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Three existing trade blocs in Eastern and Southern Africa will be united into a single new zone via the TFTA.
www.bbc.com Africa's largest free-trade zone is to be created, covering 26 countries and including more than 600 million people when a deal is signed in Egypt.
"In the long term, Burundi needs more aid from the international community to offer a better future to the country’s marginalized youth. Even before this round of instability, the country’s economy was feeble. Without major investment in education and job creation, Burundi will continue to be vulnerable to the entrepreneurs of violence."
nytimes.com Central Africa cannot afford to let the president's irresponsible wish for a third term tip the country into ethnic strife.
Read Faith Fugar's update on the NBA's exhibition show in South Africa, jump starting their presence on the continent and promoting Basketball Without Borders here:
scarrdc.org By Faith Fugar Basketball has been slow to gain popularity on the African continent. Soccer remains the number one sport in Africa, played by professionals and amateurs alike. In a move to ignite the popularity of basketball in Africa, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that it will…
"British consultant dermatologist Justine Kluk told the BBC the major concern was over unregulated products, which may contain ingredients such as mercury or excessive amounts of steroids."
bbc.com Skin-whitening creams - popular across Africa - are banned in Ivory Coast because of major health concerns, the government says.
These women were rescued from the Sambisa Forest, but the troops were unable to confirm if they were the kidnapped girls from Boko Haram's kidnappings in the village of Chibok last year.
cnn.com Nigerian troops rescued 200 girls and 93 women Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest, the Nigerian Armed Forces announced on its official Twitter account.
Click the link below to read "Brain Waste and Immigrant Underemployment in the United States: The District of Columbia's Skilled African Immigrant Constituency" by Kaleab Brook, as part of our Social Justice Working Group
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The event "What’s Right with Africa: Reframing Africa’s Leadership Challenges" will be live tweeted by President Charlotte Dreizen today at 11am from the United States Institute of Peace. Follow us to keep up and contribute!
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Different perspectives, including information on geography, population, and the economic climate of the continent.
one.org You already know that Africa isn't a country. But what else? Check out these maps and put Africa's population, income, growth, potential and more into context.
Tonight at 7pm, President Charlotte Dreizen will be attending and live-tweeting "A Conversation with John Prendergast: Africa, US Policy, and Making a Difference" at GW's Elliott School of International Affairs. Be sure to follow us on Twitter to keep up with the event!
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Humans of New York
"A few years ago, I got a call on my cell phone from a twelve year old child from my village. He was calling me from a bus stop. He'd taken a bus into the city alone, and he was calling me to ask if I could help him find a way to go to school. Both of his parents had died of AIDS, and he had no money for tuition. I told him to stay where he was, and left work immediately to pick him up. At first I was very mad at him. He should not have travelled alone. But then I looked at him and I saw myself. I'd also been desperate to go to school after my father was killed, but we had no money. So even though I was suffering myself, I told him I would try to help him. My salary was not enough, so I tried many things to get the money. After work, I went to the landfill to hunt for recyclables. But after I paid to have them cleaned, there was no money left. Now I'm trying to make bricks. I have a small operation in the village to make bricks, and I sell them in the city. It doesn't make much money, but it's enough to pay tuition for the boy and three of his siblings."
(Kampala, Uganda)
Stigma and lack of education are preventing children from getting proper care and the assistance they need.
theguardian.com British athlete Sophie Christiansen was shocked to see how stigma and lack of treatment are limiting disabled children’s lives in northern Rwanda
Siabatou Sanneh, like hundreds of millions of other people in Eastern and Southern Africa, do not have quick or easy access to potable water.
cbsn.ws Mark Korir of Kenya won the Paris Marathon but it was an unknown woman from Gambia who turned heads
Forbes Africa
Meet 22 year old Nigerian rising star, Florence 'DJ Cuppy' Otedola, as she talks about Entrepreneurship, Education, prejudice and building a world class brand in a male dominated industry in the April / May issue of Forbes Woman Africa
Read Sachin Kumar's latest article examining case studies from Rwanda, Somalia, and the DRC: Why Has There Been A Downward Trend in UN Military Intervention in Africa?
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Read more about child marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa at www.scarrdc.org!
When girls are allowed to be girls, we all benefit!
Great infographic from UNICEF on why we need to end child marriage now.
Read Faith Fugar's inaugural blog post here, discussing comedian Trevor Noah's shaky start on Comedy Central and what his rise to stardom means for South Africa:
scarrdc.org By Faith Fugar The social media world ignited a few days ago in response to the announcement that South African comedian Trevor Noah would be replacing Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, which airs weeknights on Comedy Central. Born in Johannesburg to a black South African mother and a white European f…
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This news comes just a day before Nigeria's rescheduled general elections, which were postponed because of Boko Haram's activity in the country.
bbc.in The Nigerian army says it has retaken the town of Gwoza, believed to be headquarters of Islamist group Boko Haram.
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan sign deal to end Nile dispute, which will allow for the building of a dam to more fairly distribute water from the Nile.
Despite the government's reclaiming of several towns, many news outlets are reporting that no signs have been found of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last year.
allafrica.com The military has found no trace of more than 200 Chibok school girls kidnapped nearly a year ago by Boko Haram, despite reclaiming several towns from the insurgents.
Students from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria recently unveiled an eco-friendly car that will compete in this year's Shell Eco Marathon Competition.
allafrica.com The car which is reportedly "environment friendly" was manufactured by students from the Ahmadu Bello University.
Gbagbo was given the maximum possible sentence, while her husband, the former president, still awaits trial at the International Criminal Court.
thisisafrica.me Former Ivory Coast first lady, Simone Gbagbo, sentenced to 20 years in jail
According to The Ethiopian Herald, the entire project's estimated cost will be between two and a half to three billion dollars.
allafrica.com Ethiopia is set to complete expansion work on Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in 2018.
Click below to read Ella Schneiberg's first blog for SCARR on maternal health and abortion in Zimbabwe:
President Charlotte Dreizen will be live-tweeting the United States Institute of Peace's event "Public Address by President Sirleaf of Liberia" today at 1:30 p.m. Follow us on Twitter for live coverage of President Sir Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's remarks.
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Click the link below to read Samuel Weber's first blog post on Boko Haram's influence on the upcoming general elections in Nigeria:
scarrdc.org By Samuel Weber On Sunday a girl believed to be as young as seven slipped into a market and detonated a bomb she was wearing, killing herself and four others, and leaving another 19 injured. This grisly scene from Potiskum, Nigeria, is all too familiar. The terrorist organization Boko Haram has clai…
"The State Department welcomed the move as "historic" and said it "signals the deepening relationship" between the two countries after they launched a new era of diplomatic relations in 2013."
news.yahoo.com US President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated America's first ambassador to Somalia since 1991, when ties soured as rival warlords took over the African nation. Katherine Dhanani, a long-time diplomat with deep experience of African affairs, will have to be confirmed by the Senate for the role in S…
Click below to read Abigail Wilson's blog on legislation passed to stop child marriage in Malawi:
scarrdc.org By Abigail Wilson The Marriage, Divorce, and Family Relations Law was passed by the Malawi Congress Party last week, interrupting a tradition of child and teen marriage, previously legal at age 15, which was previously preserved by cyclic poverty, gender inequality, and cultural tradition. The UN Wo…
Click below to read Sachin Kumar's latest blog on the effects of corruption in Sierra Leone:
scarrdc.org By Sachin Kumar Corruption is a plague that haunts Sub Saharan Africa, suffocating its potential and keeping its people in poverty. However, this isn’t news; countries like Sierra Leone have been battling corruption ever since its establishment as a country. Corruption is one of the main reasons tha…
An air strike intended to target Boko Haram officers has killed 37 people, some of which were mourners at a funeral.
bbc.com More than 300 Boko Haram fighters are killed during a military land and air operation in north-east Borno State, the Nigerian army says.
The leader of Nigeria's currently ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) has just resigned, causing more tension ahead of the country's already postponed general elections.
bbc.com Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo quits the ruling party ahead of the 28 March elections, tearing up his membership card in public.
Click here for the Mid-February 2015 edition of The SCARR Report, SCARR's bi-weekly newsletter with news and updates from DC and abroad.
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Thanks to member Mike Holmes for sharing this great article on remembering the legacy left by Nelson Mandela in South Africa, even after his death.
blogs.cfr.org In 1964, Nelson Mandela was convicted of sabotage in conjunction with the armed struggle against apartheid in the Rivonia Trial. He ...
Read Jelicia Diggs' latest blog, "Will this be the Final Peace Deal? Rebels in South Sudan Agree to New Ceasefire Deal" here:
scarrdc.org By Jelica Diggs After more than a year of civil war, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and former vice president, current rebel commander Riek Machar have recommitted to ceasefire deal as of last Monday. The Agreement on the Establishment of a Transitional Government of National Unity signed on Fe…
Mike Holmes covers the latest on Nigeria's upcoming general elections in his blog post "Nigeria's General Elections Officially Delayed." Read it here:
scarrdc.org By Mike Holmes The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially delayed Nigeria’s general elections from February 14 until March 28. After insisting for weeks that they would successfully hold elections in spite of difficulties regarding permanent voter card (PVC) distribution and…
SCARR member Kaleab Brook will be livetweeting The George Washington University's event "The Ebola Effect: Unpacking Ebola's Impact from Epidemiology to Public Policy" tonight! Follow us on Twitter for live coverage of the event!
Read Andy Marshall's latest blog to get caught up on the status of Nigeria's upcoming elections, here:
scarrdc.org By Andy Marshall Managing the Nigerian general elections, which were originally scheduled to take place this month, would be a challenging task even in ideal conditions. Nigeria, the seventh most populous country in the world, has 68.8 million registered voters spread across 36 diverse states and t…
The struggle for some to be able to vote continues in Nigeria, even as the government has pushed back the upcoming elections.
Voters in Lagos talk of the problems getting voting cards for the upcoming election
There are many startups that are leading the way for technology development for health in developing countries across the world.
1776.vc "Most people working on the latest app for you to chart your sleep cycle in the United States are clueless about the range of things it’s being used for.”
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