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Did Donald Trump denounce Qatar as a ‘sponsor of terrorism’ due to failed business deals?

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Robert Fisk | June 12, 2017 | The Independent Analysis: Tiny emirate has found who its real friends are after it was so casually abandoned by US President. But in Qatari business circles, there are fears the move was not so casual after all What on earth made President Donald Trump identify Qatar – with its longstanding relationship with the US and host to 10,000 American … [Read more...] about Did Donald Trump denounce Qatar as a ‘sponsor of terrorism’ due to failed business deals?

Tanzania accuses Acacia of illegal gold mining

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Agency Staff | 12 JUNE 2017 | Business Day Dar es Salaam — Tanzania’s government accused Acacia Mining of operating illegally in the East African country and said mining companies have been evading taxes. Acacia’s shares slumped. An audit ordered by President John Magufuli in March found that Acacia had been conducting business in Tanzania "contrary to the law", … [Read more...] about Tanzania accuses Acacia of illegal gold mining

London Thinks: How to Topple a Dictator

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Apr 10, 2015 | Conway Hall In conversation with Nick Cohen, Srdja Popovic will explain how he became one of the leaders of Otpor! — the movement which overthrew dictator Slobodan Milosevic. He has since gone on to train the pro-democracy activists behind the Arab Spring, Occupy, and many other movements. Drawing on his new book, Blueprint for Revolution, he will tell the … [Read more...] about London Thinks: How to Topple a Dictator

ሓጺሩኒ እንተበልኩስ ተደቢሩ ይስዕስዕ።

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የዕብዮ ወልደማርያም | 15 June 2017 | asmarino.com ኣብዚ ሓጺር እዋን ኲነታት ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ኣብ ሓደገኛ ደረጃ ምብጽሑ ንቡዙሓት ዘሰከፈ ጉዳይ ኮዩኑ ተረኺቡ ኣሎ። እንተኾነ እዚ ሓዲሽ ተርእዮ ዘይኮነስ፡ ንዐሰርተታት ዐመታት ተጠጂኡ ዝጸንሔ ሓንሳእ ክግንፍል ንዉሱን እዋናት ድማ ክሰክን ዝተዐዘብናዮ ኲነታት ኢዩ። ጠንቂ ናይ’ዚ ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ጽፍሒ በጺሑ ዘሎ ቅልውላው ድማ እቲ ኣብ መንጎ ክልተ ባእታታት ናይቲ ዞባ (ብሓፈሽኡ ድማ ምስ ወጻእተኛታት) ዝሰፈነ ዘይተዐረቕ ግርጭታት ብርኡይን ብሱዉርን ኣብ ምፍሕፋሕ ደረጃ ስለዝርከብ ኢዩ።  እቲ ግርጭት ቶም ብሃይማንኖትን፡ ብቀቢላዊ … [Read more...] about ሓጺሩኒ እንተበልኩስ ተደቢሩ ይስዕስዕ።

መስርዕና ኣብ 80፡ ብምኽንያት 20 ሰነ 2017

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ታደሰ ኪዳነ በርሚንግሃም | togoruba.org ኩለን ሃገራት ዓለም፡ ንዘዝሓለፍኦ ኲናትን ምረትን እናዘከራ ዝትርኻሉን፡ ንዝሓለፉ ጀጋኑአን ዝዝክራሉን ነናይ ገዛእ-ርእሰን ዕለታት ኣለወን። 20 ሰነ’ውን፡ ነቶም ሃገሮም መዓርን ጸባን ዝሕለባ፡ ብልጽግትን ምዕብልትን ክትኮኖሎም ኣሚኖም፡ ነቲ ዘይከኣል ዝኸኣሉ፡ ነቲ ዘይሕለፍ ዝሓለፉ፡ ንሳቶም’ውን ኣብቲ ጉዕዞ ዝሓለፉ ስዉኣትና እንዝክረላ መዓልቲ ካብ ትኸውን ዓመታት ሓሊፉ ኣሎ። እዛ ዕለት’ዚኣ መዓልቲ ሓበንን ሓዘንን ጥራይ ዘይኮነት፡ ነቲ ኤርትራዊ ሃገራውነት ንምህናጽ ዝሓለፍናዮ መሪር፡ ኣዝዩ መሪር ጉዕዞ ዘኪርና፡ ነቲ ድሒሩ ከም ማይ … [Read more...] about መስርዕና ኣብ 80፡ ብምኽንያት 20 ሰነ 2017

GCC crisis: How to resolve the diplomatic rift

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Beverley Milton-Edwards | Thursday, June 15, 2017 | World Affairs On Monday 5 June, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt cut ties with the Gulf state of Qatar, claiming Doha’s regional policies were fueling extremism and terrorism. Within days, other states severed or downgraded ties and the rift appeared to be widening. A week earlier, Gulf … [Read more...] about GCC crisis: How to resolve the diplomatic rift