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Six on History: Africa
1) Congo: A journey to the heart of Africa - Full documentary - BBC Africa
"The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe.
Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country.
In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers, and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future."
2) Tanzania inaugurates its first female president
"DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania —
Samia Suluhu Hassan, 61, made history Friday when she was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president two days after the death was announced of her controversial predecessor, John Magufuli, who denied that COVID-19 was a problem in the East African country.
Wearing a hijab and holding up a Quran with her right hand, Hassan took the oath of office at State House, the government offices in Dar es Salaam, the country’s largest city.
Hassan, who served as vice president under Magufuli, is the second woman in East Africa to serve as head of government. Sylvia Kiningi served as president of tiny landlocked Burundi for nearly four months until February 1994."
3) Experimenting in Africa To Bring Privatization to a School Near You – Alan Singer on Daily Kos
Experimenting in Africa To Bring Privatization to a School Near You – Alan Singer on Daily Kos
https://www.dailykos.com/ stories/2018/5/14/1764138/- Experimenting-in-Africa-To- Bring-Privatization-to-a- School-Near-You?_=2018-05- 14T03:13:51.100-07:00
Earlier this month United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos had a private give-and-take with teachers who were selected as 2018 Teacher of the Year in their home states. At least one teacher, Jon Hazell, who teaches science in Oklahoma,...
Alan Singer, Director, Secondary Education Social Studies Teaching Learning Technology 290 Hagedorn Hall / 119 Hofstra University / Hempstead, NY 11549 (P) 516-463-5853 (F) 516-463-6196 Follow Alan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ ReecesPieces8 Blogs, tweets, essays, interviews, and e-blasts present my views and not those of Hofstra University.4) Remote C.I.A. Base in the Sahara Steadily Grows
"New satellite imagery shows that the air base in Dirkou, Niger, has grown significantly since The New York Times first reported the C.I.A. operations there in 2018, to include a much longer runway and increased security. The new imagery also shows for the first time what appears to be an MQ-9 Reaper drone taxiing to or from a clamshell hangar. The Times previously observed what was most likely a U-28A, an aircraft often used to support Special Operations Forces."
5) Oil promises – how oil changed a country | DW Documentary Africa
"When oil was discovered in Ghana in 2007, the country began to dream big. It dreamed that the ‘black gold’ would bring economic upswing and long-awaited prosperity to its nation. But what happens when dreams and globalization meet?
The global economy continues to rely on oil — but the so-called ‘black gold’ is becoming scarce. If a country has oil, so we tend to believe, it has all it needs to become a wealthy country. When oil was discovered in Ghana in 2007, Ghanaians also believed that economic prosperity would soon sweep over their country. By 2010, drilling had started. Ghana was determined to do better than Nigeria, a country that exports oil, but has to import gasoline.
This documentary, shot over a period of ten years, is a case study of globalization. Filmed in a coastal region where people lived off fishing and rubber cultivation for decades, it shows the impact the oil discovery has had on their lives. Would the promises come true? Would the ‘black gold’ bring modern life and progress, paved streets, electricity and jobs even to small villages? Filmmaker Elke Sasse and journalist Andrea Stäritz spent ten years documenting the developments on Ghana’s western coast. Nigerian animator Ebele Okoye adds her personal perspective through art, as a citizen of a nation hit by the oil curse."
6) Sparring for a Jab: Africa - Covid Cases
"Trade and production deals may help the region’s vaccination drive in the short term more than lobbying for changes to the IP and patent laws"
"Establishing vaccine production facilities needs to become a priority for Africa, but it is not going to happen during this phase of the pandemic. Whether split across three or four sites, or from one central site, it is going to need to be carefully planned. Africa's pharma sector has been constantly frustrated by its inability to achieve economies of scale with output that can compete with the big producers of India and China. In part, the problem has been the regulatory red tape of dealing with 54 countries, and cross-border impediments. The nascent Africa Medicines Agency, currently being piloted through the African Union by its Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) should significantly speed up drug and vaccine registration procedure but while its legal instruments have been adopted by member states, as ever for implementation, the devil is in the detail. At a recent high-level meeting of the implementation steering group, a senior WHO consultant cautioned delegates that 'setting up the European Medicines Agency (EMA) took 30 years'. It is going to take time."
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