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Geldof seeks $1bn for African investment

Yesterday - Financial Times
The singer and campaigner for aid to the continent is seeking to raise money from institutional investors for a private equity venture on the continen...

Donald Kaberuka: 'Africa can now be proud of AFDB'

1 hour 56 minutes ago - CNN
The African Development Bank (AFDB) has put its troubled past behind it and is now stronger than ever, according to president Donald Kaberuka

South Africa Strike Exposes Divisions

Yesterday - Wall Street Journal
A public-service strike in South Africa has laid bare divisions between labor unions and the government of President Zuma

Ashley Judd confronts Africa's deadly mineral issue

Yesterday - CNN
With a dozen humanitarian missions behind her, Ashley Judd has ventured to Africa to challenge the relationship between valuable minerals and unspeaka...

South African unions reject government offer

Yesterday - CNN
South African union members Thursday rejected an improved wage offer from the government as a public sector strike continues to cripple the country...

Opinion: Technology and people power can unlock Africa's potential

2 days ago - CNN
In Africa, we have made great strides towards poverty reduction and broader development in recent years and indeed, we are one of the first regions to...

South Africa’s Perfect Debt Storm Lures Record Buying

2 days ago - Business Week
International investors are buying more South African bonds than at any time in the past 15 years, lured by slowing inflation, a stronger rand and hig...

Robert Weller: Striking South African Unions Vote on Pay Increase Offer

3 days ago - The Huffington Post
South Africa appears to be in the worst shape it has been since successfully switching from white-minority rule following elections in 1994.Read More... by Robert Weller

South African Teachers’ Strike Compounds Crisis in Education

3 days ago - Business Week
A teachers strike has shut schools across South Africa just weeks before year-end exams, compounding the failures of a state education system that has...

Kenya, African Union defend Bashir visit

3 days ago - CNN
Kenya and the African Union are defending a visit by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on allegations of war crimes and genocide

South African government ups offer to striking workers

3 days ago - CNN
The South African government has increased its wage and housing offers to striking workers, a union spokesman said

Jann Turner: My Normal, Crazy, Mixed-Up Country -- South Africa

4 days ago - The Huffington Post
White Wedding is a universal story about love and prejudice. It's warm, charming, and reminds us that our similarities are greater than our difference... by Jann Turner

New fiber optic cables promise to bring better, cheaper internet access to West Africa

4 days ago - Engadget
Last summer, the lone undersea cable linking West Africa to the rest of the world was damaged, forcing Nigeria to fall back on slower and expensive s... by Donald Melanson

Suzanne Skees: Africa's Poorest Women Can Teach Us How to Manage Our Money

5 days ago - The Huffington Post
photo by Karl GroblThe mess we made with our wealthRead More... More on Ben Bernanke by Suzanne Skees

Islamic center's struggle echoes that of African-Americans

5 days ago - CNN
My job as an imam and outreach director for the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, located minutes from the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol, was created Sept...

South Africa's Zuma under pressure as strike widens

5 days ago - Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A powerful South African labor leader threatened at the weekend to withdraw support for President Jacob Zuma's African Nation...

South Africa's Zuma criticizes strike and hopes for deal

6 days ago - Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma on Saturday accused striking state workers of abandoning the sick at hospitals and said he...

South Africa strike risks babies' lives

7 days ago - CNN
Thomas Lehloholo was driving around Johannesburg desperately looking for a doctor to deliver his premature son when he got the call telling him it was...

Helicopters, DNA Targeted to Fight South African Rhino Poachers

7 days ago - Business Week
South Africa may use rhinoceros DNA and track low-flying helicopters to fight a record surge in poaching that is threatening the endangered animals

Further industrial unrest threatens South Africa

A week ago - CNN
Another powerful union in South Africa is threatening to join the massive strike that has already crippled the country

 

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Tweet of the day: RT @verashni: Any one know the percentage of white men in South Africa? For an article. Not to diss them -- promise.

by AmandaSevasti

@verashni When I was doing a project earlier, contacted someone at Statistics South Africa who said it was 1.9 million...

by paperstargirl

Say thank u..RT @dosomo29: Been lookin for this song,js dnt know d name MissPhinium: #np Africa must wake up- Nas, Damian Marley ft K'naan"

by MissPhinium

RT @biebersexual: #bieberfact When people ask how Justin broke his foot, Justin says he was on the Safari in Africa & an orangutan attacked him. WOW! XD

by xoxo_angeline

is hoping to save enough energy tomorrow to wake up for the rugby from South Africa at 1am!!

by rob_hanks

Bono shoots Louis Vuitton ad in South Africa

by jennyinjozi

RT @africastrategy: Why Investors Need to Look at Africa Right Now - Gold Speculator http://ow.ly/2xMUp #in

by sc_seo

working hard eh? RT @gordongreeff: Photo: Another crap day in Africa — at Wakame http://bit.ly/cBfTKl

by FritsHaas

@iBieberMuscles I'm from south africa :) what's your favorite justin bieber song :)

by JBIEBERCREWWW

RT @Drewbieberbase: Actually guys, ORANGUTAN isn't from AFRICA but from INDONESIA. ORANGUTAN means in INDONESIA a person who live in Forest. :D

by teshawtyy

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