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Archives for June 2015
The War in Africa the U.S. Military Won’t Admit It’s Fighting
Bryan Maygers, Managing Blog Editor, The Huffington Post, Posted: 06/01/2015 "What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things -- especially when it comes to the U.S. military in Africa." So writes investigative reporter Nick Turse in his latest book, Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in … [Read more...] about The War in Africa the U.S. Military Won’t Admit It’s Fighting
South Africa’s long walk to decline
By David Blair, 19 Jun 2015, The Telegraph (UK) The end of apartheid was signalled 25 years ago today – but South Africa’s dreams lie in tatters The Separate Amenities Act might sound like an innocuous measure covering the remit of an obscure local council. It was, in fact, one of the most pernicious laws ever devised by the old South Africa, allowing the country’s … [Read more...] about South Africa’s long walk to decline
‘I know I’m too young to be a mother’: child marriage in Ethiopia – in pictures
Kate Holt, Friday 19 June 2015, The Guardian (UK) Early marriage and pregnancy are challenges faced by many teenage girls in Ethiopia. Unicef’s Girls’ Empowerment photo project aims to document the hopes, dreams and aspirations of young women throughout Ethiopia All photographs by Kate Holt for Unicef … [Read more...] about ‘I know I’m too young to be a mother’: child marriage in Ethiopia – in pictures
Why don’t Americans call mass shootings ‘terrorism’? Racism
Jessica Valenti, Friday 19 June 2015, The Guardian (UK) The refrain of denial – the urge to define white people’s terrorist acts as anything but – is an effort to protect the idea that you can be a racist and not kill people hen tragedies happen, it’s natural for people to come together in the spirit of protecting each other. So after the massacre at Emanuel … [Read more...] about Why don’t Americans call mass shootings ‘terrorism’? Racism
Developing nations lag far behind in education
BY RINA CHANDRAN, 2015-06-18, SUNDAY TIMES, (SOUTH AFRICA) Developing nations may be growing faster than wealthier nations and overtaking them on the pace of mobile-phone and luxury-car sales. But there’s at least one area where they lag by a wide margin that will persist for years to come: education. Globally, the number of children attending primary school has grown … [Read more...] about Developing nations lag far behind in education
How Zuma and ministers plotted Omar al-Bashir’s escape
Qaanitah Hunter, Mmanaledi Mataboge, Phillip De Wet, 19 JUN 2015, Mail & Guardian (South Africa) Only President Jacob Zuma and key ministers were aware of the plot to get the Sudanese president out of the country. President Jacob Zuma and his key security ministers plotted to ensure Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s safe passage out of South Africa, flouting a … [Read more...] about How Zuma and ministers plotted Omar al-Bashir’s escape
Editorial: SA took the world for fools
19 JUN 2015, Mail & Guardian (South Africa) We signed both the Rome Statute and the African Union protocol that sitting heads of state would not be prosecuted - surely a policy contradiction. The rule of law means that nobody, not even a top office bearer of the state, is immune from prosecution if they break the law. It is a principle of legal equality that is … [Read more...] about Editorial: SA took the world for fools
An opportunity lost to make history by arresting Bashir
BY MIA SWART, 19 JUNE 2015, BUSINESS DAY (SOUTH AFRICA) THE world held its breath in the aftermath of Judge Hans Fabricius’s order last Sunday preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country. Would SA go where no state has gone before and arrest a sitting head of state for war crimes and genocide? For a fleeting moment, a breakthrough seemed … [Read more...] about An opportunity lost to make history by arresting Bashir
Broken Health: Rampant fraud at medical schools leaves Indian healthcare in crisis
By Andrew MacAskill, Steve Stecklow and Sanjeev Miglani, 16 June 2015, Reuters Patients pretending they are sick and doctors posing as faculty members are routine. The ramifications of India’s broken medical-education system are being felt beyond the country’s borders. MUZAFFARNAGAR, India – Last December, Dilshad Chaudhry travelled with about 100 of … [Read more...] about Broken Health: Rampant fraud at medical schools leaves Indian healthcare in crisis
Africa’s Richest Man, Dangote, Takes His Cement Empire to Asia
By Chris Kay, 18 June 2015, Bloomberg frica’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, says he’s expanding his cement empire to Asia and it will be operational in 30 months. The 58-year-old Nigerian billionaire said Dangote Cement Plc should complete a factory in Nepal by the end of 2017. It has received 90 percent of the regulatory approvals needed to start construction in the south … [Read more...] about Africa’s Richest Man, Dangote, Takes His Cement Empire to Asia