Staff Reporter | August 10, 2017 | Zimbabwe Mail THE Mugabe brothers are having a night out again. Here they are showing off their outfits: distressed white denim, high-top sneakers, statement sunglasses. Now they’re in a VIP booth at a club, swaying a …
Over One Million South Sudanese Flee From Violence to Uganda
NICK CUMMING-BRUCE | AUG. 17, 2017 | The New York Times A South Sudanese family crossing into Uganda in June. The United Nations refugee agency said about 1,800 people have fled across the border to Uganda every day for the past year. Credit Ben Curtis …
South African borders on alert to ensure Grace Mugabe does not flee
Ed Cropley | August 17, 2017 | Reuters FILE PHOTO: President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace greet supporters of his ZANU (PF) party during a rally in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo Her husband, Zimbabwean Preside …
Charlottesville, Virginia: the history of the statue at the centre of violent unrest
Jenny Woodley | August 15, 2017 | The Conversation The statue of Robert Lee in Charlottesville. Shutterstock The violent scenes in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to the death of one woman and left many more injured began as a dispute over a statue …
The biggest global cholera outbreak is happening in Yemen and, disgracefully, it’s manmade
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, David Beasley, Anthony Lake | Tuesday 15 August 2017 | The Independent We saw the impossible conditions that health workers face day in day out; 30,000 have not been paid their salaries in nearly a year Less than half of the …
Belgian chicken meat exported to Africa is tested for banned insecticide
Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Monday 14 August 2017 | The Guardian Fears carcasses sent from Belgium may have contained fipronil, which has been found in contaminated eggs across EU It is unlikely that chicken meat sold in European markets has been conta …
Kenyan opposition leader to challenge election result in court
Reuters in Nairobi | Wednesday 16 August 2017 | The Guardian Raila Odinga gives a press conference in Nairobi. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images The Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he will go to court over last week’s presidential …
Africa’s airports are busier than ever before
Simon Allison | 15 Aug 2017 | Mail & Guardian In the first seven months of this year, total international arrivals to the continent grew by 14% over the same period in 2016. A surge in air traffic is keeping Africa’s airports busier than ever, acco …
Aliko Dangote to invest up to $50bn in US and Europe — but has work to do closer to home first
FRANCINE LACQUA AND PAUL WALLACE | 17 AUGUST 2017 | Business Day London/Lagos — Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $20bn-$50bn in the US and Europe by 2025, in industries including renewable energy and petrochemicals. Aliko Dangote. …
If you’re wondering why Saudi Arabia and Israel have united against Al-Jazeera, here’s the answer
Robert Fisk | 10 August 2017 | The Independent There are still honourable Israelis who demand a state for the Palestinians; there are well-educated Saudis who object to the crazed Wahabism upon which their kingdom is founded; there are millions of Ame …
Who is Kim Jong Un and what will he decide to do?
Anna Fifield | August 12 , 2017 | The Washington Post North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, is accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, right, and Hwang Pyong So, second left, as he arrives for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, in Pyongyang …
Ethiopian set to run for US Congress
Elias Meseret | 11 Aug 2017 | Mail & Guardian African dream: Ethiopian-born, United States-raised Ted Alemayhu says he won’t forget the plight of refugees if elected by California voters Born in Ethiopia, Ted Alemayhu came to the United States at t …
Apartheid spy boss’s memoirs insightful but disconcerting
MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI | 13 AUGUST 2017 | The Sunday Independent IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi File picture: Neil Baynes When a former head of national intelligence service (NIS) publishes a book on the inner workings of the negotiation process, one …
Uhuru Kenyatta wins but dispute sparks protests
AGENCY STAFF | 12 AUGUST 2017 | Business Day Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta reacts after he was announced winner of the presidential election at the IEBC National Tallying centre at the Bomas of Kenya, in Nairobi on Friday. Picture: REUTERS/THOMAS …
Egypt’s Sisi to start four-nation Africa tour Monday
Saturday 12 Aug 2017 | Ahram Online Sisi will discuss with counterparts efforts to address common security threats Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (Reuters) Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is set to start a four-day African tour Monday …
Kagame’s Unrivaled Power
Tom Gardner | August 3, 2017 | Foreign Affairs How He Tamed the Opposition in Rwanda Rwandan President Paul Kagame of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) waves to his supporters during a rally in Nyanza, Rwanda, July 14, 2017. The red, white, and …
How to Gut a Democracy in Two Years
Ernest Chanda | August 3, 2017 | Foreign Policy Zambia went from a free and stable country to a dictatorship overnight. I covered it for the country’s only independent newspaper — until the government shut it down. Photo credit: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/ …
Even Critics of Rwanda’s Government Are Helping Paul Kagame Stay in Power
Kavitha Surana | August 3, 2017 | Foreign Policy For every problem highlighted by local journalists, Rwanda’s strongman can present himself as the solution. Photo credit: MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images GICUMBI, Rwanda — Jennifer Niyonsaba was hunched o …
As Kenya elections draw near, country reveals an electorate divided by tribe
Kevin Sieff | August 5 | The Washington Post Residents of Mathare, a slum in Nairobi, prepare for Tuesday’s presidential election. (Kevin Sieff/The Washington Post) NAIROBI — A concrete bridge and a narrow, garbage-filled river divide the slum of Matha …
Zimbabwe’s opposition unites to take on Robert Mugabe
Sunday August 6 2017 | Daily Nation Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. PHOTO | JEKESAI NJIKIZANA | AFP HARARE – Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai re-united with his former allies on Saturday to forge a coalition aimed at ending Presi …
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