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Israel’s Netanyahu seeks to make new friends in historic first visit to Africa

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Rush Englash | July 5, 2016 | The Washington Post NAIROBI — “Israel is coming back to Africa, and Africa is coming back to Israel,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in a joint news conference in Kenya’s capital Tuesday. The occasion marked the first official visit by an Israeli premier to sub-Saharan Africa in 30 years. … [Read more...] about Israel’s Netanyahu seeks to make new friends in historic first visit to Africa

Chilcot report: The demonisation of Tony Blair distracts from where things really went wrong in Iraq

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Patrick Cockburn | 6 July, 2016 | The Independent It wasn't just Tony Blair who was culpable for chaos and slaughter in Iraq after the war, writes Patrick Cockburn Denunciations of Tony Blair as the evil architect of Britain’s involvement in the Iraq War often dominate discussions of what happened there and many will look to the Chilcot inquiry to provide further … [Read more...] about Chilcot report: The demonisation of Tony Blair distracts from where things really went wrong in Iraq

Aid in whose interest?

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Diane Abbott | 1 July 2016 | New Statesman The government appears to be raiding the aid budget to subsidise big business and the security state. In March 1988, Scottish aristocrat and Defence Minister to Margaret Thatcher, George Younger visited was part of a controversial offer of £200m of the UK aid budget in exchange for Malaysia signing a £1bn arms … [Read more...] about Aid in whose interest?

Italian police smash suspected people-smuggling ring, arrest dozens

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Gavin Jones | Mon Jul 4, 2016 | Reuters Italian police on Monday arrested 25 Eritreans, 12 Ethiopians and an Italian that they said belonged to an organization that had smuggled thousands of migrants into Europe from Africa. The arrests were made in ten cities across Italy, Sicilian police said, and the suspects were accused of people smuggling, drug trafficking and … [Read more...] about Italian police smash suspected people-smuggling ring, arrest dozens

ኣብ ክሲ ኤርትራ ብግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣብ ጀነቫ መንዩ ትዓዊቱ መንከ ተረቲዑ ብድሕር’ዚ ዝቕጽል መንገዲኸ ናበይ ዝወስድ’ዩ?

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ቀለታ ኪዳነ ለንደን | July 3, 2016 … [Read more...] about ኣብ ክሲ ኤርትራ ብግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣብ ጀነቫ መንዩ ትዓዊቱ መንከ ተረቲዑ ብድሕር’ዚ ዝቕጽል መንገዲኸ ናበይ ዝወስድ’ዩ?

North Korea’s Caste System

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Phil Robertson | June 30, 2016 | Foreign Affairs The Trouble With Songbun When Choi Seung Chol was born in North Korea in 1990, his parents believed that they already knew how his life would unfold. The government would feed him and provide him with free housing, education, and health care. In exchange, the authorities would tell him what to think and what to say; … [Read more...] about North Korea’s Caste System

Eritrean smuggler trial in Sicily has wrong man, say former victims

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Lorenzo Tondo and Meron Estefanos in Palermo and Patrick Kingsley | Sunday 3 July 2016 | The Guardian Family of Medhanie Berhe and victims of Medhanie Mered to claim mistaken identity by British and Italian police The trial of an alleged Eritrean smuggler extradited to Italy will formally begin in Sicily this week, with two of the smuggler’s former … [Read more...] about Eritrean smuggler trial in Sicily has wrong man, say former victims