Archives for January 2016
Sunday 31 January 2016 | THE GUARDIAN East African country has been especially hard hit by the seasonal warming over the Pacific Ocean – brought on by the El Niño climate phenomenon Ethiopia is struggling from its worst drought for 30 years with millio …
THICK END OF THE WEDGE: How Ethiopia didn’t invent the wheel Published: January 31, 2016
Peter Bruce | 29 January 2016 | BUSINESS DAY YOU just cannot run a modern economy in an undemocratic country. The Chinese are discovering this right now as their currency, the yuan, falls precipitously. No matter how the Chinese respond, money continue …
Mugabe hits out at Obama for ‘failing to help black people’ Published: January 31, 2016
HENRY OWUOR | Saturday, January 30, 2016 | DAILY NATION ADDIS ABABA, Saturday – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe delivered an hour-long speech as he handed over the chairmanship of the African Union to Chadian leader Idriss Debby, hitting out at US P …
Burundi government refusal blocks African Union plan to deploy troops Published: January 31, 2016
2016-01-31 | FRANCE24 African leaders failed on Sunday to authorise a proposed peacekeeping force to stem violence in Burundi in the face of vehement opposition from the government in Bujumbura. Instead, the African Union is to send envoys for more tal …
Ethiopia seeks donor support to meet drought needs Published: January 31, 2016
OGOLCHO, Ethiopia | Edmund Blair | Sun 31 Jan 2016 | REUTERS Ethiopia urged international donors on Sunday to offer aid promptly for relief operations to support 10.2 million people critically short of food, and said it was committed to allocating as m …
African Union backs away from imposing peacekeepers on Burundi Published: January 31, 2016
ADDIS ABABA | Aaron Maasho | Sun 31 Jan 2016 | REUTERS The African Union will send a team to Burundi to try to convince the government to accept a peacekeeping force that it had rejected, backing away from an earlier plan to send them with or without c …
Freedom by the Numbers Published: January 30, 2016
Ilya Lozovsky | 29 January 2016 | FOREIGN POLICY Freedom House’s index of freedom in the world is flawed — but the story it tells is indispensable. It’s January, which means we’ve just learned that freedom around the world is declining. This — for the …
The Burundi Ultimatum: The African Union Tests Its Right to Intervene Published: January 30, 2016
Paul D. Williams | 28 January 2016 | FOREIGN POLICY A protester sets up a barricade during a protest against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and his bid for a third term in Bujumbura, Burundi, May 22, 2015. After rebel forces in Burundi coordinated …
What is the Zika virus and how can you avoid catching it? Published: January 30, 2016
James Rothwell, video by Claire Lomas | 28 Jan 2016 | THE TELEGRAPH Scientists believes the virus can cause birth defects such as microcephaly, which leads to an abnormally small head The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that it expect …
Cotton bud in ear: Why can’t we resist the temptation despite the warnings? Published: January 30, 2016
Roberto A Fredman | Thursday 28 January 2016 | THE INDEPENDENT Their makers have printed the caution on every packet for more than 40 years – but their biggest use is still the exact one we’re warned against. Roberto A Ferdman looks into things best le …