U.S. prepares to help coastal West African countries confront jihadists — Future Leaders Academy of Africa

The U.S. is preparing long-term assistance for Ivory Coast, Benin and Togo as fears grow that jihadist violence in the Sahel is spreading to Africa’s west coast. U.S. prepares to help coastal West African countries confront jihadists: U.S. prepares to help coastal West African countries confront jihadists Officials said Western support is also crucial to…

U.S. prepares to help coastal West African countries confront jihadists — Future Leaders Academy of Africa

Four African countries account for 70% of the world’s chocolate — Future Leaders Academy of Africa

Four African countries at the origin of 70% of the chocolate in the world: The main component of chocolate is the cocoa bean, which is produced by some African countries. In fact, they represent about two thirds of the world’s supply. The word cocoa, which comes from the Amerindian word “cacahuatl”, is a symbol of…

Four African countries account for 70% of the world’s chocolate — Future Leaders Academy of Africa

Africa can do better in economic growth — Future Leaders Academy of Africa

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa remains weak, dragged down by global economic uncertainty, underperformance of the continent’s largest economies, high inflation and a sharp deceleration in investment growth, according to a World Bank report released Wednesday. 689 more words

Africa can do better in economic growth — Future Leaders Academy of Africa

Viewpoint: Green activist alarmism is starving drought-stricken Africa — Genetic Literacy Project

Viewpoint: Green activist alarmism is starving drought-stricken Africa — Genetic Literacy Project

Shell drilling campaign seeks to open immense oil potential in Mauritania — Upstream

Supermajor will target promising oil play in basin where it has just been awarded another block

Shell drilling campaign seeks to open immense oil potential in Mauritania — Upstream

African regulators say the continent has the appropriate legal regime to oversee the safe use of GMOs — Genetic Literacy Project

African regulators say the continent has the appropriate legal regime to oversee the safe use of GMOs — Genetic Literacy Project

When Darwin Came to Africa — Evolution News

Charles Darwin did not actually visit Africa. But his poisonous ideas certainly did. Source

When Darwin Came to Africa — Evolution News

Viewpoint: How militant environmentalists deceived the public into believing glyphosate is cancerous — Genetic Literacy Project

Viewpoint: How militant environmentalists deceived the public into believing glyphosate is cancerous — Genetic Literacy Project

PRI Insider (Volume 3, Issue 5) February 3 — PRI

In a new documentary, one data scientist sets out to understand why birthrates have been falling across the industrialized world and beyond for decades. Over the course of this four-year project, Steven J. Shaw travels to 24 countries and interviews 230 people. Shaw uncovers an “unplanned childless crisis,” in which many people delay having children…

PRI Insider (Volume 3, Issue 5) February 3 — PRI

Viewpoint: Deciding between growing conventional or biotech crops in Africa? Here’s what farmers need to know — Genetic Literacy Project

Viewpoint: Deciding between growing conventional or biotech crops in Africa? Here’s what farmers need to know — Genetic Literacy Project