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29Oct

By Africa BusinessNo Comments

African News, Sudan News

Sudanese woman honored with Hillary Clinton

By Brooke Edwards: Sudanese human rights activist Enass Muzamel has dedicated her life to the defense of democracy, human rights, and female empowerment. Born in Sudan, and as the war continues, her dedication and devotion to these issues were honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and recognized by former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. After losing her father at age thirteen, Enass was immediately conscious of the deeply patriarchal confines dictating Sudanese society. Her newly-widowed mother’s fight to keep their house for her seven daughters posed a threat to the male-domineered status-quo. Bearing witness to her newly matriarchal family’s struggle in the Sudanese sphere, Enass was motivated to fight this all-encompassing suppression. Becoming the Co-F...

28Apr

By Shahina ParvinNo Comments

archaeology, Ethiopia News, South Africa News, Sudan News, Tanzania News

Some Archaeology Discoveries In Africa

2-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Discovered: How Were Humans Back Then? Ancient Artifacts and findings in Kalahari. Archaeologists discover new site in East Africa. Medieval Beads: The Truth behind the African Trade Routes. The Oldest Bedding Found in South Africa. South African 'lost city' found using laser technology. The 2021 year. 2-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Discovered: How Were Humans Back Then? The Olduvai Gorge / Oldupai Gorge in Tanzania has always been one of the most important paleoanthropological sites all around the world. It has given such proofs that paves the understanding of early human evolution. It is because many groups of scientists have been finding hundreds of fossilized bones and stone tools in this area which are from millions of years ago. Ewass Oldupa, the w...

The Kingdom of Kerma: All You Need to Know

27Apr

By Shahina ParvinNo Comments

archaeology, Sudan News

The Kingdom of Kerma: All You Need to Know

Kerma, also known as Karmah, is archaeological with immense historic importance. It is the former capital of the ancient kingdom of Kerma which is situated in the Dongola Reach (above the 3rd Cataract of the River Nile in Sudan). All these stories are more than 5500 years old. Kerma is one of the largest archaeological sites in the ancient region of Nubia (ancient region in northeastern Africa: extending from the Nile river valley eastward to the shores of the Red Sea, southward to Khartoum or present Sudan and finally westward to the Libyan desert). Before we get to know more about the present-day Kerma, let’s dig deeper into how the Kerma Culture actually was or what Kerma Kingdom was actually about. As we were talking, this culture flourished from 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE. Although it wa...

10Apr

By Johan BurgerNo Comments

Djibouti News, Eritrea News, Ethiopia News, Main, Somalia News, Sudan News

Friday@Noon on the Horn of Africa: 2018

by Johan Burger The NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies publishes a weekly newsletter on issues relevant to Africa. This paper is based on issues addressed in the newsletter. The Horn of Africa has increasingly become the scene of activity, driven not only by players in the region, but also from abroad. For the purposes of this paper, Sudan will be included as part of the Horn. Sudan In 2018, and before, we have seen Russia, Britain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE becoming active in Sudan. The question is whether this is a short-term phenomenon or are we seeing a trend that will grow in the future? As it is, China is Sudan's biggest trade partner, importing oil from Sudan while exporting low cost items as well as armaments to Sudan. China’s footprint in Sudan has grown exponentiall...

10Apr

By Johan BurgerNo Comments

Ethiopia News, Main, Mozambique News, South Africa News, Sudan News, Tanzania News

Friday@Noon on Mining in Africa: 2018

by Johan Burger The NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies publishes a weekly newsletter on issues relevant to Africa. This paper is based on issues addressed in the newsletter. Various mining initiatives and challenges occurred during 2018. Below is a snapshot of some of it. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Tanzania Tanzania wants to take more of the profits from its vast mineral resources by overhauling the fiscal and regulatory regime of its mining sector. It adopted new regulations, which now make it compulsory for foreign-owned mining groups to offer shares to the government and local companies. A contractor, sub-contractor, mining company or other allied entity must maintain a bank account with an indigenous Tanzanian bank and transact business through banks in the country. The in...