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What’s Behind Ethiopia and Eritrea’s Border Clash?

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John Campbell, Nathan Birhanu | 6 July 2016 | Newswwk Tens of thousands of people died in a border war in 1998-2000. International attention is focused on Brexit, the resulting turmoil in the international financial markets, and the resignation of U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron. There is the risk of overlooking a dangerous confrontation between Ethiopia and Eritrea … [Read more...] about What’s Behind Ethiopia and Eritrea’s Border Clash?

Global academic collaboration: a new form of colonisation?

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Hanne Kristine Adriansen | July 8, 2016| THE CONVERSATION Higher education in Africa is as old as the pyramids in Egypt. But the continent’s ancient institutions have long disappeared. The type of higher education that’s delivered in Africa today, from curriculum to degree structure and the languages of instruction, is rooted in colonialism. This has led many to … [Read more...] about Global academic collaboration: a new form of colonisation?

The Independence Day Nobody’s Celebrating

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Jason Patinkin | July 8, 2016 | FOREIGN POLICY South Sudan’s peace deal is in tatters, its economy is in free-fall, and violence rages across the world’s youngest country. NAIROBI — On Saturday, July 9, South Sudan will mark five years of independence, more than half of which has now been spent mired in civil war. That war was supposed to end back in August, when … [Read more...] about The Independence Day Nobody’s Celebrating

US government: “Eritrean military and police officers are complicit in trafficking crimes”

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Martin Plaut : 8 July 2016 | martinplaut.wordpress.com This is the official report by the U.S. State Department – and it is damning. It registers the complicity of the Eritrean government in trafficking and its failure to prosecute those involved in these human rights abuses. 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report – Eritrea Publisher United States Department of … [Read more...] about US government: “Eritrean military and police officers are complicit in trafficking crimes”

ዝኸበርካ ኣቶ ቀለታ ኪዳነ

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ማሕሙድ ሳልሕ | Saturday, July 9, 2016 | meskerem.net ብቀዳምነት ዕድመን ጥዕናን እምነየልካ። ጽሑፋትካን ንጥፈታትካን ብኣኽብሮት’የ ዝከታተሎ። ኣብዚ፡ ጫቝጫቝታን ዕግርግርን ዝመልኦ ግዜ፡ ከምዚ ከማኻ ኣንፈትና ከይንስሕት ዘዘኻኽሩና ዓበይቲ ዓዲ እንተዝበዝሑልና ከመይ ምጸበቐ። ክርዳድን ስርናይን ክንኣሊ ዝመኽሩና ምኩራት፡ እቲ ቁም-ነገር ካብ ቆሎ-ጥጥቆ ክንፈልን ኣብቲ ኣገዳስን መሰረታውን ክነድህብ ዝገንሑና እንተዝስስኑልና ክንደይ ኮን ድንቂ ምኾነ። ኮይኑ ግን፡ ፈጣሪ ልብና ኣዕብዩ ነቶም ዝርካብኩም ውሑዳት ዓበይቲ ዓዲ ብጽሞና ክንሰምዓኩም እንተዘኽእለና እውን … [Read more...] about ዝኸበርካ ኣቶ ቀለታ ኪዳነ

Is America Repeating the Mistakes of 1968?

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Julian E. Zelizer | Jul 8, 2016 | THE ATLANTIC The Kerner Report confronted a tense nation with data about structural racism throughout the country and made recommendations to solve the problem. But America looked away. “All of us, as Americans, should be troubled by these shootings, because these are not isolated incidents,” said President Barack Obama following … [Read more...] about Is America Repeating the Mistakes of 1968?

‘We’ve been through two revolutions’: Centamin boss Andrew Pardey on mining gold in Egypt

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Jon Yeomans | 9 July 2016 | THE TELEGRAPH At gold mining company Centamin, they have a motto: “If it was easy, someone else would have done it already.” It’s apt for a business that has built Sukari, one of the world’s biggest gold mines, in a country better known for revolutions and regime change than digging up precious metals. “Egyptian civilisation has … [Read more...] about ‘We’ve been through two revolutions’: Centamin boss Andrew Pardey on mining gold in Egypt

France’s and Portugal’s colonial heritage brings African flavour to Euro 2016

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Ed Aarons | Saturday 9 July 2016 | THE GUARDIAN Sunday night’s final at the Stade de France will feature two nations with several players whose families have made their homes in the modern Europe Faria Rivelino could be forgiven for having split loyalties when France take on Portugal on Sunday night in the Euro 2016 final. The father of the Paris … [Read more...] about France’s and Portugal’s colonial heritage brings African flavour to Euro 2016