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Has Eritrea’s self-reliant economy run out of puff?
Mary Harper Africa editor, BBC World Service News | 14 July 2016 | BBC A "go it alone" culture has long been central to Eritrea, including its economy. It is slowly opening up to foreign investment, but recent policies, especially a currency reform, mean many people are now struggling in what was already one of the poorest countries on earth. In a dusty corner of the … [Read more...] about Has Eritrea’s self-reliant economy run out of puff?
AU summit opens with call for solidarity, unity
Collins Mwai | July 11, 2016 | THE NEW TIMES The 27th African Union summit opened, yesterday, with a call for solidarity, unity and the spirit of pan-Africanism among African nations to address issues affecting the continent. The summit opened with a session of the permanent representative committee for the African Union, which features ambassadors of the 54 member … [Read more...] about AU summit opens with call for solidarity, unity
IGAD, donors meet in Nairobi over South Sudan fighting
AGGREY MUTAMBO | Monday July 11 2016 | DAILY NATION Violence erupted in Juba following a fight among guards protecting President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar. Foreign ministers of regional bloc Igad and donors have gathered in Nairobi to respond to the emerging violence in South Sudan. The meeting, according to Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina … [Read more...] about IGAD, donors meet in Nairobi over South Sudan fighting
What’s gone wrong in South Sudan?
09 Jul 2016 | ALJAZEERA Fighting continues as the world's newest nation marks its fifth anniversary of independence. Street battles in South Sudan's capital Juba are threatening to reverse the gains of a recent peace process on the eve of the country's fifth anniversary. After civil war began in 2013, negotiators pored over the details dividing the rival … [Read more...] about What’s gone wrong in South Sudan?
What’s Behind Ethiopia and Eritrea’s Border Clash?
John Campbell, Nathan Birhanu | 6 July 2016 | Newswwk Tens of thousands of people died in a border war in 1998-2000. International attention is focused on Brexit, the resulting turmoil in the international financial markets, and the resignation of U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron. There is the risk of overlooking a dangerous confrontation between Ethiopia and Eritrea … [Read more...] about What’s Behind Ethiopia and Eritrea’s Border Clash?
Global academic collaboration: a new form of colonisation?
Hanne Kristine Adriansen | July 8, 2016| THE CONVERSATION Higher education in Africa is as old as the pyramids in Egypt. But the continent’s ancient institutions have long disappeared. The type of higher education that’s delivered in Africa today, from curriculum to degree structure and the languages of instruction, is rooted in colonialism. This has led many to … [Read more...] about Global academic collaboration: a new form of colonisation?
The Independence Day Nobody’s Celebrating
Jason Patinkin | July 8, 2016 | FOREIGN POLICY South Sudan’s peace deal is in tatters, its economy is in free-fall, and violence rages across the world’s youngest country. NAIROBI — On Saturday, July 9, South Sudan will mark five years of independence, more than half of which has now been spent mired in civil war. That war was supposed to end back in August, when … [Read more...] about The Independence Day Nobody’s Celebrating
US government: “Eritrean military and police officers are complicit in trafficking crimes”
Martin Plaut : 8 July 2016 | martinplaut.wordpress.com This is the official report by the U.S. State Department – and it is damning. It registers the complicity of the Eritrean government in trafficking and its failure to prosecute those involved in these human rights abuses. 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report – Eritrea Publisher United States Department of … [Read more...] about US government: “Eritrean military and police officers are complicit in trafficking crimes”
‘We’ve been through two revolutions’: Centamin boss Andrew Pardey on mining gold in Egypt
Jon Yeomans | 9 July 2016 | THE TELEGRAPH At gold mining company Centamin, they have a motto: “If it was easy, someone else would have done it already.” It’s apt for a business that has built Sukari, one of the world’s biggest gold mines, in a country better known for revolutions and regime change than digging up precious metals. “Egyptian civilisation has … [Read more...] about ‘We’ve been through two revolutions’: Centamin boss Andrew Pardey on mining gold in Egypt
France’s and Portugal’s colonial heritage brings African flavour to Euro 2016
Ed Aarons | Saturday 9 July 2016 | THE GUARDIAN Sunday night’s final at the Stade de France will feature two nations with several players whose families have made their homes in the modern Europe Faria Rivelino could be forgiven for having split loyalties when France take on Portugal on Sunday night in the Euro 2016 final. The father of the Paris … [Read more...] about France’s and Portugal’s colonial heritage brings African flavour to Euro 2016