Archives for March 2018
Martin Plaut | 20 March 2018 | The New Statesman Across the continent, UK expertise is being deployed online to sway elections and target dissidents. Cambridge Analytica, the British political consultancy caught up in a huge scandal over its use of Fa …
The Blesser’s Curse: How sugar daddies and vaginal microbes created the world’s largest HIV epidemic Published: March 24, 2018
Olga Khazan | Mar 22, 2018 | The Atlantic VULINDLELA, South Africa—Mbali N. was just 17 when a well-dressed man in his 30s spotted her. She was at a mall in a nearby town, alone, when he called out. He might have been captivated by her almond eyes and …
Africa’s most ambitious joint venture kicks off with $3.4tr trade deal Published: March 24, 2018
BERNA NAMATA | Saturday March 24 2018 | The East African Rwandan President Paul Kagame (centre), Moussa Faki Mahamat (left) and Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou at the African Continental Free Trade Area signing ceremony at the Kigali Convention C …
How to Solve the Global Water Crisis Published: March 24, 2018
Scott Moore | March 20, 2018 | Foreign Affairs The Real Challenges Are Not Technical, but Political Sand blows across a normally submerged area at Theewaterskloof dam near Cape Town, South Africa, January 2018. Mike Hutchings / REUTERS Few people would …
If I were the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, I’d be cynical about this state visit Published: March 9, 2018
Robert Fisk | 07 March 2018 | The Independent The truth is, you just can’t tell who your real friends are these Days The Crown Prince is dealing with a Western power, in this case the Brits. And the only advice he should be given in such circumstances …
The Biggest Danger of North Korea Talks Published: March 9, 2018
Thomas Wright | 09 March 2018 | The Atlantic Kim Jong Un is offering a deal at a price that could be way too high—and that the president could easily accept. People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Tru …
AU chief overlooks Trump’s insult Published: March 9, 2018
Agency Staff | 08 March 2018 | Business Day The AU head tells Rex Tillerson that a letter from Donald Trump reaffirming his commitment to Africa ‘put the incident in the past’ U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Marga …
Strongmen Are Weaker Than They Look Published: March 9, 2018
Steven A. Cook | March 2, 2018 |Foreign Policy Authoritarians are on the rise around the world, but history shows they’re mostly helpless. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting on November 14, 2017, in Riyadh. (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Ge …
A Trade War on the Poor Published: March 9, 2018
Amrita Narlikar | March 5, 2018 | Foreign Affairs How a Collapse of the WTO Would Hurt the Worst Off A crane lifts steel wires at a factory of the Dongbei Special Steel Group Co., Ltd. in Dalian, Liaoning province, China November 27, 2017. Last week, P …