Oct 28, 2008

(Hat Tip: IsRealli) Whether its turning Nigerian deserts into gardens, shipping medical supplies to Kenya or simply building schools in Ethiopia, Israel continues to display an active role in African continent. Now, it looks as if an organization called Jewish Heart for Africa seeks to improve life conditions for the continent by providing electricity to rural...

With the riots still raging throughout certain sections of Kenya, Israel has shipped tons of medical equipment to help out those who are suffering. (Israel National News) Foreign Ministry officials reported Monday that Israel had sent a planeload of aid to Kenya. The aid package includes three tons of medical equipment. Kenyan hospitals have faced shortages...

Jan 2, 2008

(Image: Map of Nigeria, Credit: Oxford Cartographers via Commmonwealth Secretariat) Despite being predominantly Muslim, the nation of Nigeria seems to be very comfortable trading with their Jewish counterpart–which may be a sign of the times that the middle east is becoming Israeli friendly. (Israel National News) Israel and Nigeria now do business...

Jan 2, 2008

(Image: Falash Mura children learning Hebrew in the Gondar compound, Credit: Uriel Heilman of JTA.org) With the Israeli government winding down the Aliyah of Ethiopian Jews, a new organization called the United Jewish Communities federation (or UJC) is raising money to construct a Jewish school in the city of Gondar, Ethiopia. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) The...

Sep 10, 2007

(Hat Tip: Israel Times, Image Credit: State.gov) An Israeli-American company has decided to partner with the nation of Nigeria in order to combat the ever spreading deserts that seem to be taking over the northern part of the country. (Business Today Online) The projects, conceived by Framan Agridev, a Nigerian-Israeli partnership, is aimed at combating...

While the world debates how to intervene in the situation in Darfur, it looks as if Muslim refugees have found an unusual sanctuary in an unlikely nation–Israel. (Baltimore Sun) Five years after he fled his Darfur village, and after jail spells in three countries, Ibrahim has found refuge in an unlikely place: a kibbutz in Israel. The young Muslim is one...

It looks like an Israeli method of hospitality is catching the interest of their Arabian cousins. (Israel Today) The Islamic countries of Senegal and Mauritania are interested in franchising Yad Sarah in their countries. In cooperation with Israel’s Foreign Ministry, these two nations’ citizens will benefit from the organization. Yad Sarah is an...