agriculture and husbandry are abandoned in efforts to satiate alien forces like the IMF and the World Bank, and a select few are sent off to the 'West' to become indoctrinated in Ivy League schools and colleges worldwide, returning home choc full of knowledge of western democracies which they attempt to implement at the cost of traditional means of government...And we all know who benefits from this...and it's definitely not the natives...

Slavery may be over, but the furtive rape of The Motherland continues. the much maligned and misunderstood 'Old Guard' represented by Mugabe will soon be gone, but who will replace them...?

[davejavalin]

05:58 PM on 04/15/2012

Good job HP/BV we all need to be more educated about Africa, which has been neglected by all media sources until something bad happens. Please report about the successes out of Africa.

[wkingsolomon77]

04:26 PM on 04/16/2012

What you are saying is 100% correct.Once we educated seld about africa,then we can invest and own a large piece of our home-land

[NightTrain96]

10:39 AM on 04/09/2012

Well done, keep it going, news from the homeland is always interesting.
For future reference.....stories on african women effect on microecnomics in Africa, the Chinese and Indians attempt to rob Africa of it's natural resources, while cornering the African financial market, would be very informative.

[wkingsolomon77]

04:27 PM on 04/16/2012

How come everyone can come in and work together and rob and own africa and we cannot work together?

[HOBSB]

11:00 PM on 04/08/2012

Thanks, Huff Po, for bring easily digestible news on what is happening in our motherland. Well done!

[HOBSB]

10:59 PM on 04/08/2012

Thanks, Huffington Post.

[JohnnyAce Okeke]

03:31 PM on 04/08/2012

Julius Malema is a hero and an inspiration to us all. {{-_-}}