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Archives for May 2015

Senegal searches for its missing after migrant boat wrecks

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FRANCE 24, Date created : 2015-05-15 Fearful that many Senegalese may have perished in the recent shipwrecks of migrant boats in the Mediterranean, the Senegalese government is launching a new initiative to uncover information about missing nationals. The telephone doesn’t stop ringing at the Dakar office of the state secretary in charge of the Senegalese diaspora. After … [Read more...] about Senegal searches for its missing after migrant boat wrecks

Burundi’s president urges end to protest, coup leader at large

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BUJUMBURA | By Goran Tomasevic, Fri 15 May 2015, Reuters Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza's spokesman said he had returned to the capital on Friday after a failed coup but that the general behind it had not been arrested as he had reported earlier, adding to confusion after three days of turmoil. In an address on state radio, Nkurunziza urged an end to weeks of … [Read more...] about Burundi’s president urges end to protest, coup leader at large

How brokers and MPs conspire to rip off Kenyans

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By KEN OPALA, FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015,  Daily Nation (Kenya) The Sh28 billion Moi Referral and Training Hospital controversy has exposed how tenderpreneurs, public servants and politicians conspire to steal from Kenyans. The saga, which has sucked in Deputy President William Ruto, ODM leader Raila Odinga, hospital director John Kibosia and businessman Herbert Ojwang, is being … [Read more...] about How brokers and MPs conspire to rip off Kenyans

China now world’s biggest source of international students as more Chinese head overseas for broader education

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 By Mandy Zuo, Friday, 15 May, 2015,, South China Morning Post Experts say China's talent pool will improve as overseas universities throw open their doors to mainlanders as source of profit and diversity China is the world's biggest source of international students, with its growing middle class increasingly sending their children for studies abroad even as the … [Read more...] about China now world’s biggest source of international students as more Chinese head overseas for broader education

Historian Says Don’t ‘Sanitize’ How Our Government Created The Ghettos

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MAY 14, 2015, NPR Fifty years after the repeal of Jim Crow, many African-Americans still live in segregated ghettos in the country's metropolitan areas. Richard Rothstein, a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, has spent years studying the history of residential segregation in America. "We have a myth today that the ghettos in metropolitan areas around the … [Read more...] about Historian Says Don’t ‘Sanitize’ How Our Government Created The Ghettos

What’s behind Saudi Arabia’s new muscularity

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 By Taylor Luck, Correspondent MAY 14, 2015. Christian Science Monitor The desert Kingdom takes an assertive new stance. What it means for the Middle East and the world. RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — It happened every night at 7. Life came to a sudden halt in the bustling Saudi capital of Riyadh, and a silence fell across the country. Saudi businessmen, government workers, and … [Read more...] about What’s behind Saudi Arabia’s new muscularity

Italy reports 3,600 migrant rescues in two days

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Catania, Italy | By Sasa Kavic, Thu May 14, 2015, Reuters Almost 3,600 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded boats sailing from Africa to Europe over the past 48 hours, Italy said on Thursday, with sea conditions seen as perfect for attempting the crossing. As more than 600 migrants were brought ashore at the port of Catania in Sicily, rescuers plucked another 2,500 … [Read more...] about Italy reports 3,600 migrant rescues in two days

Africa’s path from poverty

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By JUSTIN YIFU LIN, May 14, 2015, The New Times (Rwanda) BEIJING – All low-income countries have the potential for dynamic economic growth. We know this because we have seen it happen repeatedly: a poor, agrarian economy transforms itself into a middle- or even high-income urban economy in one or two generations. The key is to capture the window of opportunity for … [Read more...] about Africa’s path from poverty

12 Years Later, a Mystery of Chemical Exposure in Iraq Clears Slightly

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By C. J. Chivers, 14 May 2015, New York Times The toxic vapors acted quickly against the Second Platoon of the 811th Ordnance Company, whose soldiers were moving abandoned barrels out of an Iraqi Republican Guard warehouse in 2003. The building, one soldier said, was littered with dead birds. As the soldiers pushed the barrels over and began rolling them, some of the contents … [Read more...] about 12 Years Later, a Mystery of Chemical Exposure in Iraq Clears Slightly