Archives for December 2016
John J Stremlau | December 19, 2016 | The Conversation President-elect Donald Trump’s stance on climate change is very different to Barack Obama’s. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the US Environmental Protection …
Sisi, Trump agree to delay UN vote on Israeli settlements: Egyptian president’s office Published: December 23, 2016
A file photo of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and new US president elect Trump in September during the UNGA meetings in New York, United States (Photo: Egyptian Presidency) Friday 23 Dec 2016 | Ahram Online Delay is to allow new US administra …
Israel warned Obama over UN vote, calling on Trump for help Published: December 23, 2016
MICHAEL WILNER | 12/23/2016 | Jerusalem Post The Obama administration intended to let the resolution, spearheaded by Egypt, survive a vote in the chamber. Egypt pulls anti-settlement resolution at last minute United Nations General Assembly in New Yo …
Mobile phones are transforming Africa, where they can get a signal Published: December 18, 2016
Dec 10th 2016 | ACCRA AND CAPE TOWN | The Economist DRIVE a few miles from the centre of Accra, the capital of Ghana, into the neat rows of houses that surround it and the paved roads disappear almost as quickly as the phone lines. Yet this has not den …
Radio Erena Interview with Ato Keleta Kidane Part I & II Published: December 18, 2016
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A New Tool to Fight Genocide Published: December 18, 2016
John Prendergast and Brad Brooks-Rubin | December 15, 2016 | Foreign Affairs Why Anti-Money-Laundering Measures Could Be Game Changing Nuer White Army fighters in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, February 10, 2014. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters It has been 6 …
The Secret Life of Time Published: December 18, 2016
Alan Burdick | December 19 & 26, 2016 Issue | The New Yorker It may seem slippery and maddeningly abstract, but it’s also deeply intimate, infusing our every word and gesture. Illustration by Miguel Porlan Some nights—more than I like, lately—I wak …
Is Donald Trump Mentally Ill? 3 Professors of Psychiatry Ask President Obama to conduct “a full medical and neuropsychiatric evaluation” Published: December 18, 2016
Richard Greene | 12/17/2016 | The Huffington Post I received this stunning letter to President Obama from a source, with written permission from Dr. Herman, Dr. Gartrell and Dr. Mosbacher, because the source knew that I had been interviewing Psychiatri …
Mugabe: Liberation hero turned despot Published: December 18, 2016
18 December 2016 | Business Day On Saturday, his ruling Zanu-PF party endorsed the 92-year-old leader as its candidate for the 2018 presidential election, bringing him closer to achieving his wish. From crushing political dissent to ushering in disastr …
Mother and Daughter. They escaped Islamic State. But their horror hasn’t ended. Published: December 18, 2016
Selam Gebrekidan | Dec. 14, 2016 | Reuters Islamic State in Libya kidnapped dozens of African migrants and turned them into sex slaves. But when the group lost ground, the women became a burden rather than a prize. STRUGGLE: Minya Mesmer, 33, in red, a …