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Archives for March 2016

Famed African satirist raises alarm over Kenyan journalist sackings

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NAIROBI | Drazen Jorgic | Thu Mar 24, 2016 | Reuters One of Africa's best known satirists blames government pressure for journalist sackings at Kenya's biggest newspaper group which threaten to reverse decades of hard-won press freedoms. In a continent where journalists are often jailed, the Daily Nation's decision to end the contract of cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa after … [Read more...] about Famed African satirist raises alarm over Kenyan journalist sackings

Dr Besigye speaks out on life in detention

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ALBERT TUMWINE | Thursday, March 24   2016 | The Monitor KAMPALA- Four-time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has condemned the police’s continued house-arrest, describing it as “disabling and extremely stressful.” He however says he has prepared his mind to face any situation. Dr Besigye who has been under house-arrest since the announcement of the February 18 … [Read more...] about Dr Besigye speaks out on life in detention

The Curse of Ethiopia’s Success: The Ongoing Drought—and What to Do About It

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James Jeffrey | March 22, 2016  | Foreign Affairs For the last year, Ethiopia has been scraping through the worst drought the country has seen in 50 years. But there are no scenes reminiscent of 1984, when a lack of rain contributed to the death of more than a million Ethiopians. For that, the Ethiopian government deserves some credit. But the country still faces a … [Read more...] about The Curse of Ethiopia’s Success: The Ongoing Drought—and What to Do About It

The Untold Stories Of Black Girls

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Anya Kamenetz | March 23, 2016 | NPR The video, taken at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C., went viral last fall: A school safety officer flips a desk to the floor with a girl seated in it, then flings her across the floor. The student is African-American; the officer is white. Ultimately, the officer was fired based on the fallout surrounding that video. … [Read more...] about The Untold Stories Of Black Girls

The Big Lie About the Libyan War

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Micah Zenko | March 22, 2016 | Foreign Policy The Obama administration said it was just trying to protect civilians. Its actions reveal it was looking for regime change. In this fifth anniversary week of the U.S.-led Libya intervention, it’s instructive to revisit Hillary Clinton’s curiously abridged description of that war in her 2014 memoir, Hard Choices. … [Read more...] about The Big Lie About the Libyan War

Downing Street raises the Belgian flag and we tweet for Brussels – but where was this sympathy after Ankara?

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Yasmin Ahmed | 22 March 2016 | The Independent Our indifference is fuelling terrorist organisations like Isis Yet again Europe has been shaken by the impact of a terrorist attack – and, once again, it has responded in a way that we have come to see as tragically routine. On social media we have Facebook safety check-ins, Twitter hashtags and sharable cartoons. In … [Read more...] about Downing Street raises the Belgian flag and we tweet for Brussels – but where was this sympathy after Ankara?

Kabila employs delay tactics to stave off presidential elections

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Stephanie Wolters | 18 Mar 2016 | Mail & Guardian Indicators are that the government does not intend sticking to constitutional deadlines, and is instead pursuing a strategy of delaying elections. In mid-January, the Independent National Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced it would need 18 months to update the voters’ roll. … [Read more...] about Kabila employs delay tactics to stave off presidential elections