Africa Up Close

Mama Africa est une des rares sapeuses de la nouvelle génération et la plus connue de Kinshasa. Malgré ses moyens modestes, et le qu’en-dira-t-on, la sape est la passion de cette mère de six enfants.

Mama Africa is one of the most uncommon and most well-known “sapeuses” of her generation. Despite her modest means, and what others might have to say, “sape” remains a passion for this mother of six. “I have been a ‘sapeuse’ since the day I was born”, says this smiling woman of 32 years whose real name is Maguy Ndumza.

This article was originally translated from French. Click here to read more from Slate Afrique.

英国《卫报》近日报道称，受东非地区油气新贵激烈竞争的影响，尼日利亚已不是非洲油气勘探的最佳目的地。全球知名会计师事务所普华永道发布的最新非洲油气报告称，受东非新发现大量油气资源影响，一些重要的国际石油公司正将业务从非洲最大石油生产国尼日利亚撤离。荷兰皇家壳牌集团最近表示将出卖价值25亿美元的尼日利亚资产，意大利埃尼集团和法国道达尔石油公司正在出售尼日利亚的石油基础设施资产。

A recent report by The Guardian claimed that as a result of fierce competition from “nouveau riche” East Africa, Nigeria is no longer the ideal destination for oil and gas exploration.  The newest oil and gas report from global accounting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) pointed out that a number of major global petroleum companies are shifting operations away from Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil-producing country. Dutch Royal Shell, for example, has lately expressed its decision to sell US$2.5 billion of its assets in Nigeria, while Eni and Total have also been selling away their infrastructural assets in Nigeria.

This article is originally translated from Mandarin, click here to read the original from Chinapipe.net

Despite the country’s strong growth, the World Bank says that high poverty levels in Côte d’Ivoire remain worrisome. The international organization has stated that the country’s government must put “social protection system” in place.

This article was originally translated from French. Click here to read more from La Nouvelle Tribune. 

Angola é o mercado prioritário para 70% das empresas portuguesas, substituindo o Brasil como o país preferido para a internacionalização em 2013. Esta é uma das conclusões do estudo apresentado nesta sexta-feira na assembleia geral da Aese Business School que decorre no Estoril.

Angola is the priority market for 70% of Portuguese companies, replacing Brazil as the preferred country for the internalization in 2013. This is the first of many conclusions drawn from the study presented this past Friday at the Aese Business School general assembly that took place in Estoril.

This article was originally translated from Portuguese.  Click here to read more from Observador

A África do Sul tem mais sucesso do que outros países emergentes como o Brasil, México, Argentina ou Indonésia na hora de reduzir a pobreza mediante políticas fiscais, conforme um estudo publicado na última segunda-feira (3) pelo BM (Banco Mundial) em Pretória.

According to a study published last Monday (3) through the World Bank in Pretória, South Africa has more success compared to other emerging countries like Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, or Indonesia when it comes to reducing poverty through fiscal policy.

This article was originally translated from Portuguese.  Click here to read more from RFI.

Il y a un an, l’armée congolaise assistée de la Mission des Nations unies au Congo (Monusco) mettait fin à la rébellion du M23, ce groupe armé qui pendant un an et demi avait occupé toute une partie du Nord-Kivu

One year ago, with the help of MONUSCO  (Mission de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en République Démocratique du Congo), the Congolese ended the M23 rebellion, effectively shutting down the group that had occupied entire swathes of North-Kivu for a year and a half.

This article was originally translated from French. Click here to read more from AllAfrica

在赞比亚首都卢萨卡市中心的“皮佩”超市里，购物人群摩肩接踵。这已经是南非第二大连锁超市“皮佩”在赞比亚开设的第七家连锁店了。在加纳首都阿克拉，南非购物超市“肖普莱特”也成为该市的地标。记者拿着南非标准银行的信用卡，也几乎可以在非洲各国刷卡消费。

In downtown Lusaka, Zambia, throngs of shoppers descend upon a newly opened “Pick n Pay” outlet. This is the seventh outlet that “Pick n Pay”, South Africa’s second largest supermarket chain store, has established in Zambia. In Ghana’s capital Accra, South African supermarket chain “Shoprite” has become a city landmark. Holding a credit card from the Standard Bank of South Africa will allow one to go cashless in almost all of Africa.

This article is originally translated from Mandarin, click here to read the original from China News Service.

Tecnologias que auxiliam os pequenos agricultores familiares a reduzir os custos da criação de galinhas poedeiras por meio da substituição dos ingredientes utilizados na ração, sem que isso comprometa a qualidade e volume na produção de ovos. Este é o principal objetivo dos estudos desenvolvidos por um grupo de pesquisadores do Brasil e da África, por meio da plataforma Market Place.

Technologies that assist the small family farmers reduce the costs of raising laying hens through the substitution of ingredients used in the feeds, without comprising the quality and volume of egg production. This is the principal objective of the studies being developed by a group of researchers from Brazil and Africa through the Market Place platform.

This article was originally translated from Portuguese.  Click here to read more from Portal Brasil.

La question des rebelles hutus rwandais est de nouveau au centre des discussions dans la région des Grands Lacs. Lundi 20 octobre, la communauté de développement d’Afrique australe et la conférence internationale pour la région des Grands Lacs se sont réunies en Angola pour faire le point sur le désarmement des Forces de libération démocratiques du Rwanda (FDLR), ce groupe rebelle toujours actif dans l’est de la RDC depuis 20 ans.

Questions surrounding Rwandan Hutu rebels are once again at the center of discussion on the Great Lakes region.  On Monday October 20^th, the Southern African Development Community (SADC )and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) met in Angola to take stock of the disarmament of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), the rebel group that has been active in the eastern part of the DRC for twenty years.

This article was originally translated from French. Click here to read more from AllAfrica

世界卫生组织20日宣布，非洲国家尼日利亚的埃博拉疫情结束。在美欧埃博拉防线相继失守、全球谈埃色变之际，这一喜讯振奋人心。人们不禁发问，对于人口稠密、资金短缺、每2879人“共享”一名医生的尼日利亚来说，这个非洲人口第一大国如何打赢这场埃博拉阻击战?

On October 20^th, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Nigeria Ebola-free. In the midst of the worsening Ebola situation in the United States and Europe, that is certainly an exhilarating piece of news. This however begs the question: In a densely populated, cash-strapped country where every 2879 people “share” a doctor, how did Nigeria manage to overcome Ebola?

This article is originally translated from Mandarin, click here to read the original from Guangzhou Daily .