African colonization, serial enslavers?

by Newsforecasters - October 1, 2019October 3, 20190

There are a couple of memes that have been floating around for some times concerning African colonization and African slavery in the U.S. Theses memes are: Meme #1) The world is plundering Africa's wealth of "billions of dollars a year." Meme #2) Historian and author Edward E. Baptist explains that

Ebola, a global pandemic imminent?

Science & Technology

by Newsforecasters - September 27, 2019September 27, 20190

Over 1,800 people have been killed in the Ebola outbreak since the first cases were confirmed in Africa a year ago. The number of the dead seems to be growing at a rate of 200-400 per month and is starting to go exponential. Surpassed only by the epidemic that claimed

Robert Mugabe’s dubious legacy, will Africa learn?

by Newsforecasters - September 7, 2019September 7, 20190

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence leader, ex-President, turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95. He was born February 21, 1924, in what was then Rhodesia - a British colony, run by its white minority. In 1964 he was imprisoned for more than a decade without trial. After a brief independence