Dentons announces 7 law firm tie-ups at once
By Elizabeth Olson – From Big Law Business Dentons plans to combine with seven other firms located in Africa, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia, stepping up its already brisk global expansion, it announced March 14. The new additions involve a…
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China denies Lunar New Year broadcast with actress in blackface and fake buttocks was racist
By Ben Blanchard, Reuters From Business Insider China said its Lunar New Year broadcast, watched by hundreds of millions, that featured blackface was not racist. China accused the West of trying to divide Africa and China, which it called futile….
Why we’re focusing on Africa, Caribbean discourse—- IADS Director
By Elizabeth Uwandu From Vanguard ngr DIRECTOR, Institute of Africa & Diaspora Studies, IADS, University of Lagos, UNILAG, Prof. Muyiwa Falaiye has said the newly formed institute in partnership with the University of West Indies, was aimed at discussing timely…
Orange crocodiles that swim in bat poop are turning into a new species
By Mike Wehner From BGR A very special kind of crocodile calls the Abanda caves in Gabon, Africa, home. The creatures are African dwarf crocodiles, but they might not be for very much longer, because their isolated habitat has prompted…
Caribbean legislators join outrage over Trump’s reported ‘Racist’ remarks
From Jamaica Gleaner NEW YORK (CMC): Caribbean legislators on Friday joined the avalanche of deep outrage over United States President Donald J. Trump’s reported racist remarks about nationals from Haiti, Africa and El Salvador. “Donald Trump’s disgraceful and disdainful rhetoric…
An interesting talk by the MD of Daimler Benz
By Jonathan Brathwaite From LinkedIn International Tax Lawyer & Founder of Mithril Advisors An interesting concept of what could lay ahead. .a bit mind blowing really….. In a recent interview the MD of Daimler Benz (Mercedes Benz) said their competitors…
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C. Glendening & S. Leahovcenko | Mongolian eagle hunters
From The Travel Photographer This is a double feature on the eagle hunters of the Altai mountains of Mongolia; one is the cinematic work of Cale Glendening, and the other is a photographic essay by Sasha Leahovcenco. The golden eagles…
‘Supermalaria’ is on the way
By Janet Midega, Scientific America From Business Insider Scientists are worrying that a deadly strain of malaria is spreading quickly across the world from Southeast Asia. Simultaneously, Congress may cut 44% of malaria prevention funding which could lead to a…
Africa’s filthy rich
Filthy rich: The lavish ways of Africa’s longest self-serving dictators By Tony Mochama From SDE The lavish ways of Africa’s longest self-serving dictators Late last month, the new president of Zimbabwe, Emerson Mnangagwa, issued an amnesty that runs from December…
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Protected areas across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific boosted with €60 million investment
From IUCN The European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States have invested €60 million in the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme over the next six years – making it one of the…
