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Egypt, Sudan & Ethiopia to sign dam impact studies contract this week
Ahram Online | Saturday 17 Sep 2016 Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are set to sign the contracts with two foreign consultancy firms hired to study the impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) on downriver countries on 19-20 Sept in Khartoum, Egypt's irrigation ministry spokesman announced Saturday. In statements to the state-owned MENA news agency, ministry … [Read more...] about Egypt, Sudan & Ethiopia to sign dam impact studies contract this week
Inside China’s Role In Corruption In Kenya
Eric Olander and Cobus van Staden | 09/14/2016 | Huffington Post Chinese businesses play a much more complicated part than many may think. One of the many simple, widely-believed narratives about the Chinese in Africa is that PRC businesses fuel corruption across the continent. That caricature, although overly-simplistic, is amplified by China's insistence there be … [Read more...] about Inside China’s Role In Corruption In Kenya
Congressmen Point to Protesting Ethiopian Olympic Runner as Victim in Fight for Freedom
Siobhán O'Grady | September 13, 2016 | Foreign Policy Over the course of one weekend in early August, human rights groups reported that close to 100 Ethiopian civilians were killed across the country in clashes with security forces as they protested being politically and economically sidelined by the government. Later that month, Ethiopian Olympic marathoner Feyisa … [Read more...] about Congressmen Point to Protesting Ethiopian Olympic Runner as Victim in Fight for Freedom
How did the gifted Jacob Zuma in Burundi fail so dismally at governing SA?
George Rautenbach | September 10 2016 Business Day IT WAS a cold, grey Monday morning in Paris, France in 1999. Being in charge of a presidential visit is a logistical nightmare but this one was easy. No escorts, no bells, no whistles. A low-key visit to address a meeting of the international socialist movement. Our VIP was a very relaxed and no-nonsense person. … [Read more...] about How did the gifted Jacob Zuma in Burundi fail so dismally at governing SA?
Uzbekistan After Karimov – Its Grim Prospects
Erica Marat | September 7, 2016 | Foreign Affairs Update (September 8, 2016): On September 8, Uzbekistan’s parliament appointed Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev interim head of state, replacing Nigmatilla Yuldashev, the chair of the parliament’s upper house. Mirziyaev will likely ascend to the presidency in the coming months after a tightly controlled national election. … [Read more...] about Uzbekistan After Karimov – Its Grim Prospects
Zimbabwe Follows Robert Mugabe’s Health by Following His Plane
HOPEWELL CHIN’ONO and NORIMITSU ONISHI | SEPT. 6, 2016 | The New York Times HARARE, Zimbabwe — It is an indirect clue at best, but it is often all they can get: Many Zimbabweans have taken to divining the state of their increasingly frail 92-year-old leader’s health from the movements of his presidential plane. On Saturday morning, anyone with a smartphone could … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe Follows Robert Mugabe’s Health by Following His Plane
Dam talks put off
8 September, 2016 | Al-Ahram Weekly A meeting of ministers of irrigation from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Renaissance Dam has been postponed A meeting of ministers of irrigation and water resources from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the potential risks posed by Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam to Egypt and Sudan has been postponed. Walid Hakek, spokesman for Egypt’s Ministry … [Read more...] about Dam talks put off
With South Sudan Finally Truly Independent, Time to Focus on Governance
Herman J. Cohen | August 31st, 2016 | lobelog.com The half-century war between North and South Sudan is finally over. Wait a minute. How can one say that the war is finally over? Wasn’t there a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) brokered by the United States in 2005? Also, after a six-year transition period, didn’t the people of South Sudan vote in a democratic … [Read more...] about With South Sudan Finally Truly Independent, Time to Focus on Governance
Jerusalem appeals court: State must reassess refugee status of Eritreans
YONAH JEREMY BOB | 09/05/2016 | The Jerusalem Post Under the Refugee Convention, which Israel is a party to, persons who cannot return to their country of origin because of threat of persecution must be granted refugee status. The state must reconsider across-the-board whether Eritreans who came to Israel illegally should get refugee status, a special Jerusalem appeals … [Read more...] about Jerusalem appeals court: State must reassess refugee status of Eritreans
Contemplating a future without Robert Mugabe
Editorial | Friday 2 September 2016 | The Guardian As his three and a half decades in power testify, Robert Mugabe is the great survivor. His status as a hero of liberation, his expert skills at dividing and ruling, and, perhaps above all, his sheer ruthlessness have maintained his grip on Zimbabwe through numerous challenges. Though the unusual, widespread protests of … [Read more...] about Contemplating a future without Robert Mugabe