Tag: Africa
Drones now protecting African elephants thanks to American businessman’s funding prowess
“We are very grateful that many African governments are leading the way by allowing our drones to fly.”
Africa: The next global economic frontier?
This vividly shows that the wealth of Africa is in the hands of the exploiting non-producing class which takes advantage of the exploited producing class.
America’s war-fighting footprint in Africa
Secret U.S. military documents reveal a constellation of American military bases across that continent.
Commandos without borders
America’s elite troops partner with African forces but pursue U.S. aims.
Climate change forced over 1 million Africans from their homes in...
Disasters triggered by rapid-onset natural hazards affected 33 African countries last year.
Africa and the Paris Agreement: Which Way Forward?
While some African countries are among the 86 Parties that had ratified the Agreement by Oct. 27, an analysis revealed that most African NDCs are vague in their adaptation and mitigation aspirations.
‘Great Elephant Census’ Shows Catastrophic Decline in Africa
"Forest elephant populations are already known to be decreasing at alarming rates and now the Great Elephant Census has revealed that savannah elephants are in the same boat."
OGADEN: Ethiopia’s Hidden Shame
The film records the distressing stories of three extraordinary young women, Anab, Maryama and Fatuma.
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Nearly half of US hospitals no longer deliver babies, new report finds
Rural hospitals keep losing the fight over leaner Medicaid budgets, and a separate analysis finds reaching the nearest labor and delivery unit already takes an hour or more in fourteen states.
F is for Failure and Fascism
On leadership, character, climate, prices, trade, alliances, militarism, health, civil/voting rights, even law and order.
Pentagon Iran War Report admits to Worst Drubbing since Vietnam
The Pentagon puts the war's cost at 33.4 billion dollars, independent estimates put it at more than three times that, with strikes across roughly twenty Middle East bases.
Kennedy Center board warns of bankruptcy unless Trump’s name returns to building
A 57-page draft resolution ties the center's fundraising future to ten proposed inscriptions honoring the president, as a federal judge who already ruled the board overstepped weighs a related case.
Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful
The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.