Posts Tagged: West Africa

August 25, 2014
A Disease Conduit: Bushmeat’s Role in Spreading Epidemics

A Disease Conduit: Bushmeat’s Role in Spreading Epidemics

In this video interview, Dr. Mark Walters, a professor at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, discusses his experiences in Gabon while conducting research through Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1994.

April 16, 2012
Mutiny Within a Blink of an Eye Or A Ticking Time Bomb?: Mali’s Coup

Mutiny Within a Blink of an Eye Or A Ticking Time Bomb?: Mali’s Coup

In the past two months, West Africa has witnessed an unprecedented security threat as several governments were caught in the grips of coups or attempted coups. As Guinea-Bissau soldiers arrest the nation’s Prime minister over a suspected coup, Mali’s new interim civilian president got sworn into office last Thursday, after a 27 days long coup that has puzzled... Read more »