Moving was an opportunity to fulfil her potential and avoid being targeted by racial violence.
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is paying off Nigeria’s $76 million polio debt | Quartz Africa
As Nigeria’s battles on to become a polio-free country, Bill and Melinda Gates have taken an extraordinary step to give Africa’s largest economy a helping hand through their foundation.
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All-female Ethiopian airline crew breaks gender barriers with historic flight to Nigeria | Face2Face Africa
The historic airlift, which is the airline’s first flight to Nigeria in the hands of an all-female crew, has grabbed headlines across the world, with some people lauding it as a major milestone for the womenfolk.
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Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century | The Guardian (2011)
The US-sponsored plot to kill Patrice Lumumba, the hero of Congolese independence, took place 50 years ago today.
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People for sale Where lives are auctioned for $400 | CNN
Where lives are auctioned for $400.
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How the treated bed net solved East Africa’s malaria puzzle | Daily Nation
The National Malaria Strategy of 2001/10 puts emphasis on scaling up distribution of insecticide-treated nets, improving access to effective medicines for treatment, and epidemic preparedness.
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Inside Big Chocolate’s Child Labor Problem | Fortune
For a decade and a half, the big chocolate makers have promised to end child labor in their industry—and have spent tens of millions of dollars in the effort. But as of the latest estimate, 2.1 million West African children still do the dangerous and physically taxing work of harvesting cocoa. What will it take to fix the problem?
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How This Black-Owned Coffee Company Is Educating Sudanese Refugees One Cup at a Time | Atlanta Black Star
Infighting. Ethnic cleansing. Civil war. Famine.
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Film Africa – Celebrating Africa’s Brave New Voices Fri 27th Oct – Sun 5th Nov | The British Blacklist
Film Africa, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society, returns to London cinemas for its seventh edition from Friday 27 October to Sunday 5 November.
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More Than a Million People in South Sudan Are on the Brink of Starvation | Time
(JUBA, South Sudan) — In war-torn South Sudan 1.25 million people are facing starvation, double the number from the same time last year, according to a report by the United Nations and the government released Monday.
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