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How African governments are increasingly clamping down on the internet to control their citizenry

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William Gumede | 22 Sep 2016 | Mail & Guardian African governments are increasingly clamping down on the internet, especially social media in an attempt to silence democratic opposition. African governments are  increasingly clamping down on the internet, especially social media, as well as messaging applications, in an attempt to silence democratic opposition, civil … [Read more...] about How African governments are increasingly clamping down on the internet to control their citizenry

Half a dozen candidates vie for top WHO job, including Ethiopia’s foreign minister

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Agency Staff  | September 23 2016 | Business Day GENEVA — Six candidates are in the running to take over the helm of the World Health Organisation (WHO), including Ethiopia’s foreign minister, who is bidding to be the first African to hold the position, the UN agency said Friday. The WHO’s 194 member states had until the end of the day on Thursday to propose … [Read more...] about Half a dozen candidates vie for top WHO job, including Ethiopia’s foreign minister

Why thousands of asylum-seekers are fleeing Eritrea and risking their lives in the Mediterranean

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Gaim Kibreab | May 5, 2015 | The Conversation We have become accustomed to headlines about migrants in the Mediterranean. Most recently it was reported that the Italian authorities rescued nearly 7,000 migrants off the coast of Libya over one weekend. Often, tragically, we read instead of thousands drowning. Last year more than 170,000 migrants arrived by … [Read more...] about Why thousands of asylum-seekers are fleeing Eritrea and risking their lives in the Mediterranean

Eritrean accused of people-smuggling to face second trial in Italy

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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Patrick Kingsley | Wednesday 21 September 2016 | The Guardian Prosecutors say Medhanie Berhe, 29, is in fact Medhanie Mered, a notorious 35-year-old people-smuggler An Eritrean refugee accused of being the most influential people-smuggler in north Africa will face a second trial in Italy despite the failure of prosecutors to … [Read more...] about Eritrean accused of people-smuggling to face second trial in Italy

£100m of UK aid budget to be spent controlling immigration from Africa

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Rowena Mason Deputy political editor | Tuesday 20 September 2016 | the Guardian Theresa May uses UN speech to outline plans to return Somali refugees and stop people trying to cross Mediterranean More than £100m of the UK aid budget will be spent on returning Somali refugees to the country they fled and encouraging people escaping war zones not to cross the … [Read more...] about £100m of UK aid budget to be spent controlling immigration from Africa

Speaking truth to power: The killing of Dag Hammarskjöld and the cover-up

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Henning Melber and Susan Williams | 20 Sep 2016 | The Conversation Dag Hammarskjöld, as second Secretary-General, sought to shape the UN as an organisation devoted to peace. Fifty-five years ago, shortly after midnight on 18 September 1961, an aircraft crashed on its approach to Ndola airport in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia, which is now Zambia. On board … [Read more...] about Speaking truth to power: The killing of Dag Hammarskjöld and the cover-up

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan sign final contracts on Nile dam studies

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Ahram Online | Tuesday 20 Sep 2016  Egypt's irrigation minister hailed Tuesday’s contracts as 'historic' Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have signed the final contracts for the long-awaited technical studies on the impact on downstream countries of a giant dam that Addis Ababa is building, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported. The signing that took place in Sudan’s … [Read more...] about Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan sign final contracts on Nile dam studies

Egypt irrigation minister arrives in Sudan for signing of contracts on Ethiopian dam impact studies

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Ahram Online | Sunday 18 Sep 2016 Egypt's irrigation minister arrived Sunday evening to the Sudanese capital Khartoum to participate in the tripartite meeting between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan that will witness the signing of contracts with two foreign consultancy firms hired to study the impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) on downriver countries, state-owned … [Read more...] about Egypt irrigation minister arrives in Sudan for signing of contracts on Ethiopian dam impact studies

How vital fish stocks in Africa are being stolen from human mouths to feed pigs and chickens on Western factory farms

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Jim Wickens  17 September 2016 | The Independent Exclusive: With soaring meat consumption around the world, vital omega 3-rich fish stocks destined for human mouths in western Africa are being snatched by foreign food companies to feed factory-farmed animals – and ultimately the populations of wealthier countries "We don’t have gold, or petrol or diamonds, the sea is … [Read more...] about How vital fish stocks in Africa are being stolen from human mouths to feed pigs and chickens on Western factory farms

Japan’s Pivot to Africa

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J. Berkshire Miller | September 16, 2016 | Foreign Affairs Abe's Development Pitch Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan has been looking to boost its global standing. In that effort, the country’s relationships with African states have become key. The most recent signs of Tokyo’s pivot to the continent came in late August, when Abe travelled to Kenya to attend the … [Read more...] about Japan’s Pivot to Africa