Selected African Holdings

Selected African Holdings

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Items selected from the online resources at Deutsche Welle with African origination.


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DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 Spanish

Much of the Senegalese population lives from agriculture and fisheries; most work in black. Senegal's economy has to fight a disastrous institutional economic policy in addition to facing extreme weather …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

South Africa's economic growth is powered by fossil fuels. Electricity is produced mainly by environmentally unfriendly, coal-fired power plants. But some people are trying to change that.


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

In early 2011, protests led mainly by young Tunisians caused President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country he'd run with an iron fist since 1987. Many of …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

Cameroon's coasts are suffering from overfishing. Foreign trawlers have depleted stocks to the point where there are few fish left. The city of Limbe in southwestern Cameroon has been hard …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 German

In Berlin sind DDR-Symbole als Touristenattraktion in die Kritik geraten. In Niedersachsen dürfen Karnevalisten einen Gottesdienst in einer katholischen Kirche feiern. Auf einem Bauernhof in Sachsen-Anhalt lernen Praktikanten aus Nigeria …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

German and South African scientists are collaborating in Durban to find new ways of fighting tuberculosis, or TB. For the past 20 years the number of cases of TB has …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

The unrest in Egypt has not only left dozens dead. It has also shown how divided Egyptian society is two years after the fall of Hosni Mubarak. President Morsi has …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 Spanish

The birds are a recurring dish in the region around the Polish city of Poznan. The pheasant, turkey, duck or hen of Guinea. Krzysztof Rabek, from restaurant\ ‘Hugo\,’ drinks from …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

Some of the best boxers in the world come from Ghana - from Bukom, a neighborhood of the capital, Accra, to be precise. Many young men hope that they can …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

The riots in Cairo and other Egyptian cities are also affecting foreign companies, among them the German firm Duravit. They've upped security in their two factories but are continuing operations …