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Afrique
Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. L’ Afrique est un continent couvrant 6 % de la surface terrestre et 20,3 % de la surface des terres émergées [ 2 ] . Sa superficie est de 30 415 873 km 2 en incluant les îles. Avec une population de plus d'un milliard d'habitants [ 3 ] , les Africains représentent 16 % de la population mondiale.8 June 2011 Last updated at 14:57 ET Foreign firms are snapping up farming land in Africa, a new report says Hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, a US think-tank says. In a report, the Oakland Institute said hedge funds and other foreign firms had acquired large swathes of African land, often without proper contracts. It said the acquisitions had displaced millions of small farmers. Foreign firms farm the land to consolidate their hold over global food markets, the report said.
Hedge funds 'grabbing land' in Africa
This is Africa as visualized by Facebook . You could find it depressing if you looked at the world and saw that compared to the USA or Europe, Africa is still “dark”. Or you could take a positive view, like I do, and recognize that Facebook is driving ICT adoption in Africa . But why take my opinion? Let us go for an authoritative source like Russell Southwood’s Balancing Act :
Facebook usage in Africa is doubling every 7 months!
The famine in the Horn of Africa is linked to the end of the nomadic way of raising herds in the region. Photograph: Ed Harris/Reuters The images of Africans affected by the drought in Somalia , Ethiopia and Kenya paint a grim picture – thousands of people are again in desperate need and are being provided with food aid to allow them to survive. But what the photographs fail to show is the reason why so many people have reached this state of destitution.
Food aid is needed desperately - but it is not the answer | Analysis: Helen de Jode | Comment is free
Françafrique
Nous avons rassemblé sur la colonne de gauche de votre écran une sélection de textes, de livres, de films, de citations et de sites internet sur la Françafrique. pour une première approche de la Françafrique : le texte C'est quoi la Françafrique ? et le livre Nicolas Sarkozy ou la Françafrique décomplexée . pour une analyse approfondie de la Françafrique : les enquêtes La Françafrique et Noir Silence de François-Xavier Verschave. sur les exactions de l'armée française en Afrique : le texte L'armée française dans la Françafrique , les enquêtes Que fait l'armée française en Afrique ?