Tag: Africa
Muslim Zanzibar gets its first-ever Jewish center
Winding alleyways make their way past carved doors before spilling into crowded marketplaces. Zanzibar, today an autonomous part of the East African country of Tanzania, was once, not too long ago, a Sultanate. The...
Jewish aid group and Israel team up to alleviate African poverty through agtech
In a ceremony in Jerusalem on Tuesday, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and Israel’s Ministry of the Economy formalized their partnership to leverage Israeli agricultural technology as part of JDC’s new Tikkun...
Prominent African business leaders and entrepreneurs tour Israel to deepen ties
A delegation of 10 African business leaders and entrepreneurs are touring Israel as part of an effort to grow further business and development ties between the Jewish state and sub-Saharan Africa.
The tour, organized by...
China’s Hegemony in Africa Benefits Russia and Iran
At first glance, China's neo-colonialist economic expansionism throughout Africa is just another aspect of China's self serving policies, which, coupled with frequent inability to finish what was started does more harm than good, but...
UN urges Israel to scrap African migrant relocation plan
Geneva - The United Nations on Tuesday called on Israel to scrap a new programme forcing thousands of African migrants out of the country, condemning it as incoherent and unsafe.
The programme is targeting an...