Editorial | Monday 28 August 2017 | The Guardian International leaders have been meeting in Paris to craft policies that stop the human traffic. Pushing the border further south is not the answer on its own Migration remains at the heart of Europe’s political and social crisis. Instability in Africa and elsewhere, wars, persecution, poverty, demographic trends and the ancient … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2017
Zimbabwe looks for Mugabe’s successor after a surreal month
Stephen Chan | August 31, 2017 | The Conversation Before she landed herself in hot diplomatic water by allegedly attacking a South African model with a power cord, Zimbabwe’s notoriously ill-tempered first lady, Grace Mugabe, joined the clamour for her aged husband Robert to name a successor. Curiously, she also called for a female vice president, stirring up rumours … [Read more...]
Why is the US chasing ‘Congolese rebels’ in the Northern Cape?
Govan Whittles, Simon Allison | 25 Aug 2017 | Mail & Guardian The arrival of United States army troops in South Africa for their third joint training military exercise in July sparked panic on social media: “What are they planning? Are they coming to invade us? This is what the ANC is warning us about!” These were some of the reactions to early reports that an … [Read more...]
Mugabe takes a swipe at Zimbabwe’s party-loving youth
BRUCE GORTON | 29 AUGUST 2017 | Business Day Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has criticised Zimbabwe’s youth‚ saying that they "go to these parties with girls". The SABC reported that Mugabe‚ who was at a funeral for two Zanu (PF) veterans in Harare recently‚ made this statement in as a reference to his sons’ recent behaviour in SA‚ which led to a diplomatic … [Read more...]
Trying to block migrants won’t work. Europe needs a realistic plan
Sophie in 't Veld | Wednesday 30 August 2017 | The Guardian From dubious deals with third countries to processing points in Africa, Europe’s response to migration is failing. But there are better ways to tackle it together The central Mediterranean migratory route has become the most lethal in the world, with an estimated 2,410 dead or missing in the Mediterraneanso far … [Read more...]
Germany bets on second time lucky with migrant workers
Joseph Nasr | AUGUST 18, 2017 | Reuters GESCHER, Germany (Reuters) - As Germany struggles to absorb more than a million migrants from the Middle East and Africa, the government is hoping to avoid the mistakes it made half a century ago when it brought in a generation of guest workers from Turkey. In the 1960s, hundreds of thousands of Turkish men were invited in to fill … [Read more...]
Kenya’s New Electoral Authoritarianism
AZIZ RANA | August 17, 2017 | Boston Review Last week’s bitterly contested election in Kenya has placed the country in the international spotlight. Although sitting President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner by the electoral commission, opposition candidate Raila Odinga has refused to concede and contends that the election was stolen from him. After initially rejecting … [Read more...]
Life in Black & White: Poem of the Week – ‘The Death of Slavery’ by William Cullen Bryant
Annika Neklason | August 18, 2017 | The Atlantic Poem of the Week This year, in honor of National Poetry Month, we compiled some of the best poems published throughout The Atlantic’s 160-year history… and we didn’t want to stop. Come back every week to read another poem from our archives, and go here to check out our month of poetry recommendations from staff and readers. … [Read more...]
‘They’re like the mafia’: the super gangs behind Africa’s poaching crisis
Tristan McConnell | Saturday 19 August 2017 | The Guardian Pressure is mounting against multi-faceted smugglers but the legal case, though strong, is enormously complex Late on 6 June 2014 Kenyan police, acting on a tip-off, raided a used car lot in Mombasa’s industrial area. Inside Fuji Motors East Africa Ltd, in one of the lock-ups, they found two tonnes of … [Read more...]
South Africa grants Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity – report
Reuters | Saturday 19 August 2017 | The Guardian Wife of Zimbabwean president will be allowed to leave South Africa despite case involving Gabriella Engels, who says Mugabe whipped her with a cable South Africa has granted diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, allowing her to avoid prosecution for the alleged assault of a 20-year-old … [Read more...]