AFRICANGLOBE – Africa is the next frontier according to Evy Mahlaba who is the regional director for Africa from South African Tourism. “We can’t underestimate the potential of the African travel market. The World Bank has indicated an expectation of rapid growth in Africa from now till 2030. My aim is to capitalise on that […]

AFRICANGLOBE – A Michigan man was sentenced Wednesday to at least 17 years in prison for murdering an unarmed disoriented woman who appeared on his porch seeking help. Theodore Wafer was convicted of second-degree murder in the Nov. 2 murder of 19-year-old Renisha McBride. Before he was sentenced, the Dearborn Heights man apologized to her […]

Oklahoma Cop Accused of Raping Black Women Finds Supporters on Social Media

AFRICANGLOBE – Supporters of an Oklahoma City police officer who was charged with raping or sexually abusing eight Black women have raised more than $7,000 for the 27-year-old cop. Daniel Holtzclaw was  arrested in August on charges of rape, forcible oral sodomy, sexual battery, and indecent exposure for allegedly sexually assaulting women while on patrol. He is […]

South Africa’s Landless Blacks: Why Does the Impasse Continue?

AFRICANGLOBE – It was in 1652 when people of European descent began to systematically drive Africans in South Africa off their resource rich ancestral land, through force of arms, falsification of history, pseudo science, religion, the myth of White superiority and legal skulduggery.Yet for over 1 000 years before the Dutch arrived at the Cape […]

Yoweri Museveni: Why Africa Must Unite Politically

AFRICANGLOBE – Part XV of these series is the third segment of a speech delivered in Kampala on July 10, 1998. In the previous segments, President Yoweri Museveni explained the factors that he says led to the stagnation of Africa, which, some 500 years ago, was at the same level of development as Europe. In […]

What Do the Americans Know About the Ebola Eutbreak?

AFRICANGLOBE – From the comforts of Southern Africa, the news of the “Ebola epidemic” in “West Africa” presents a scary situation. “Are you sure you want to go there? Are you not afraid of Ebola? What if you catch it?” These are some of the routine questions that my wife and I were bombarded with […]

Eff to Fight Party Suspension from South African Parliament

AFRICANGLOBE – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will go to court to fight their suspension from Parliament, party leader Julius Malema said yesterday. Malema said the party would give National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete a deadline to give assurances that she would not move to suspend its 25 MPs in the House, and should she […]

African Ownership is the Key to African Nationalism

AFRICANGLOBE – African Nationalism was a response of Africans to the conquest, enslavement, the subjugation, plunder, and exploitation, of Africa by the powerful nations of Europe. Many other countries and peoples have had that similar experience in history. There is, however, something singular, unique, about the African experience. Because Africans had black skin colour, the […]

The Cult of the African National Congress

AFRICANGLOBE – I recently came across George Orwell’s 1984. Orwell is known for his insight into the behaviour of revolutionary governments. What I found in the book had me gasping for air. 1984 is set in a post-revolution world divided into three regions: Oceania, Eastacia and Eurasia. Winston, the protagonist, is based in Oceania. Oceania is ruled by […]

Ancient Site Reveals Signs of Mass Cannibalism

AFRICANGLOBE – Archaeologists have found evidence of mass cannibalism at a 7,000-year-old human burial site in south-west Germany, the journal Antiquity reports. The authors say their findings provide evidence of cannibalism in Europe’s early Neolithic period. Up to 500 human remains unearthed near the village of Herxheim may have been cannibalised. The “intentionally mutilated” remains […]

Libya Militias Seize Tripoli Government Offices

AFRICANGLOBE – Ministry and state offices in Tripoli have been seized by armed militias. The loss of control comes just days after the country’s interim government resigned, following the creation of a rival Islamist administration. The Libyan government reported in a statement that it has lost control of state offices in Tripoli to armed militias. […]