Africa News

Cape Town - The disenfranchisement of the black majority in South Africa did not begin with the rule of the Afrikaner-dominated Nationalist Party in 1948, but after a history of British colonization much like the U.S.

Toronto - The Black Star meet the United States of America for third straight World Cup and is also handed European soccer giant Germany in Group G, a group that many soccer pundits are dubbing as the ‘Group of Death’ at FIFA World Cup taking place in Summer.

A study of African fruit bats has revealed that thirty-four per cent of the bats had been infected with Lagos bat virus and 42 per cent had been infected with henipaviruses.

Kenyase - The American government and the United States agency for International Development (USAID), have won wide applause from a leading Eastern Africa farmers organization for their noble role of promoting economic growth in Africa.

On Friday, November 15, a caravan of child traffickers en route to Gambia was intercepted by police in the small West African country of Guinea-Bissau.

Agricultural experts and farmers attending a three-day workshop in Kenya have hailed the giant farmers body for being effective and people-driven in the promotion of regional integration.

Drugs that can target infections of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei (which causes "sleeping sickness") are at an advanced stage and it is hoped that a treatment medication could be imminent.

Johannesburg - The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation network, has declared the western black rhino subspecies as extinct. From 2007 to 2012, rhino poaching has increased 5000%.

Pretoria - One of Africa’s oldest palaeontology sites, the Cradle of Humankind, contains some of the most ancient hominid remains, going back more than three million years and Digital Journal took a journey into the past at the weekend.

In ancient Egypt, scarab beetles were revered and considered sacred. They were a symbol of hope and the restoration of life. Their images could be found on amulets, funerary objects and seals. The discovery of two new species are important finds.