africa

HORN OF AFRICA-----ETHIOPIA, DJIBOUTI,SOMALIA

The M23 rebels group, which is recently in news are fighting with government
forces in which among the following country?
[A]Chad
[B]Uganda
[C]Democratic Republic of Congo
[D]Nigeria
Democratic Republic of Congo




Sudan voted for succession

LAKE VICTORIA-------BORDER TRIPOINT OF KENYA, UGANDA, AND TANZANIA

Ernest Bai Koroma becomes President of Sierra Leone

November 27th, 2012

The incumbent President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, has been re-elected for a second term.

Sierra Leone is country in West Africa which has huge iron reserves.

SUDAN,ANGOLA,CONGO,COLOMBIA ----ALL SUFFERED FROM CIVIL WARS




‘Irina’ kills at least 65 in Madagascar
In Madagascar, many people have been killed in Tropical Storm Irina in
the South-East Ifanadiana district. Many people were also reported to
be missing in the mishap. In the South African city of Durban, beaches
were closed as waves reached 3m.
Irina was the second killer storm of the season. Madagascar is prone to
cyclones and tropical storms, especially in the rainy season from
February to May. In 2008,Cyclone Ivan smashed Madagascar, killing
more than 80 people and leaving over 200,000 homeless. In mid-
February 2012, another Tropical cyclone Giovanna killed 35 people.














In context with Africa, the term Maghreb Insurgency has been
making news frequently. Maghreb refers to ------North West Africa











EGYPT
Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi elected fifty year old Hisham Kandil as the country’s Prime Minister

SOMALIA---
SINCE 1991 RECENTLY PARLIMENT INAGURATED


Syria

cities in Syria, earlier considered
relatively safe government bastion has now become the latest centre of the revolt
against President Bashar Al-Assad ----Aleppo



UGANDA--

Recently,the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever is spreading in Uganda. 2.Ebola fever is a highly infectious
viral disease which has no cure or vaccine.





Nigeria: 50 people killed in violence
 Approximately 50 people were killed south-eastern Nigeria in clashes between Ezza and Ezilo people of Ishielu district, the two groups that are often in conflict.





Jamaica to go republic
 Jamaica’s new Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, states that she intends to make the island country a republic by removing Queen Elizabeth as the head of state.
 She was speaking ahead of celebrations to mark 50 years of Jamaican independence from Britain..
 In her inaugural address, Ms Simpson Miller said the time has come for Jamaica to break with the British
monarchy and have its own president.







Nicargua 


Daniel Ortega sworn in as President of Nicargua for third term
 Daniel Ortega, who won with a landslide margin in November 2011 elections , has been sworn in as President of Nicaragua for a third term.
 The main opposition party boycotted the ceremony in Managua, saying the poll was fraudulent and
unconstitutional.