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Italian prosecutors investigate pair who say they got the wrong people smuggler
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo, and Patrick Kingsley | Thursday 21 July 2016 | The Guardian Prosecutors try to undermine testimony of two witnesses claiming they mistook identy [sic] of Eritrean man held in June Italian prosecutors accused of arresting the wrong person in a smuggling trial in Sicily have responded by launching an investigation into their … [Read more...] about Italian prosecutors investigate pair who say they got the wrong people smuggler
AIDS conference 2016: the gains, the gaps, the next global steps
July 22, 2016 | The Conversation As the 21st International AIDS Conference wraps up in Durban, South Africa, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, incoming International AIDS Society President, talks to The Conversation Africa health and medicine editor Candice Bailey about what was achieved and what still needs to be done. What are the three interventions or innovations that … [Read more...] about AIDS conference 2016: the gains, the gaps, the next global steps
EDITORIAL: Zim’s ticking time bomb
July 20 2016 | Business Day LIKE the proverbial frog in slowly boiling water, South Africans have become inured to the travails of Zimbabwe. Africa’s postcolonial governments followed a variety of paths, but it was Zimbabwe’s awful luck that its leaders harked not to a notion of western democracy, or even Soviet communism, but to a mixture of Chinese and North Korean … [Read more...] about EDITORIAL: Zim’s ticking time bomb
War veterans attack ‘beginning of the end’ for Mugabe: analysts
Sunday July 24 2016 | Daily Nation Mugabe's party is split between his wife Grace and vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa as Mugabe's possible successors. Zimbabwe's war veterans' surprise attack on President Robert Mugabe signals the "beginning of the end" for the long-time leader, already buckling under pressure from a restive population angry over worsening economic … [Read more...] about War veterans attack ‘beginning of the end’ for Mugabe: analysts
Zimbabwe’s Powerful Veterans Withdraw Support For President Mugabe
Merrit Kennedy | July 22, 2016 | NPR In a surprise reversal, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has lost the support of some of his staunchest allies — the war veterans. This comes amid escalating protests, an economic crisis and a crippling drought in the country. The letter withdrawing their support, which was released in full through The Associated Press, doesn't mince … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe’s Powerful Veterans Withdraw Support For President Mugabe
France24 Exclusive: Erdogan to rid Turkish institutions of ‘separatist cancer’ after coup attempt
Published on Jul 23, 2016 | France24 … [Read more...] about France24 Exclusive: Erdogan to rid Turkish institutions of ‘separatist cancer’ after coup attempt
Zimbabwe threatens “traitorous” war veterans after Mugabe attack
HARARE | MacDomald Dzirutwe | Sat Jul 23, 2016 | Reuters Zimbabwe's government denounced leading independence war veterans as traitors on Saturday for an unprecedented attack on ageing President Robert Mugabe and vowed to identify its unnamed authors and put them on trial. Veterans who fought against white minority rule in the former British colony turned on their … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe threatens “traitorous” war veterans after Mugabe attack
Noam Chomsky – Why Does the U.S. Support Israel?
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AU summit in Kigali ends with new resolve to foster efficiency, self-reliance
July 18, 2016 | cohenonafrica.com Crude oil has been flowing from African wells, both on land and beneath the oceans, since the mid 1970s. Before then, Africa’s main source of revenue was agriculture. International oil companies have been the most important source of investment capital needed to find and produce oil in African countries. The international oil … [Read more...] about AU summit in Kigali ends with new resolve to foster efficiency, self-reliance
AU summit in Kigali ends with new resolve to foster efficiency, self-reliance
Eugene Kwibuka | July 19, 2016 | The New Times The 27th African Union Summit in Kigali closed Monday with a commitment to fast track initiatives designed to make the African Union Commission (AUC) financially independent. This, the summit concluded, will make the body more efficient and galvanise the continent’s ambition to become a truly peaceful, independent and … [Read more...] about AU summit in Kigali ends with new resolve to foster efficiency, self-reliance