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The true size of Africa
If the usual distortion in Mercator world maps is removed, the result is a completely different, non-discriminatory picture.
Read the background to why Africa is still depicted too small today, while Europe and America are too large: https://www.geo.de/wissen/mercator-projektion-wie-weltkarten-unser-bild-der-erde-verzerren-30181168.html
Criminal court finds ex-militia chief guilty
(dpa) - A good twenty years after the massacres in Darfur in Sudan, an ex-militia chief has been found guilty by the International Criminal Court. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was convicted by the judges in The Hague of 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity - including murder, rape and torture. The sentence will be decided at a later date.
Youth unemployment in Nigeria a "time bomb"
Agenzia Fides
It currently stands at 53 percent and is a reason for increasing kidnappings, armed robberies, drug abuse, sectarianism and ritual killings, including human sacrifices.
Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, Chairman of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference