A dozen biplanes from the 1920s and 1930s will fly 8,000 miles from Crete to Cape Town next month in a vintage aviation rally that harks back to the early days of air travel. https://youtu.be/ABm-wB2qK4Q
Tag: Africa
Africa unites to battle pirates and illegal fishing
PARIS, France (AFP) — Africa will come together to battle piracy and illegal fishing for the first time at an African Union maritime security summit that kicks off in Togo on October 15. The continent urgently needs to fight “extremely high stakes” piracy and illegal fishing in its waters by joining forces over policy and working to raise necessary funds, Togo’s Foreign Minister Robert Dussey told AFP ahead of the meeting. Why is this meeting […]
Helicopter crashes en route to Chevron Angola oil platform, at least four dead
(REUTERS) Four people died and two were missing after a helicopter crashed en route to a Chevron oil platform off the Angolan coast, the U.S. oil company said on Tuesday. The helicopter left Malongo port in Angola’s Cabinda province on Monday at 1523 local time to make the short journey to the Tombua-Landana offshore oil platform but never arrived. “The helicopter did not reach its intended destination. It was carrying five passengers and one pilot,” […]
There are four species of giraffe, not one: scientists
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — There are actually four species of giraffe, not one as previously believed, researchers said Thursday in a discovery that could change conservation efforts for the world’s tallest mammal. The study in the journal Current Biology is based on DNA evidence from skin biopsies of 190 giraffes across Africa. Giraffe populations have dropped dramatically in Africa over the past few decades, going from about 150,000 to less than 100,000. But giraffes have […]
2.6 billion people in Zika risk areas in Africa, Asia: study
by Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) — At least 2.6 billion people, over a third of the global population, live in parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific where Zika could gain a new foothold, researchers warned Friday, with 1.2 billion at risk in India alone. These are people who reside in as-yet unaffected parts of the world with the right climate and abundant mosquitoes for the virus to settle, spread and propagate an […]
Study sounds alarm for slow-breeding forest elephants
PARIS, France (AFP) — Even without poachers, Central Africa’s forest elephants would need almost a century to get their numbers back up to 2002 levels, said a study Wednesday that pried into the elusive creatures’ slow-breeding ways. The population had been decimated by illegal hunting, with an estimated 65 percent decline between 2002 and 2013, said researchers. Roaming the tropical forests of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo, the tusker sub-species […]
UN fears IS in Libya could relocate from Sirte
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Monday that Islamic State fighters could set up new cells across Libya and north Africa as they are driven from their stronghold of Sirte. Ban outlined the threat from foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Libya in a confidential report to the Security Council, obtained by AFP. “The recent pressure against ISIL in Libya could lead its members, including FTFs, to relocate and regroup in […]
Africa summit tackles violence against albinos
by Nicolas DELAUNAY DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) — A “Miss and Mister Albino” contest, heavy sentences for ritual murder and concrete graves to ward off tomb raiders were all discussed at a UN summit on albinism concluding in Tanzania on Monday. During the four-day meeting people with albinism and advocates for their rights discussed ways to safeguard and improve the lives of those who suffer discrimination, health problems and even murder as a result […]
Largest ever lion airlift
Thirty-three lions removed from circuses in Peru and Colombia will be in Africa by next week, after spending years in South America. Two dozen of the lions were rescued from Peruvian circuses during surprise raids organised by Animal Defenders International (ADI) that says they were living in deplorable conditions. ADI President Jan Creamer said the scope of the operation sends a clear message to people around the world. “This is a hugely important rescue mission […]
Asia most exposed to disasters, Africa most vulnerable: study
PARIS, France (AFP) — Countries and mega-cities across Asia are highly exposed to natural hazards ranging from cyclones to earthquakes, but people in sub-Saharan Africa are more vulnerable, according to a report released Wednesday. Nearly 1.4 billion people in South Asia — India, Bangladesh, Pakistan — face at least one major threat from Nature, especially flooding, severe storms boosted by rising seas, and quakes. In the case of Bangladesh, 100 percent of its population is […]
Part of missing Malaysian Airlines plane found in Africa
KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia – A part of a Boeing 777 similar to the missing MH370 of the Malaysian Airlines was sent to Malaysia. According to United States officials, the horizontal stabilizer skin was found in Mozambique, Africa. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000 – UNICEF
THE number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, according to new data released today by UNICEF. AIDS is the number one cause of death among adolescents in Africa and the second leading cause of death among adolescents globally. Among HIV-affected populations, adolescents are the only group for which the mortality figures are not decreasing. In sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the highest prevalence, girls are vastly more affected, accounting […]
