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 ear …
Tanzania accuses Acacia of illegal gold mining
Agency Staff | 12 JUNE 2017 | Business Day iStock 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 ordere …
GCC crisis: How to resolve the diplomatic rift
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 ter …
Djibouti says Eritrean soldiers occupy disputed area
2017-06-16 | News24 iStock Addis Ababa – A Djiboutian official says soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea occupied a contested mountainous area shortly after Qatari peacekeepers left the location this week. Qatar said on Wednesday it had pulled all of its …
Sudan boosts border patrols to curb people smuggling
2017-06-13 | News24 Al-Laffa – It was Efrem Desta’s yearning for freedom that made him flee his home country of Eritrea and enter Sudan illegally, hoping that he could later make it to Europe. But he and a group of fellow migrants were abducted by Suda …
Qatar’s Crisis With Saudi Arabia And Gulf Neighbors Has Decades-Long Roots
PETER KENYON | June 17, 2017 | NPR Al Jazeera staff work in Doha, Qatar. The Arabic-language satellite channel’s coverage has long been a sticking point in Qatar’s relations with its neighbors. Saudi Arabia and others are pressuring Doha to shut down t …
Puntland’s Problems
Vanda Felbab-Brown | June 15, 2017 | Foreign Affairs It’s Not Just Al Shabab That Threatens the Region’s Stability On June 8, the Somalian terrorist group al Shabab overran a military base in Puntland’s town of Af Urur, killing between 38 and 61 soldie …
Bald Men Are Being Hunted Down In Mozambique
JOSE TEMBE | June 9, 2017 | NPR Ryan McVay/Getty Images Authorities in Mozambique say bald men are being killed, allegedly because of the belief that their heads contain gold. So far five bald men have been killed, all in central Mozambique: two in May …
U.S. conducts strike on al Shabaab, Somalia says training base destroyed
George Obulutsa | Sun Jun 11, 2017 | Reuters The Pentagon said it had carried out an air strike on al Shabaab in Somalia on Sunday, and Somalia said its special forces had joined in the attack to destroy one of the jihadist insurgent group’s main train …
Egypt says will retain administration of Red Sea islands after Saudi transfer
Mahmoud Mourad | Sun Jun 11, 2017 | Reuters An aerial view of the coast of the Red Sea and the two islands of Tiran and Sanafir is pictured through the window of an airplane near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 1, 2016. Picture taken November 1, 2016. …
Al-Shabab militants storm army base in Somalia, killing dozens
Max Bearak | June 8, 2017 | The Washington Post A soldier from Somalia’s Puntland keeps guard on high grounds at the Galgala hills during preparations for an offense against al-Shabab militants, north of the capital Mogadishu, on Jan. 8, 2015. (©Reuter …
What a new university in Africa is doing to decolonise social sciences
Jess Auerbach | May 13, 2017 | The Conversation It’s time for students to see Africa differently. Shutterstock It’s not often that you get to create a new university from scratch: space, staff – and curriculum. But that’s exactly what we’re doing in M …
Sudan, Egypt talk but make little headway to defuse tensions
2017-06-05 | News24 Cairo – Officials from Sudan and Egypt on Saturday held “honest” and “transparent” discussions following months of tension between the two Afro-Arab neighbors, but appeared to make little headway to patch up their differences, prima …
Zimbabwe to send incandescent light bulb sellers to jail – report
News24 Correspondent | 2017-06-05 | News24 Harare – Here’s one to strike fear into the hearts of powercut-fearing Zimbabweans: if the authorities find you selling one of those old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs, you could end up in jail. File: News …
Iran blames Donald Trump for escalating Qatar diplomatic crisis
Bethan McKernan Beirut | 5 June 2017 | THE INDEPENDENT Iranian foreign ministry urges all parties involved in unprecedented international row which could have implications throughout the region to solve dispute through dialogue A man stands outside a Q …
Gulf diplomatic crisis as countries cut ties with Qatar
Patrick Wintour and Ben Doherty | Monday 5 June 2017 | THE GUARDIAN Qatari diplomats ejected and land, air and sea traffic routes cut off in row over terror and regional stability Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain have cut diplo …
Mauritius shows why it could become a financial hub
RENEE BONORCHIS | 30 MAY 2017 | BUSINESS DAY Picture: ISTOCK Mauritian banks are becoming beacons of growth and stability in sub-Saharan Africa. Unscathed by the vagaries of the oil price and unhindered by the political battles that have roiled some o …
The road less taken: Migration from Eritrea slows
May 25th 2017| KHARTOUM | THE ECONOMIST Young people fleeing indefinite military service are encountering more obstacles on the route through Sudan IN JERIF, a district of Khartoum, young Eritreans listen to Tigrinya pop music in dimly lit restaurants, …
Oslo Freedom Forum 2017
EVAN MAWARIRE | 26 May 2017 | Oslo Freedom Forum Evan Mawarire Full interview 2017 | Feb 16, 2017
Asian Kenyans Seek to Be Declared a ‘Tribe’ of Their Own
KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA | MAY 25, 2017 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s national census used to classify them as “Other.” Bhavesh Ravel, 45, prayed in the Sai Baba Temple in the corner of the Diamond Plaza shopping center in Nairobi, Keny …
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