News from across Africa

[AlbertC]

Why are South African cities still so segregated 25 years after apartheid?

Justice Malala in Johannesburg
Mon 21 Oct 2019 06.00 BST

After 1994, the architecture of apartheid – the separation of rich and poor, black and white – was to be eradicated with creative and determined urban planning. It has not quite happened

Tell us: how have South African cities changed in the 25 years after apartheid?

Why are South African cities still so segregated 25 years after apartheid? | Justice Malala

After 1994, the architecture of apartheid was to be eradicated with creative and determined urban planning. It has not quite happened

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The gentrification of Soweto hides the scars of its cruel apartheid history

A quarter of Johannesburg’s population live in this modern and sophisticated township that is also blighted by poverty, drug addiction and crime

Niq Mhlongo

Tue 22 Oct 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Tue 22 Oct 2019 10.57 BST

The gentrification of Soweto hides its cruel apartheid history | Niq Mhlongo

This modern and sophisticated township is also blighted by poverty, drug addiction and crime

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[AlbertC]

Is South Africa's most fertile farmland under threat from developers?

Farmers fear development of Cape Town’s Philippi urban farmlands could cost them their livelihoods and worsen the city’s already extreme food inequality

Mary Bradley in Cape Town
Wed 23 Oct 2019 07.00 BST

Is South Africa's most fertile farmland under threat from developers?

Farmers fear development of Cape Town’s Philippi urban farmlands could cost them their livelihoods and worsen the city’s already extreme food inequality

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[AlbertC]

'I live in a better Cape Town than my parents did': readers on South Africa's cities after apartheid

We asked you to share your views on how South African cities have changed in the 25 years since apartheid. Here are some of the responses we received

Fri 25 Oct 2019 14.00 BST

'I live in a better Cape Town than my parents did': readers on South Africa's cities after apartheid

We asked you to share your views on how South African cities have changed in the 25 years since apartheid? Here are some of the responses we received

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[AlbertC]

Springboks’ victory driven by a strain of desire few others can comprehend

Led by a kid from the townships, South Africa’s triumphant side simply had more to play for than England

Andy Bull at International Stadium Yokohama
Sat 2 Nov 2019 17.15 GMT

Springboks’ victory driven by a strain of desire few others can comprehend | Andy Bull

Led by a kid from the townships, South Africa’s triumphant side simply had more to play for than England or any other team at the Rugby World Cup

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[AlbertC]

Victoria Falls dries to a trickle after worst drought in a century

One of southern Africa’s biggest tourist attractions has seen an unprecedented decline this dry season, fuelling climate change fears

Reuters at Victoria Falls
Sat 7 Dec 2019 01.53 GMT

Victoria Falls dries to a trickle after worst drought in a century

One of southern Africa’s biggest tourist attractions has seen an unprecedented decline this dry season, fuelling climate change fears

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[Johnny Au]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is having one of the worse Ebola outbreaks of all time. Over 2200 deaths have occurred for the current Ebola outbreak.

 

[AlbertC]

Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths

Dell, Microsoft and Tesla also among tech firms named in case brought by families of children killed or injured while mining in DRC

Annie Kelly
Mon 16 Dec 2019 10.28 GMT

Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths

Dell, Microsoft and Tesla also among tech firms named in case brought by families of children killed or injured while mining in DRC

www.theguardian.com

 

[AlbertC]

Al-Shabab attacks military base used by U.S. forces in Kenya

Abdi Guled, Tom Odula and Cara Anna
The Associated Press
Published Sunday, January 5, 2020 7:16AM EST

NAIROBI, KENYA -- Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles, Kenyan authorities said. It was the al-Qaida-linked group's first attack against U.S. forces in the East African country, and the military called the security situation "fluid" several hours after the assault.

Extremists attack Kenya military base, 3 Americans killed

Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three American Department of Defence personnel and destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles before they were repelled, U.S. and Kenyan authorities said.

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[Johnny Au]

The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is still ongoing. It could end up exceeding the 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak to become the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.

 

[AlbertC]

Revealed: how Angolan ruler's daughter used her status to build $2bn empire

Leaks show how Isabel dos Santos became Africa’s richest woman at expense of Angolan state

• Profile: Isabel dos Santos
• The diamond deal that rocked Angola

Juliette Garside, David Pegg and Hilary Osborne

The complex financial schemes that helped Africa’s richest woman amass a fortune at vast cost to the Angolan state can be revealed for the first time after a huge leak of confidential documents from her business empire.

Isabel dos Santos, who is known as “the princess” in Angola, the oil-rich nation her father ruled as president for almost four decades, has long denied that her estimated $2.2bn (£1.7bn) fortune is the result of nepotism or corruption.

Revealed: how Angolan ruler's daughter used her status to build $2bn empire

Leaks show how Isabel dos Santos became Africa’s richest woman at expense of Angolan state

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[AlbertC]

Heads could roll at PwC over Isabel dos Santos links, says chairman

Exclusive: Bob Moritz says he is ‘shocked and disappointed’ by Luanda Leaks disclosures

Larry Elliott and Graeme Wearden in Davos, and Juliette Garside
Tue 21 Jan 2020 14.11 GMT

The global chairman of PwC has warned that heads could roll at the professional services firm over its links to Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman, who is battling allegations that she obtained her wealth through corruption and nepotism.

Heads could roll at PwC over Isabel dos Santos links, says chairman

Exclusive: Bob Moritz says he is ‘shocked and disappointed’ by Luanda Leaks disclosures

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