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Angola: Dos Santos to bid farewell in 2018 (maybe)
Simon Allison | 13 Mar 2016 | Daily Maverick In Angola, President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said he will be stepping down from office in 2018. A momentous announcement, if about three decades too late. But should we believe him? And will a new face in Luanda’s presidential palace make any difference? SIMON ALLISON explains why Dos Santos probably doesn’t deserve the benefit of … [Read more...] about Angola: Dos Santos to bid farewell in 2018 (maybe)
Blood in the fields as big business eats up Ethiopia
Tom Burgis | March 14 2016 | Business Day AS AN orchestra of mosquitoes and crickets greet the dusk, Bedlu Abera looks out over fields of rice stretching across the Ethiopian lowlands. A flicker of contentment crosses his face. "It’s satisfying," he says. "We are making progress." Bedlu is overseeing Saudi Star Agricultural Development’s first substantial harvest, and … [Read more...] about Blood in the fields as big business eats up Ethiopia
80 % of countries in need of food aid from Africa – FAO
Michel Nkurunziza | March 15, 2016 | The New Times Thirty-four countries, including 27 from Africa, are currently in need of external food assistance, according to a new report by Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). The report titled, “Crop Prospects and Food situation,” released last week in Rome, was published by the Trade and Markets Division of FAO under the … [Read more...] about 80 % of countries in need of food aid from Africa – FAO
Kidnapped And Raped At Age 13, She’s Finally Found Justice
Diane Cole | March 14, 2016 | NPR Fifteen years ago, Woineshet Zebene Negash of Ethiopia — who was then just 13 years old — was abducted, held captive and raped in order to force her into a marriage to which neither she nor her family had consented. Hers wasn't an uncommon story: In parts of rural Ethiopia, this is an old cultural practice. Men who've been rejected by … [Read more...] about Kidnapped And Raped At Age 13, She’s Finally Found Justice
Quiet Support for Saudis Entangles U.S. in Yemen
Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt | MARCH 13, 2016 | THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON — Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s urbane, well-connected ambassador to Washington, arrived at the White House last March with the urgent hope of getting President Obama’s support for a new war in the Middle East. Iran had moved into Saudi Arabia’s backyard, Mr. Jubeir told Mr. Obama’s … [Read more...] about Quiet Support for Saudis Entangles U.S. in Yemen
Men should have the right to ‘abort’ responsibility for an unborn child, Swedish political group says
Adam Taylor | March 8, 2016 | WASHINGTON POST Sweden may well have among the most accepting views of abortion in the world — one recent poll found that 84 percent of the country supports a woman's right to have an abortion whenever she wants one. Yet a proposal from a Swedish group to offer men the right to a "legal abortion" of an unborn child has not been met with … [Read more...] about Men should have the right to ‘abort’ responsibility for an unborn child, Swedish political group says
Islamic State files leak: The ‘good British Christian’ who turned to jihad
Raf Sanchez and Camilla Turner | 10 Mar 2016 | THE TELEGRAPH The full story of Fasil Towalde's short life can be told for the first time after his Isil recruitment forms and those of thousands of other fighters were leaked A British jihadist killed while fighting for Isil in Syria was a "good Christian boy" who fell in with a gang and turned to radical Islam … [Read more...] about Islamic State files leak: The ‘good British Christian’ who turned to jihad
UN report: South Sudan allowed soldiers to rape civilians in civil war
Sam Jones | Friday 11 March 2016 | THE GUARDIAN Scale of atrocities committed by both sides laid bare in report, including allegations of torture, murder and deliberate mass displacement The South Sudanese government has conducted a “scorched earth policy” against civilians caught up in the country’s civil war, allowing its soldiers and allied militias to … [Read more...] about UN report: South Sudan allowed soldiers to rape civilians in civil war
Migrants and refugees cross paths at an African way station
Heidi Vogt | March 11 2016 | BUSINESS DAY OBOCK — Nestled on a stretch of coastline where Africa’s Horn faces the Arabian peninsula, this dusty seaside town has earned a dubious distinction over the past year, becoming one of the few places where refugees fleeing war pass economic migrants speeding the opposite direction — straight into the firefight. By day, ships … [Read more...] about Migrants and refugees cross paths at an African way station
Human Rights Court awards raped Ethiopian girl $150,000
Saturday, March 12, 2016 | DAILY NATION BANJUL, Friday - Africa’s human rights court has ordered Ethiopia to pay $150,000 compensation to a rape victim for failing to protect her rights. In 2003, Aberew Jemma Negussie was convicted of the abduction and rape of a 13-year-old girl.This was overturned on appeal as the prosecutor said only a virgin could be raped, … [Read more...] about Human Rights Court awards raped Ethiopian girl $150,000