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Dozens of Eritrean and Nigerian former Islamic State captives freed in Libya
Wed Apr 5, 2017 | Reuters Libyan authorities released on Wednesday 28 Eritreans and seven Nigerians who were captured and enslaved by Islamic State in Sirte and had been held in detention since the jihadist group lost the city in December. The group, all but two of whom are women and children, escaped from Sirte, a former Islamic State stronghold in central Libya, … [Read more...] about Dozens of Eritrean and Nigerian former Islamic State captives freed in Libya
‘A solar Saudi Arabia’ | While Trump promotes coal, Chile and others are turning to cheap sun power
MARIA ELENA, Chile | March 31, 2017 | The Washington Post On the solar farms of the Atacama Desert, the workers dress like astronauts. They wear bodysuits and wraparound sunglasses, with thick canvas headscarves to shield them from the radiation. The sun is so intense and the air so dry that seemingly nothing survives. Across vast, rocky wastes blanched of color, there are … [Read more...] about ‘A solar Saudi Arabia’ | While Trump promotes coal, Chile and others are turning to cheap sun power
Refugee children in Sweden are falling into coma-like states on learning their families will be deported
Will Worley | April 2, 2017 | The Independent Resignation syndrome, or uppgivenhetssyndrom, has been diagnosed in 60 children this year Authorities in Sweden are attempting to solve a problem that appears unique to its child refugees - uppgivenhetssyndrom or "resignation syndrome". The condition causes healthy youngsters to deteriorate into a comatose-like state after … [Read more...] about Refugee children in Sweden are falling into coma-like states on learning their families will be deported
The painting that has reopened wounds of American racism
Ed Helmore | Sunday 2 April 2017 | The Guardian New York art world bitterly divided over ‘cultural appropriation’ of 1955 photograph of murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till It is one of the most powerful images to emerge from the racism that infected the southern states of America in the 1950s – the photograph of a badly beaten 14-year-old boy, lynched after being falsely … [Read more...] about The painting that has reopened wounds of American racism
How the Europeans covered their backs by removing colonial archives
Stephen Williams | 28 March 2017 | New African Vincent Hiribarren is a lecturer in World History at King’s College, London. His work has led him to study many colonial-era archives of European countries that had a presence in Africa. Stephen Williams went to meet him. Vincent Hiribarren is not perhaps a typical academic – he is too young and too informal. But it was clear … [Read more...] about How the Europeans covered their backs by removing colonial archives
Ahmed Kathrada dies at 87; Nelson Mandela’s trusted ally helped overturn apartheid in South Africa
Robyn Dixon | March 27, 2017 | Los Angeles Times Ahmed Kathrada, a close confidante of Nelson Mandela who dedicated his life to opposing apartheid and racism, died in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning. He was 87. Kathrada died after suffering a "short period of illness," according to a statement from the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. He was hospitalized earlier in March to … [Read more...] about Ahmed Kathrada dies at 87; Nelson Mandela’s trusted ally helped overturn apartheid in South Africa
Women in Ghana pay a heavy social price for not having children
Jasmine Fledderjohann | March 27, 2017 | The Conversation The number of children a woman of reproductive age bears has been declining globally. Yet childbearing expectations in some parts of Africa remain high. In Ghana, for example, the total fertility rate – the average number of children expected per woman over a lifetime – stands at 4.2. Women in Ghana are under … [Read more...] about Women in Ghana pay a heavy social price for not having children
The Loosening of a Stronghold: Economic Pressure On Kazakhstan’s Dictatorship
Yusuf Jailani | February 23, 2017 | Harvard International Review Nursultan Nazarbayev is one of the world’s longest-tenured dictators. He was recently reelected for his fifth term as the president of Kazakhstan, extending his 25-year reign that began in 1991 with the Central Asian country’s independence from the Soviet Union. Throughout his reign, Nazarbayev has looked to … [Read more...] about The Loosening of a Stronghold: Economic Pressure On Kazakhstan’s Dictatorship
Trump’s America First Budget Puts Africa Last
TY MCCORMICK | MARCH 22, 2017 | FOREIGN POLICY Slash-and-burn cuts to the State Department and USAID would deepen the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. NAIROBI — It gets more U.S. foreign aid than any other continent, the largest share of U.S. global health and disaster relief spending, and it hosts nine out of the world’s 16 U.N. peacekeeping operations — and … [Read more...] about Trump’s America First Budget Puts Africa Last
Editorial … Namibia, Land of the Old?
Opinions - Editorials | 2017-03-17 | The Namibian IT HAS BECOME a recurring theme in our post-independence polity that leading elders –– former freedom fighters –– use struggle credentials in an attempt to dismiss questions about good governance and democracy raised by younger Namibians, with remarks like “we died for this country, where were you?”. No less a leading … [Read more...] about Editorial … Namibia, Land of the Old?