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Archives for February 2016

Crises give Eritrea routes for closer global engagement
Published: February 29, 2016

ASMARA | Edumund Blair | Feb 29, 2016 | REUTERS A general view shows a section of the skyline in Eritrea’s capital Asmara, February 20, 2016. Picture taken February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Europe’s migration crisis and the conflict in Yemen hav …


Head in the cloud
Published: February 27, 2016

Sophie McBain | 23 February 2016 | NEW STATESMAN As we download ever more of our lives on to electronic devices, are we destroying our own internal memory? I do not remember my husband’s tele­phone number, or my best friend’s address. I have forgotten …


The Surprising History Behind Leap Year
Published: February 27, 2016

Brian Handwerk | February 26, 2016 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC The ancient Egyptians did it, and so do we. Here’s how a leap day—which occurs February 29—helps keep our calendars and societies in sync. Most of the modern world has adopted the Gregorian calen …


The Unaccountable Death of Boris Nemtsov
Published: February 27, 2016

Joshua Yaffa | February 26, 2016 | THE NEW YORKER On Saturday afternoon, friends and colleagues of Boris Nemtsov, joined by thousands of others, will march in Moscow, marking a year since the day Nemtsov was assassinated. Late in the evening on Februar …


African Farmers Struggle to Feed Continent’s Booming Population
Published: February 27, 2016

Michael Cohen and Eric Ombok | February 16, 2016 | BLOOMBERG Josephine Mbinya. Photographer: Riccardo Gangale/Bloomberg Josephine Mbinya bends from the waist to pluck beans from the black soil on her smallholding south of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. She …


More cooperation on the dam
Published: February 26, 2016

Doaa El-Bey | 25 February, 2016 | AL-AHRAM Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to boost cooperation at a summit meeting held this week, but failed to take tangible steps on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, writes Doaa El-Bey Al-Sisi’s meeting with the …


Donald Trump Is Winning Because White America Is Dying
Published: February 26, 2016

Matt Ferner National Reporter | 02/25/2016  THE HUFFINGTON POST Noam Chomsky says Trump’s rise is partly due to deeply rooted — and potentially fatal — feelings of fear and anger. What’s killing white, middle-age, poorly educated American men? Noam C …


Eritrea looks to build mining sector to kick-start economy
Published: February 26, 2016

ASMARA | Edmund Blair | Fri Feb 26, 2016 | REUTERS Eritrea expects to have four mines in operation by 2018 producing gold, copper, zinc and potash as one of Africa’s poorest nations looks to build an industry that can kick-start its economy, a top mini …


Calais Jungle clearance: French court approves demolition of part of migrant camp
Published: February 26, 2016

John Lichfield Paris | 25 February 2016 | THE INDEPENDENT Migrants will be offered places in transit camps in other parts of France where they can start the procedure for seeking asylum if they wish A French court has approved plans to clear part of th …


Democrats v autocrats in Africa: is there a winning formula? – podcast
Published: February 26, 2016

Presented by Hugh Muir and produced by Simon Barnard | THE GUARDIAN As the dust settles on the elections in Uganda, where Yoweri Museveni has prolonged a presidential reign of longer than 30 years, Hugh Muir looks at the trade-offs between progress and …


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