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Trump’s Deafening Silence on Africa

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Reuben Brigety | February 15, 2017 | Foreign Policy In the months since he was elected and in the weeks since he has occupied the White House, President Trump has upended diplomatic relationships around the world from Mexico to Australia. Yet he has said practically nothing about Africa. That is a problem. At a time when the continent is poised to take off politically … [Read more...] about Trump’s Deafening Silence on Africa

Is Trump a Populist Authoritarian?

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Feb 3, 2017 | The Atlantic It’s a good time to be a populist authoritarian—in the Western world, politicians who pledge to govern this way are gaining strength, and Donald Trump is hardly an exception. So, what kinds of populist and authoritarian leanings does he have? Atlantic staff writer Uri Friedman goes through the checklist in this video. Claiming to exclusively … [Read more...] about Is Trump a Populist Authoritarian?

Trump’s Russia scandals could be about to get much, much worse

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Luca Trenta | February 17, 2017 | The Conversation Whatever one thinks of the Trump administration’s policies, it is difficult to ignore that the new president’s tenure has so far been characterised by incompetence and carelessness. And while it’s easy to laugh at daft missteps such as an aide plugging Ivanka Trump’s clothing line in a TV interview, the indications are … [Read more...] about Trump’s Russia scandals could be about to get much, much worse

Donald Trump and the US media are in a fight to the finish – and they’re both guilty of peddling alternative facts

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Patrick Cockburn | Friday 17 February 2017 | The Independent Fake news may have helped hand Trump the presidency, but he is now finding it is a double-edged sword Self-absorbed and irrational Donald Trump may well be, but on Thursday he held what was probably the most interesting and entertaining White House press conference ever. These are usually grimly ritualistic … [Read more...] about Donald Trump and the US media are in a fight to the finish – and they’re both guilty of peddling alternative facts

Robert Mugabe could contest election as corpse, says wife

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Associated Press in Harare | Friday 17 February 2017 | The Guardian Grace Mugabe tells supporters that Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old president should be on ballot even if he dies Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, should run “as a corpse” in next year’s election if he dies before the vote, his wife has said. Grace Mugabe accused some ruling … [Read more...] about Robert Mugabe could contest election as corpse, says wife

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ግርማይ የማነ | ልዕሊ ቃላቱ ተግባሩ... | Feb 13, 2017 | meskerem.net ናይ 2017 ቃለ-መሓተት ፕረሲደንት ኢሰያስ ብኩሉ መለኪዒታት ካብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት ኣዝዩ ተስፋ ዝህብን ግብራዊ መግለጽን መምዘንን ዝሓዘለ ምንባሩ ንኩሉ እቲ ብጽሞናን ልቦናን ዝተኸታተሎ ዘስተባህለሉ ሓቂ እዩ። ሓንጎል ብቅርሕንትን ኣንነትን እንተመሊኡ ግን ንዝኾነ ሓቂ ክቅበልን ክርዳእን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ኣብ ክንዲ ንሓሳባት ብሙሉእ ትሕዝትኦምን ኣመታቶምን ሪኢኻን ሰሚዕካን ክትርዳእ ምፍታን; ቃላት ቆሚልካ ካብ ሃመማ ሓኸለ ከተውጽእ ምፍታን ልሙድ  ባህርያት ናይ ተቛመርቲ ወልቀሰባትን ጉጅለታትን ኩይኑ፣ ኣብ … [Read more...] about BACK2KCAB: ልዕሊ ቃላቱ ተግባሩ… ግርማይ የማነ | ንጐይታ ፈሪሖምስ ንጊልያ ይወግኡ… ቀለታ ኪዳነ

What Totalitarianism Looks Like

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CHRISTOPHER LEBRON | January 28, 2017 |  BOSTON REVIEW At noon on January 20, 2017, a new American era began. Donald J. Trump became the forty-fifth president of the United States of America. Immense power was invested in a man with a personal history littered with misogyny, allegations of sexual assault, lawsuits, employees cheated of wages, self-aggrandizement, race … [Read more...] about What Totalitarianism Looks Like

Populism and Terror: An Interview with Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky, Kenneth Palmer and Richard Yarrow |  January 18, 2017 | Harvard International Review Noam Chomsky is a philosopher, social critic, political activist, and pioneering linguist. Having served as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1955, Chomsky is the author of dozens of books, with his most recent book, Who Rules the World?, … [Read more...] about Populism and Terror: An Interview with Noam Chomsky

African Nations Increasingly Silence Internet to Stem Protests

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DIONNE SEARCEY and FRANCOIS ESSOMBA | FEB. 10, 2017 |  THE NEW YORK TIMES DAKAR, Senegal — Julius Ikena’s trade business is at a standstill because he cannot make electronic payments to his partners. Andrew Mofor cannot get access to the small fortune — 800 euros, or about $850 — that his daughter sent him through an online banking system. And Angela Atabong, a … [Read more...] about African Nations Increasingly Silence Internet to Stem Protests