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First known television interview with Nelson Mandela from 1956 – video
Thursday 1 September 2016 | The Guardian Nelson Mandela appears in what is thought to be his first known television interview, most likely filmed in 1956 during the ‘Treason Trial’. Mandela, sporting a beard and wearing a suit and tie, stands before a plain wall in what is said to be the Old Synagogue in Pretoria and tells the interviewer that the African National Congress … [Read more...] about First known television interview with Nelson Mandela from 1956 – video
The race for vast remote ‘marine protected areas’ may be a diversion
Peter JS Jones and Elizabeth De Santo | September 1, 2016 | The Conversation The seas around Hawaii are set to become the world’s largest marine protected area, US president Barack Obama has announced. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument will be expanded to more than 1.5m square kilometres – that’s as big as France, Spain and Germany combined. If this … [Read more...] about The race for vast remote ‘marine protected areas’ may be a diversion
Africa’s Fastest Growing Gold Producer Says More to Come
Simon Gongo and Pauline Bax | August 31, 2016 | Bloomberg Burkina Faso said it has more gold waiting to be discovered as the nation where output jumped more than 20 times in a decade reviews its geological records. The government wants to help companies that are already operating in the West African nation to lengthen the lives of their mines and make it easier for new … [Read more...] about Africa’s Fastest Growing Gold Producer Says More to Come
Zimbabwe facing most intense unrest in almost a decade
Published on Aug 31, 2016 Zimbabwe is in the midst of intense unrest as protests have broken out against president Robert Mugabe in recent weeks. Zimbabwean police have responded with tear gas, water cannon and sometimes violence, prompting many to flee the country following the security crackdown. Protesters, angry about the state of the economy and widespread shortages … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe facing most intense unrest in almost a decade
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, to sign GERD impact studies contracts next week
Wednesday 31 Aug 2016 | Ahram Online The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet next week to sign the contracts of two consultancy firms responsible for investigating the possible impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The two French firms, Artelia and BRL, have been selected to carry out various technical studies that will determine the … [Read more...] about Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, to sign GERD impact studies contracts next week
Egypt’s Sisi tackles foreign policy issues in lengthy interview
Ahram Online | Monday 22 Aug 2016 President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi gave an interview to state-owned newspapers about different regional issues, including relations with the US, Turkey, and developments related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam In a long interview with Egypt's three major publicly owned newspapers published on Monday, President Abdel-Fattah … [Read more...] about Egypt’s Sisi tackles foreign policy issues in lengthy interview
Bongo aims to extend 50-year family rule in Gabon election
Gerauds Wilfried Obangome | LIBREVILLESat Aug 27, 2016 | Reuters Gabon voted on Saturday amid discontent over its failure to raise living standards despite oil wealth, in a poll posing the biggest challenge yet to President Ali Bongo, whose family has run the central African nation for half a century. With state machinery and entrenched patronage networks behind him, … [Read more...] about Bongo aims to extend 50-year family rule in Gabon election
Welcome to South Africa’s new political landscape
Martin Plaut | 23 August 2016 | The New Statesman The era of one-party rule is over. Last night, after a whole day of drama, tedium and tragedy, Johannesburg had a new mayor. Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) councillors, dressed in conventional suits, sat quietly throughout the mayoral election, looking very much like businessmen and women. Their … [Read more...] about Welcome to South Africa’s new political landscape
They Ran to the U.N. for Help. They Got Tear-Gassed Instead.
Joanne Mariner | August 26, 2016 | Foreign Policy South Sudan's peacekeepers not only failed to protect civilians during the country's latest round of violence — it put them in even greater danger. JUBA, South Sudan — They trusted that the United Nations would protect them. Instead, U.N. police officers with megaphones ordered them back toward the danger, opening fire … [Read more...] about They Ran to the U.N. for Help. They Got Tear-Gassed Instead.
‘No One Is Safe’: Zimbabwe Threatens to Seize Farms of Party Defectors
Norimitsu Onishi | AUG. 24, 2016 | The New York Times BINDURA, Zimbabwe — Dozens of angry young men jumped off a truck in front of Agrippah Mutambara’s gate, shouting obscenities and threatening to seize his 530-acre farm in the name of Zimbabwe’s president. They tried to scale the fence, scattering only when he raised and cocked his gun. Zimbabwe made … [Read more...] about ‘No One Is Safe’: Zimbabwe Threatens to Seize Farms of Party Defectors