Jonathan Franzen: ‘Egypt is the worst place to be a migratory bird’
NatureUp By Adam Welz From The Guardian UK US author sounds warning over Egyptian trapping that kills millions of birds as they migrate from Europe into Africa One of the photos shows a Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) caught in a…
Will the Ebola virus go airborne?
By Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American From Nature.com Experts say the possibility remains remote. Could Ebola go airborne? That’s the fear set off last week by a New York Times op-ed entitled “What We’re Afraid to Say about Ebola” from…
Will Scottish referendum encourage Africa’s separatists?
Many African countries have secessionist movements, partly because their borders were drawn up by colonial powers in the 19th Century. Will the Scottish referendum lead to a greater push for independence on the continent? In one of the few referendums…
Southend MP promoted into Foreign Office with responsibility for Cayman Islands
A South Essex Member of Parliament has been promoted to a ministerial role in the Government after the resignation of Mark Simmons, MP for Boston and Skegness James Duddridge, Tory MP for Southend East, has been appointed to Parliamentary Under…
White House Summit on Africa lauded but Caribbean/Central American investment summit urged
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. August 1, 2014: While saluting the White House for its second annual U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the Board of Invest Caribbean Now, (ICN), the biggest investment summit on the Caribbean outside the region, is urging…
Sahara Desert dust takes Transatlantic trip
By Patrick J. Kiger for Discovery News From Mashable If you’re sneezing right now, the cause may be on the other side of the planet. In late June, winds began blowing what NASA describes as a “river of dust” from…
Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem
By William Kremer BBC World Service A herd of hippopotamuses once owned by the late Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar has been taking over the countryside near his former ranch – and no-one quite knows what to do with them….
Kenyan baby girl ‘rescued by dog’
From BBC An abandoned baby girl found among a dog’s litter of puppies is now doing well in hospital in Kenya’s capital. Two boys heard the two-week old baby girl, named Angel by nurses, crying near their house in a…
Opinion: Slavery should have made Africa strong
By Michael A. Dingwall There is one thing about Africa and slavery that has perplexed me for a long time. Seeing that the Europeans were able to build great empires out of the slave trade, how is it that Africa…
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Cayman bomb hoaxer gets suspended sentence James Bernie Williams (53) was very lucky to get only a two year suspended sentence for carrying out a bomb hoax a week before Christmas at the Ritz Carlton and the Caribbean Club on…
