Why banana smuggling is profitable in Tunisia
By Naveena Kottoor
In many countries around the world, bananas are among the cheapest type of fruit available. Not in Tunisia.
Bananas here are about 30%...
World Aids Day: Overcoming fear of taking ARVs
One out of every two people in the world living with HIV do not know that they have it. The main barrier to testing...
Will Ebola spoil the mood at the Africa Cup of Nations?
In our series of letters from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo writes that the Ebola outbreak will not spoil the mood at...
Was Nigeria’s government hoodwinked over Boko Haram ‘truce’?
By Tolu Ogunlesi, Special to CNN
On Friday, October 17, Alex Badeh, Nigeria’s most senior military official, announced in the Nigerian capital Abuja that “a...
Six unexpected World War 1 battle grounds
Not all crucial battles in World War One took place on the muddy fields of Europe. Some significant fights took place in little-known places...
