China shows COVID-19 can be ‘stopped in its tracks’
UNNEWS China's experience in containing the spread of the new coronavirus could serve as a lesson for other countries now facing the COVID-19 pandemic, a...
‘The United States isn’t God!’
ASKIAM Senior Editor http://www.twitter.com/askiaphotojourn WASHINGTON–President Donald J. Trump's decision to attack demonstrators at the U.S. embassy in Iraq and then to authorize the assassination of...
Growing African agriculture one ‘byte’ at a time
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe–Ella Mazani is a mobile phone farmer. “My mobile phone is part of my farming. It supports my farming and my...
New British leader’s disturbing remarks recalled by African media outlets
GINNEWS (GIN)–African media greeted the new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, by recalling some of particularly cringe-worthy remarks made during his formative years in politics. The...
‘Pink Tax’ costly for African females needing personal care products
@jehronmuhammad While South Africa and Tanzania, facing increased “global” scrutiny in 2018 removed their tax on women's sanitary pads, the government of the...
Venezuela – past and present
I remember so many wonderful things about the place I was born. I would travel back to Venezuela with my mother—the entrepreneur who would...
France, U.S. strike different notes in Africa
GINNEWS (GIN)–There were smiles all around in Kenya as French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta shook hands over a series of infrastructure...
Cold War is good for business
By RT.com U.S. contractors rejoice at the new Red Scare U.S. politicians and media peddling scary stories about Russia and China may have a more pedestrian...
Nigeria’s president battles chief judge over millions in unexplained funds
GINNEWS (GIN)–Efforts to clean up government–difficult in the best of times–were hamstrung by none other than Nigeria's top judge accused of failing to declare hundreds...
Income inequality fueling backlash and elites are worried
GINNEWS (GIN)–The rich are getting richer, businesses are thriving, but it's hard not to notice that discontent is growing among the expanding poor and middle...