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Archives for October 2016

Facebook’s Free Basics Is an African Dictator’s Dream
Published: October 29, 2016

Nanjala Nyabola | October 27, 2016 | Foreign Policy The tech giant’s no-frills app gives governments a version of the internet they can influence, if not totally control. NAIROBI — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s surprise visit to Kenya and Nigeria in S …


Africa Update: Perspectives From International CEOs
Published: October 29, 2016

Council on Foreign Relations | Oct 17, 2016 Three African members of CFR’s Global Board of Advisors discuss the geopolitical and geoeconomic issues facing the continent today. CFR’s Global Board of Advisors, founded in 2012, fosters a dialogue between …


Understanding the Roots of Conflict in South Sudan
Published: October 29, 2016

Katherine Noel | September 14, 2016 | Council on Foreign Relations Five years after gaining independence, South Sudan is gripped by a civil war that has killed an estimated 50,000 and displaced 1.6 million. Civil war along ethnic lines broke out in Dec …


Remembering the Palestinians murdered at Kafr Qasim six decades ago
Published: October 29, 2016

Yoav Galai | October 28, 2016 | The Conversation A memorial to the Kafr Qasim victims. Zero0000 via Wikimedia Commons October 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of one of the key events in Jewish-Arab history within Israel: the Kafr Qasim massacre of 1956 …


ICC’s toughest trial: Africa vs. ‘Infamous Caucasian Court’
Published: October 28, 2016

Ed Cropley | JOHANNESBURG | Fri Oct 28, 2016 | REUTERS South Africa and Burundi’s decision to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) and an attack by Gambia against its supposed ‘Caucasian’ justice are likely to embolden other African states to le …


Calais minors lured from camp then abandoned by authorities
Published: October 28, 2016

Lisa O’Carroll in Calais, Amelia Gentleman and Alan Travis in London | Thursday 27 October 2016 | The Guardian UK and France accused of breaching human rights as children forced to sleep in makeshift conditions for second night A young Eritrean prepare …


Why it’s not all about security as West beefs up military in Africa’s Sahel
Published: October 28, 2016

Keith Somerville | October 26, 2016 | The Conversation The US and France have bolstered military strength across vast areas of Africa. But the interest is also driven by Western strategic calculations. A French soldier involved in Operation Barkhane to …


Exiting the ICC: South Africa betrays the world and its own history
Published: October 28, 2016

Henning Melber | October 26, 2016 | The Conversation Presidents Jacob Zuma and Uhuru Kenyatta. Their countries are at the forefront of efforts to have Africa leave the ICC. GCIS Once upon a time there was a country the majority of whose people were opp …


Is the International Criminal Court Crumbling Before Our Eyes?
Published: October 27, 2016

David Bosco | October 26, 2016 | Foreign Policy With three African countries giving notice that they intend to abandon the ICC, a coordinated exodus might soon be coming. In April, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands ceremonially opened the Intern …


The Gulf Also Rises: The Next Economic Center of Gravity
Published: October 27, 2016

Rory Miller | October 24, 2016| Foreign Affairs A Saudi man poses with Saudi riyal banknotes at a money exchange shop, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 20, 2016. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters Speaking on live television during a visit to Cairo earlier this …


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