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Archives for April 2016

Drone: Inside the CIA’s Secret Drone War

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02/03 Apr 2016| Filmmaker: Tonje Hessen Schei | Aljazeera (English) From drone operators to strike victims, we examine the impact of remote-controlled killing [Part 1 Video] and the future of warfare. In 2001, the White House concluded that it was legal to use armed drones to kill senior al-Qaeda leaders. Within weeks of the 9/11 attacks, US President George W Bush signed … [Read more...] about Drone: Inside the CIA’s Secret Drone War

White Teachers Expect Less Than Black Teachers From Black Students

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Emily DeRuy | Apr 1, 2016 | The Atlantic A new study suggests that low expectations from some teachers might engender low performance from students. In yet another sign that the lack of teacher diversity is a pressing issue, a new study suggests that white teachers expect less academic success from black students than black teachers do from the same students. The study, … [Read more...] about White Teachers Expect Less Than Black Teachers From Black Students

Kenyatta address cut short by whistling MPs

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Duncan Miriri and George Obulutsa | April 01 2016 | Business Day WHISTLING by opposition legislators forced Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta to interrupt the country’s annual state of the nation address on Thursday, obliging the parliamentary speaker to restore order. Kenyatta cut short his address moments after he started, when the loud whistling began. The … [Read more...] about Kenyatta address cut short by whistling MPs

With its first mobile library, Uganda starts to build a reading culture

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Amy Fallon | April 1, 2016 | Christian Science Monitor Only 18 percent of third-graders could read a second-grade-level English story, according to a 2013 study. Founder Rosey Sembataya hopes her mobile library will help build 'a generation of book guzzlers.' KAMPALA, UGANDA — Clutching a pink plastic folder holding copies of books like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, … [Read more...] about With its first mobile library, Uganda starts to build a reading culture

Meet A Tractor That Can Plow Fields And Talk To The Cloud

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Joy Diaz | March 29, 2016 | NPR At the trendy South by Southwest conference in mid-March, there was buzz about music, movies, President Obama's keynote address ... and tractors. Why? Because there's a new, low-cost (but pretty smart) mini-tractor that's part of a business start-up in Abuja, Nigeria, called "Hello Tractor." And it was part of a SxSW competition. What … [Read more...] about Meet A Tractor That Can Plow Fields And Talk To The Cloud

South Africa rejoices as constitution wields its ‘mighty sword’

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JOHANNESBURG | Ed Cropley | Fri Apr 1, 2016 | Reuters When he became South Africa's top judge in 2011, Mogoeng Mogoeng was derided as everything from a legal lightweight and political stooge to Christian zealot and apartheid lackey. Five years later, the 55-year-old son of a miner and a housemaid is being feted as the savior of a young democracy. Alongside damning … [Read more...] about South Africa rejoices as constitution wields its ‘mighty sword’