The U.S. housing market is splitting along racial lines, with black
homeownership dropping to the lowest level since at least 1970 -- just
two years after the Fair Housing Act was passed.
The rate among black Americans was 40.6% in the second…
The region of present day Malawi was originally inhabited by the relatives of the Khoisan who migrated from the Kalahari Desert. By the 15th century, the area was ruled by the Maravi. By the late 18th and early 19th century, the Maravi…
The ACFTA trade agreement hopes will create an economic bloc of $3.4 trillion to bolster development and trade across the continent of Africa. The U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, however, estimates an increase in intra-African trade of 52.3 % by 2020, asserting it will increase employment, facilitate better use of local resources for manufacturing and agriculture, and provide access to less expensive products.
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“Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed l about the body of Moses, durst m not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.” Jude 1:9-10 KJV
This statement or verse begs the question…
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) yesterday as the institution’s Engineering Faculty successfully unveiled its first five-seater electric car.
Christened Lion Ozumba 551, the car, made with 80 percent
locally-sourced materials, could undertake a 30-kilometer distance when
fully charged.
Vice…
The first French expedition is estimated to have come to
Niger around 1890. The white French settlers controlled the black chiefs who in
turn controlled the local Africans. When discontent began to grow, several political
parties formed in Niger: The Niger Progressive Party (PPN)/ African…
Sudan was colonized by the British wanted to use the colony
as a cotton producer. The British gave Sudan independence in 1956, and it
became the largest country in Africa. However, they were divisions between the
Muslims in the north and Christians in the South.…
In the early 19th century, the area around the
Central African Republic was losing about 20,000 per year because of demand for
slaves in Egypt and Brazil. For a while the area became underpopulated and when
the French took over the area as a colony…
In 1932, the French divided the colony into Mali, Niger and the Ivory Coast
but by 1947 they reunited the colony. However, by then there was a growing
anti-colonial movement. The movement was led by the African Democratic Assembly
(RDA) and the Voltic Union (UDV).…
Farming has an image problem in large parts of Africa. For many
people there, it’s synonymous with poverty. So it’s hardly surprising
parents don’t want their children to end up working the land.
Things may be starting to change, though. A growing…