Recent Africa Articles

Introducing six African instruments and their places in African culture. Also, details on how they are made and played.

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Forbes - AMSTERDAM (Thomson Financial) - Tele Atlas NV said it signed an agreement with Cadtech, a Moroccan company, to enable the development of digital maps for Morocco and the North African region. The agreement will see Morocco become the first country in ...

Forbes - In a humid rehearsal studio, Liberia's pop queen is practicing her newest single - a song called "Thank you" to be released for President Bush's visit here next week. Her head tilted back, Juli Endee pulls the microphone close and belts out, "Thank ...

Forbes - Today President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush leave for a six-day visit to Africa to highlight the Administration's legacy in health, education and economic development. In a speech today, President Bush stated that his Administration has ...

Sky.com - In visits to Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia he will see the impact of his five year, $15bn President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR). The funding has helped to revolutionise treatment on the continent where potentially life ...

Xinhua News Agency - SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean Foreign Ministry is preparing for setting up more diplomatic agencies in Africa to implement the incoming administration's resource strategy, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday. According ...

Reuters UK - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush ratcheted up pressure on Congress on Thursday to pass new rules for his domestic spying program before it expires this weekend, saying he was prepared to delay a trip to Africa to help advance the ...

Guardian Unlimited - They may not be George Bush's natural constituency but Rwanda's prostitutes have good things to say about him. So do poor South Africans abandoned by their quixotic government, and doctors across Africa who otherwise regard the American president as ...

New York Daily News - Bono, Queen Noor and Bobby Shriver at the Red Auction designed to raise money for the Treatment of HIV/Aids in Africa. Rocker Bono and artist Damien Hirst sent the mother of all Valentines to Africa Thursday night - raising more than $40 million for ...