A functional part of a dysfunctional country She can always dream SAHRA HALGAN, a musician, fled Hargeisa in northern Somalia in 1991. The city she left was a smoking ruin; most of the population was scattered. But in 2013, after 22 years living in France and working as a cleaner, she felt the urge to...
A Somali teenager who came to the UK as a boy refugee after the slaughter of his father, grandfather and other relatives in Africa turned into a desperate street robber when his footballing ambitions were thwarted by the loss of £40 in the post, a court heard today (Tuesday). Mohammed Bashe, 18, had made the...
By LUCY KASSA, Addis Fortune It has been one week since the Ethiopian New Year was celebrated. The holiday festivity and gatherings were warm in so many homes, until the sad news of the unfortunate death of Sebele Teferra, who played the famous character of Tirfe in the Betoch TV series on national TV, was...
Africa’s middle class is rising and they have money to spend. About a third of the continent spends between $4 to $20 a day—a group that is expected to grow to 42% by 2060, according to data from the Africa Development Bank. That’s more than a billion people. Consumption on the continent rose to more...
By Staff | Africa Review When Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari recently announced that he and his deputy would take a pay cut, it was not entirely surprising for a man known for his austerity, and who faces a challenge cutting back the excesses in the country’s finances. But President Buhari is not the first African leader to...
Gareth Peirce warns of prejudice in British justice system, and highlights campaign to free Anis Sardar, who was found guilty of murder Anis Sardar with his daughter. He was sentenced to 38 years in prison. By Tracy McVeigh A British black-cab driver who was sentenced to 38 years for a murder during theIraq war should...
Africa’s most impressive economic managers suffer from excessive caution NOWHERE in Africa is modern China more of a lodestar than in Ethiopia, which on May 24th held an uneventful election with a predetermined outcome: another term in office for the long-standing ruling party. The continent’s second most populous country and fastest-growing big economy has close...
By Karim Lebhour The journey costs between $2,500 and $5,000, a fortune, but one that most think they can pay back as soon as they strike gold in Europe. ON the walls of homes in the poor Cherkos neighbourhood of Ethiopia’s capital, the portraits of “martyrs” killed in their attempt to enter Europe offer a...
Remittances tell a story of sacrifice, families divided and massive bank penalties ‘Diaspora savings attributed to migrants from developing countries were estimated at €464 billion in 2013, mostly held in the banks of states to which they have migrated.’ Photograph: Getty Images By Patrick Smyth Keith Ellison, a Minnesota congressman, is worried about Ayan Hasan...
By Eran Feinstein As Africa continues to make strides in the adoption of new technology, with more mobile, online and credit options available, economies and spending are on the rise as well. Going cashless is safer, more secure and opens up new spending opportunities for Africans of many nations. Mobile opportunity The “Mobile Continent” has...