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Archives for December 2015

EU summit: Migrant crisis top of agenda

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Danny Kemp | 17 Dec 2015 | Mail & Guardian Delegates will discuss a controversial plan for a new European Union force that could shore up borders without the host country's consent. EU leaders will tackle Britain’s reform demands and the migration crisis at a summit on Thursday, twin challenges that threaten the unity of the bloc as one of the toughest years in its … [Read more...] about EU summit: Migrant crisis top of agenda

Opposition party claim Ethiopian army killed 32 demonstrators

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ANDUALEM SISAY | Thursday | 17 December 2015 | The Nation ADDIS ABABA, Wednesday The opposition has accused Ethiopian security forces of killing at least 32 people in Burayu region on the outskirts of Addis Ababa in the past few weeks. The dead, claimed the opposition, include Oromo students who took part in two recent anti-government … [Read more...] about Opposition party claim Ethiopian army killed 32 demonstrators

Feminist essay a must-read for 16-year-old Swedes

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Alison Flood | 13 Dec 2015 | Mail & Guardian Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay is now being distributed in Swedish to high-school pupils. Less than a month after it was revealed that the United Kingdom is planning to drop feminism from the A-level politics syllabus, every 16-year-old in Sweden is being given a copy of Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi … [Read more...] about Feminist essay a must-read for 16-year-old Swedes

Zanu (PF) endorses Mugabe for 2018 polls

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Agency Staff | 14 December 2015 | Business Day VICTORIA FALLS — Zimbabwe’s ruling party at the weekend publicly endorsed 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for elections in 2018 — but his visible frailty means that backstage the focus was on his successor. Mr Mugabe has stumbled twice in recent public appearances, and in September read a speech to … [Read more...] about Zanu (PF) endorses Mugabe for 2018 polls

Rapper Nicki Minaj criticised for performing for Angolan dictator

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Harriet Alexander, New York | 16 Dec 2015 | The Telegraph The US star will perform for José Eduardo dos Santos for an undisclosed fee on Saturday night American rapper Nicki Minaj has been criticised for accepting cash from an African dictator, travelling to Angola to perform for the iron-fisted president, José Eduardo dos Santos. Minaj will follow in the … [Read more...] about Rapper Nicki Minaj criticised for performing for Angolan dictator

A new book reveals the horrifying, and fascinating, details of daily life under Isis

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Robert Fisk | Sunday 1 November 2015 | The Independent It details all of Isis’s cruelty, but places it in the context of a very bloody history Before Obama’s few dozen brave Spartans put their little bootees on the soil of the tiny bit of Syria that the Kurds hold, not far from Qamishli, they should learn a bit about Isis from the work of a Syrian historian. … [Read more...] about A new book reveals the horrifying, and fascinating, details of daily life under Isis

Ugandan woman forced to marry feared warlord explains why she would welcome him back

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Jacqui Thornton | 15 December 2015 | The Independent Dominic Ongwen, a commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army, is on trial at the The Hague on war crimes charges Prisca Lanyero makes a living selling charcoal and washing clothes. She lives in a rented mud and straw hut, with her children, aged eight and five. Their father, a feared commander in the Lord’s Resistance … [Read more...] about Ugandan woman forced to marry feared warlord explains why she would welcome him back

U.N. Bases Turn Into Cities For Desperate And Displaced In South Sudan

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Gregory Warner | 15 December 2015 | NPR Two years ago today, thousands of desperate South Sudanese came rushing to the gates of United Nations peacekeeper bases in the country, fleeing villages torn by ethnic conflict and begging for sanctuary. The civil war, which started when a political rivalry between South Sudan's president and his former deputy spiraled … [Read more...] about U.N. Bases Turn Into Cities For Desperate And Displaced In South Sudan

Sweden in hot water again over foreign policy

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ZACK PYZER | 12/16/2015 | Jerusalem Post The Swedish government's foreign policy made headlines again on Monday, after Foreign Minister Margot Wallström took a stance against an EU court's annulment of a trade agreement with Morocco, over the latter's occupation and annexation of mineral-rich Western Sahara. It appears that within the EU, Sweden stands alone against the … [Read more...] about Sweden in hot water again over foreign policy

The Billion-Dollar Caliphate

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Colum Lynch & David Francis, 15 December 2015, Foreign Policy The Islamic State has gotten rich from extortion, heists, and smuggling. But how long can the extremist group continue to bankroll jihad? Last month, U.S. fighter jets unleashed airstrikes against oil fields, refineries, and hundreds of tanker trucks near the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor. Dubbed Operation … [Read more...] about The Billion-Dollar Caliphate