Bauchi Sharia court carries out first punishment under Nigeria’s new anti-gay laws –
NIGERIAN authorities have meted out the first punishment to a gay man under new anti-homosexual regulations that came into effect earlier this month after President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill into law. Â Defying global pressure, President Jonathan signed the Draconian bill into law earlier this month despite human rights bodies […]
Read More →South Africa income inequality highest in the world
A new report published by the World Bank has revealed that South Africa is facing a growing divide in income inequality since the fall of Apartheid. Gini coefficient, an international measure of income inequality, revealed the country’s level of inequality was the highest in the world at 0.70 in 2008, the World Bank said. “The […]
Read More →Old Mutual’s Futuregrowth Buys Farms As Food Prices Rise
Futuregrowth Asset Management, a unit of insurer Old Mutual Plc (OML) that oversees 110 billion rand ($13.3 billion) in fixed income investments, is buying farms in Africa to benefit from surging food prices. Futuregrowth’s United Farmers’ Fund has spent 450 million rand buying nine fruit and vegetable farms in South Africa since December 2010. It’s now considering investing in a cattle ranch […]
Read More →US to sell 60 Patriot missiles to Kuwait
WASHINGTON:- The Pentagon said Wednesday it planned to sell 60 Patriot missiles to Kuwait in a deal worth an estimated $4.2 billion, as the emirate tries to bolster its defenses against the threat from Iran. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which is in charge of US weapon sales to foreign countries, notified the […]
Read More →Hunger – Ethiopia’s new weapon to force tribes off their land ,
source survivalinternational The Omo Valley tribes A massive hydroelectric dam threatens the tribes of the Lower Omo River The tribes have lived in this area for centuries and have developed techniques to survive in a challenging environment.  They have not been consulted about the dam and stand to lose their livelihoods based on the river’s natural […]
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