As far as African dictators go, there is probably no single greater illustration of the nuances and complexities that underpin dictatorships in Africa, than Joseph Desire Mobutu’s 31 year stint, as the leader of the nation known today as the DRC.

A self-proclaimed anti-communist who modelled his entire state apparatus after China’s chairman Mao. A self-styled African revolutionary, who collaborated with his country’s former colonisers to assassinate his own prime minister and a proud Afrocentric, whose love for European luxuries and prestige would see him seize control of an estimated one third of his country’s GDP and build a personal net worth nearly twice the size of his country’s national debt.

A paradoxical man from a nation of paradox. Mobutu may have been stereotypically arrogant and cruel, but he was far from a simpleton. His over 3 decades as Congo’s Supreme leader, would be built on a complex combination of evil genius, will power and good fortune.

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Please visit the Center for Agroforestry (www.centerforagroforestry.org) on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UCUOh8LRAf21gW2dt3 Practices - Alley Cropping - Center for Agroforestry 2004 - DVD AF1008 - University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry. Noncommercial use only, video used with permission. In alley cropping, an agricultural crop is grown simultaneously with a long-term tree crop to provide annual income while the tree crop matures. Fine hardwoods like walnut, oak, ash and pecan are favored species in alley cropping systems and can potentially provide high value lumber or veneer logs. Learn how nut crops can be another intermediate product and see examples of successful alley cropping practices.

A film about a permaculture project in a remote part of Zimbabwe. This project has solved problems of food security and soil erosion for six villages of the Chikukwa clan. The project has been going for twenty years. The film explains a new way to tackle food security problems in Africa. This is the shorter 20 minute version of 'The Chikukwa Project'. For the longer version go to: Vimeo: A Zimbabwe Permaculture Project. http://vimeo.com/376455835

Suitable for permaculture teaching, human geography, development studies, agricultural extension.

Baboons are one of Africa’s most adaptive animals and this episode shows us their versatility as we see them in all of Africa’s seasons. Freezing in the rains, cooling off from the heat by swimming in crocodile infested rivers, foraging in the cool shady vales and playing, always finding time to play!

Format 60 -TNH 1982 - Extrait d'un entretien de Jean-Robert Antoine avec Bayyinah Bello, Educatrice, professeur à l'Institut d'Etudes et de Recherches Africaines. Thème: "De la polygamie en Afrique".

Professor Bayyinah Bello offers her vast knowledge and wisdom on African "Our-story" and Spirituality on this weekly webinar series.

Ivory Coast and Ghana signs agreement to determine global cocoa price - The Ghanaian and Ivorian governments have signed an Agreement in Accra for the Cote D'Ivoire - Ghana Cocoa Initiative Secretariat. This achievement will define both countries' bargaining leverage as the world's leading cocoa producers in deciding cocoa prices globally. The world's two largest cocoa suppliers, the Ivory Coast and Ghana, account for approximately two-thirds of global production, yet they have little influence over worldwide cocoa prices, which have remained low in recent times due to overproduction.
The global chocolate market is estimated to be valued at more than US $100 billion, with a few multinational corporations dominating the market.

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Sudan government announce $643 Million investment in Railway Network redevelopment - The Sudan railway network, half of which is abandoned, is set for a US$ 643 million makeover as part of current Sudan government efforts to revive an economy ravaged by decades of dictatorship and global isolation. The African Development Bank, China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd., and unidentified Gulf firms, according to Sudan Railways Corporation (SRC), are keen on assisting the North African country in restoring the approximately 2,400 kilometers of idle rail lines.

The railway networking project will be carried out in stages. The government intends to spend US$17 million in the first stage on emergency repairs to parts of the network that are currently in use. This network, according to the SRC's general manager, Waleed Mahmoud Ahmed, during an interview with sudan news agency, is critical for the country's economic development.

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