Archives for December 2016
François Christophe | December 2016 Related content: Rethinking Eritrea Why Did the Atlantic Council Even Consider Giving African Dictator Ali Bongo Ondimba a ‘Global Citizen Award’?
To lionise dictators like Paul Kagame is to mock those they persecuted Published: December 11, 2016
Anjan Sundaram | Sunday 11 December 2016 | The Guardian Human rights abuses are too often excused by people seeking to venerate postcolonial dictators who stood up to the west Paul Kagame: held up as a counter to western hegemony. Photograph: Jean-Chri …
Has Africa had its fill of ‘strongmen’? Published: December 11, 2016
Jason Burke | Sunday 11 December 2016 | The Guardian After 38 years during which his family has hoarded wealth and power, Angola’s leader José Eduardo dos Santos is quitting. Is this more evidence of a continent in the process of transition? President …
The Soccer-Star Refugees of Eritrea Published: December 10, 2016
Alexis Okeowo | December 12, 2016 Issue | The New Yorker Athletes from the national team plan a mass defection. Samson Arefaine (center) was ecstatic when he was invited to try out for the national soccer team. “It was a dream come true,” he said. “On …
Africa is being choked. But corporations leave their grime on us all Published: December 10, 2016
Lola Okolosie | Friday 9 December 2016 | The Guardian “Drive from one corner of Lagos to another, and in no time you will find surfaces lightly dusted. Under fingernails, thick grime settles.’ Photograph: Alamy Dense, dirty air laced with grease best d …
Castro’s troubled legacy in the Horn of Africa: hero or villain? Published: December 10, 2016
Martin Plaut | December 8, 2016 | The conversation In southern Africa, Fidel Castro is almost universally seen as a hero. After all it is the Cuban leader who sent his forces to Angola to halt apartheid South Africa. What southern Africans would easily …
The Rise and Fall of the Somali State Published: December 9, 2016
December 8, 2016 | Strafor Forecast Divisions that took root in Somalia after the drastic defeat of its once-strong government will continue to impede efforts to rebuild the country’s institutions. Somalia will remain dependent on foreign support, much …
ከፍተን ብናየው? የሻዕቢያና የኦነግ መስተፋቅር Published: December 7, 2016
አስፋ ጫቦ (ዳላስ፣ ቴክሳስ) | undated | ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ እንደመግቢያ ዛሬ ትንሽ መጻፍ የፈለኩት በኦሮሞ ነፃነት ግንባር (ኦነግ) እና በኢሳይያስ አፈወርቂ መካከል ያለውን የቆየ ጥብቅ ትስስር በመጠኑ ለመፈተሽ ነው። መነሻ የሆነኝ እንግሊዝ አገር ሎንዶንና አሜሪካ፤ አትላንታ፣ ጆርጂያ የኦሮሞ “ምሁራንና ብሔርተኞች” ያደርጉት ስብሰባና የሰጡት መግለጫ ነው። ያ ራሱን ችሎ መነገር ያለበት ስለሚ …
“ሜላ ውደባ “ Published: December 6, 2016
ከብሮም ዳፍላ | Dec 2, 2016 | TV Smerrr
“ኣድማዒ ኣወዳድባ ቃለሲ ኣንጻር ህግድፍ” Published: December 6, 2016
ከብሮም ዳፍላ | Nov 28, 2016 | TV Smerrr