Updated 1234 GMT (2034 HKT) November 3, 2015
Morocco's new solar power plant will cover a 30 square kilometer area outside the city of Ouarzazate.
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Monday, November 16, 2015
Morocco to build world's largest concentrated solar power plant
Updated 1234 GMT (2034 HKT) November 3, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
Bringing phone reception to a remote mountain town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – in pictures
Thursday 7 May 2015 00.00 BST
With roads inaccessible, transporting a specially designed mobile phone mast to the remote town of Numbi, high in the the mountains of South Kivu, was an onerous task. Photojournalist Susan Schulman joined a team from an African communications company as they carried the mast’s heavy component parts across 27km of steep, muddy terrain
Burundian refugees flee to Rwanda amid violence before polls – in pictures
Thursday 7 May 2015 09.56 BST
Thousands of people have been arriving in Bugesera, Rwanda, in the past few weeks to escape pre-election violence in Burundi after President Pierre Nkurunziza declared his intention to stand for a third term. Of more than 40,000 Burundians who fled in the past month, more than half crossed into Rwanda
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Muslim migrants threw 12 Christians overboard to their deaths because they were not praying to Allah when they asked God for help when their dinghy suffered a puncture
- Nigerian Muslims threw 12 Christians overboard when he refused to stop
- Surviving refugees on dinghy looked distressed when they arrived in Italy
- Italian ships have rescued 10,000 refugees fleeing war in Africa this week
- Among them was boat of Libyans who were suffering from severe burns
PUBLISHED: 09:20 GMT, 18 April 2015 | UPDATED: 15:03 GMT, 18 April 2015
Monday, October 27, 2014
Escaping Boko Haram: How three Nigeria girls found safety - Cuộc chạy trốn khỏi Boko Haram
BBC
27 October 2014 Last updated at 01:00
Escaping Boko Haram: How three Nigeria girls found safety
For
six months the world has waited for news of the fate of more than 200
girls abducted by Nigerian militant group Boko Haram. As the Nigerian
government insists a deal to release the "Chibok girls" is being
negotiated, three girls who escaped their captors have told their story
to BBC Hausa.
Survivors reveal the horrific fate of teenage girls kidnapped by Islamic extremists Boko Haram
Torture, rape, forced marriage… and sent to fight on the front line:
Survivors reveal the horrific fate of teenage girls kidnapped by
Islamic extremists Boko Haram
- Dozens of former hostages describe ordeal in report by human rights group
- Girl, 15, says she was 'raped every night' after being forced to marry fighter
- Another captive, 19, tells how she was made to hold bullets during firefight
- Ordered to behead captive but 'I was shaking with horror and couldn't do it'
- Islamists have seized 30 more children despite government claims of truce
- Over 500 women and children have been by captured by group since 2009
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Incredible time-lapse reduces five-day migration of 1.5 MILLION wildebeest from Kenya to Tanzania... to just one minute
- Beautiful scenes captured by Will Burrard-Lucas
- Time-lapse a finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
- Footage was shot over five days in Northern Serengeti
Monday, October 13, 2014
Migrants are being forced sell their organs to pay for being trafficked from Africa to Europe
- Italian police have smashed trafficking ring made up of Libyans and Eritreans
- They demanded £1,200 up front for a place on rickety boat to Europe
- Upon arrival, gang decided if they were used as 'manpower or organ donors'
- 5 members of gang have been arrested, charged with human trafficking
- Police suspect gang was responsible for tragedy that killed 300 migrants
- Traffickers can pay $3,000 for kidneys, selling them on for 20 times more
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Dịch bệnh Ebola cướp đi tình thương và niềm an ủi của người Liberia
VOA
Sunday, September 14, 2014
U.S. scientists say Ebola epiodemic will rage for another 12 to 18 months
- U.S. scientists say the Ebola crisis is worsening
- They predict the virus will rage for another 12 to 18 months
- As of September 7, there had been 4,366 Ebola cases including 2,218 deaths, more than half of them in Liberia
- The most recent figures from Liberia reported 400 new cases as of September 7 - almost double the number reported the previous week
Ebola could hit 15 countries across Africa
Ebola could hit 15 countries across Africa: Study of how disease has spread in past finds 22million people may be at risk of infection
- In a world first, Oxford scientists have created a new map of places most at risk of an Ebola outbreak
- Show, regions likely to be home to animals harbouring virus more widespread than previously feared,
- The virus is thought to be carried by
bats or other wild animals, particularly in West Africa
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Liberia comes alive in these clever animated GIFs
Monrovia animated
Liberia, 2014
You can see the animated GIFs here or view the still images here.
For lower resolution images, click here.
Francois Beaurain is trying to create a new image for Liberia with his vibrant GIFs. Above is titled 'Child Soldier'.
Courtesy François Beaurain
You can see the animated GIFs here or view the still images here.
For lower resolution images, click here.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Families torn apart by Ebola: Photographer risks his own life to chronicle harrowing scenes in Liberia as doctors warn disease is out of control
John Moore (pictured inset in protective clothing), who works
for Getty Images, travelled to Monrovia, which is in the grip of the
deadly disease. Both Doctors Without Borders and Plan International say
that the virus is spreading faster than efforts to control it,
predicting the epidemic could last another six months. It comes as the
death toll from the condition has now climbed to 1,069. In Liberia, a
school (left) has become both a morgue and an isolation ward, where
desperate relatives are bringing people stricken by the virus. Pictured
centre, a boy tries to rouse his father in their one-room home before he
is taken to an Ebola ward. Pictured right, fishermen pull a dugout from
the water in the impoverished neighbourhood of West Point. People in
the area suspected of contracting the Ebola virus are being brought by
health workers to a temporary isolation centre.
Monday, July 28, 2014
Two Americans Stricken With Deadly Ebola Virus in Liberia
NBCNEWS
By Maggie Fox
An
American doctor and an aid worker working for two charitable groups
fighting Ebola in Liberia have both become infected with the deadly
virus, one of the groups confirmed. And Liberia closed some borders to
help prevent further spread of the virus.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Ebola outbreak: 11 African nations agree to plan to tackle deadly epidemic
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN
July 8, 2014 -- Updated 1528 GMT (2328 HKT)
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Crisis in South Sudan
A South Sudanese child displaced by recent fighting in Mingkaman, where UNICEF is providing humanitarian assistance.
Conflict leaves 3.75 million children in need of help; famine is the newest threat they face.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Ethiopia's ancient salt trail – in pictures
Freelance
photographer Siegfried Modola documents Ethiopia's ancient salt trail,
in one of the world's hottest and most inhospitable environments
Agbogbloshie: the world's largest e-waste dump – in pictures
Discarders
of electronic goods expect them to be recycled properly. But almost all
such devices contain
toxic chemicals which, even if they are recyclable, make it expensive to
do so. As a result, illegal dumping has become a lucrative business.
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