Africa: Ban hits at AU over coups
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday criticised power-grabs in Africa in a speech to the continent’s leaders as Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi reluctantly handed over the presidency of the African Union to Malawi.
Category North Africa
Egyptians dance in streets for African Cup football triumph
Cairo erupted with joy on Sunday after the national football team’s 1-0 triumph over Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations final that secured Egypt’s third successive championship on the continent.
Egypt Solar Energy
Jan27
Egypt’s green house gas emissions are among the fastest growing in the world. The country is now tapping international funds to reverse that trend. See the video by A24Media.
Expulsions from EU rise sharply
The number of asylum-seekers and other migrants expelled from the European Union in joint operations between its governments has grown three times in as many years, according to the new data, unpublished until now.
Heroes of HIV/2
Jan14
The second video of the IRIN series on people fighting HIV-AIDS, “Heroes of HIV”, is dedicated to Phindile Madonsela. She was raped at 16 and infected with HIV a few years later. Now she tours the schools of her native Soweto, in Gauteng Province, South Africa, empowering, motivating and educating children about the perils of HIV.
Video by IRIN – www.irinnews.org
Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story
Author of Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Adiche, gave a talk at the TED conference about the importance of story telling. Adichie believes that without story telling, one can become ignorant to the world around them, and the many different cultures within it. See the video.
