I think it is time for their own thread. So any comments on Mali or the Algerian BP hostage situation?
Bravo to the various forces fighting these desert thugs. I took a trip through Morocco into Mali and Senegal about 10 years ago. All I encountered was friendly welcoming people and I felt relatively safe. There was poverty, but not to the point of malnourishment, disease and widespread homelessness. It would be a shame if these people I remember become victims of these ruthless Sharia thugs
http://news.yahoo.com/tunisian-secularists-protest-against-islamist-pm-170933771.html Chad Army helping fight the Islamist in Mali http://news.yahoo.com/chadians-attack-islamists-mali-mountain-hideout-154146233.html
Perhaps Alarmist, but Burundi could be going the path of 1994 Rwanda and just like then, we (the world) will probably just look the other way. http://www.economist.com/news/middl...rises-stalk-rwandas-neighbour-sliding-towards http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/w...est&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&_r=0 http://allafrica.com/stories/201604190628.html
Today in the 3rd & 9th largest economies in Africa there are important elections. In South Africa Zuma is subject to a vote of confidence while Kenya is having presidential elections. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40860719 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40855040
Zuma survived, about 30 members of his party voted against him, but he was able to hold on as his party voted to support him. Kenya has less violence this time (good), the losing candidate is still claiming a rigged election, he will sue to the supreme court, and will probably lose.
WOW, I am not sure what will happen, but this is great for the independence of Kenyas courts. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kenyan-judge-orders-run-presidential-085601715.html
This is kind of cool, uber for ambulances in poor neighborhoods. In Nairobi there are 50 different numbers to call for an ambulance, which can be a problem if you're in an emergency pic.twitter.com/Kek5wm3RKq— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 6, 2017
So the former President of South Africa got 15 months for corruption and many South Africans did not like it https://news.yahoo.com/dozens-reported-killed-days-looting-124324413.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/africa/south-africa-violence-protests-intl/index.html
A landmark high court decision in South Africa has ruled that both parents have the right to a shared four months of parental leave from work. https://www.okayafrica.com/south-africa-shared-parental-leave/ SA already has marriage equality that made gay marriage lawful. Now they will have parental leave equality. Before the mother could take 4 months off and a father or domestic partner only 10. Now they can share on the 4 months, meaning the mother can take 2 and the father 2, also same gender couples can take the 4 months off (split them). Not bad.