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Archives for June 2015
Mothers of wisdom: Ethiopian women ensure their babies are born HIV free
Carla Kweifo-Okai in Modjo, Thursday 18 June 2015, The Guardian (UK) Regular antiretroviral treatment coupled with improved diagnosis is helping to reduce the number of babies being born with HIV in Ethiopia Abeba sits in the consultation room at Modjo health clinic in central Ethiopia, her seven-month-old daughter, Aster, cooing playfully on her lap. Abeba is … [Read more...] about Mothers of wisdom: Ethiopian women ensure their babies are born HIV free
60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says
By Somini Sengupta, 18 June 2015, New York Times UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 60 million people have been driven from their homes by war and persecution, an unprecedented global exodus that has burdened fragile countries with waves of newcomers and littered deserts and seas with the bodies of those who died trying to reach safety. The new figures, released Thursday by theUnited … [Read more...] about 60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says
Speaking truth to power in Zim – and laughing about it
Samm Farai Monro, 17 JUN 2015, Mail & Guardian (South Africa) Samm Farai Monro talks about the popular "Zambezi News" satirical show he helped create and the risks for those who poke fun at their rulers. The Zimbabwean minister of impending projects stands proudly in front of a diamond mine that he has christened Mine Mine. “Because,” he says, “it’s mine. And … [Read more...] about Speaking truth to power in Zim – and laughing about it
EDITORIAL: A blatant violation of the Constitution
17 JUNE 2015, Business Day (South Africa) WHICHEVER way you look at it, the South African government’s handling of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to the country was botched — unless the goal was to damage our already-dented reputation as a reliable international partner and generate a domestic constitutional crisis. The only conceivable benefit to be gained … [Read more...] about EDITORIAL: A blatant violation of the Constitution
A Hard Country for Women
By Philip Obaji Jr., 17 June 2015, African Herald Express (South Africa) — Even without the threat of Boko Haram, the girls of northern Nigeria lead grim lives and face brutal challenges — ABUJA, Nigeria — At age 14, Amina should have been in school. Instead she became a bride, and six years later, living in abject poverty, she still endures the painful aftermath of … [Read more...] about A Hard Country for Women
Seeking Refuge: How the migration crisis is shaking Europe at its core
By Sara Miller Llana, Staff Writer, Nick Squires, Correspondent, 17 JUNE 2015, Chrisitian Science Monitor The flare-up between Paris and Rome over a few hundred migrants trying to cross into France may look minor. But it goes to the heart of EU values – and whether member states abide by them. PARIS AND ROME — Much of Europe has been borderless for 20 years. That has meant no … [Read more...] about Seeking Refuge: How the migration crisis is shaking Europe at its core
5 insights into the mind of Sudan’s President Bashir, an accused war criminal
By Ishaan Tharoor, December 23, 2014, Washington Post My colleague Kevin Sieff recently sat down with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in what was Bashir's first interview with an American media outlet in four years. Bashir, 70, is wanted by the International Criminal Court for his role in the genocide in Darfur, a restive Sudanese region where violence has … [Read more...] about 5 insights into the mind of Sudan’s President Bashir, an accused war criminal
Confront Mugabe head-on: Gumbo
FUNGI KWARAMBA, CHIEF WRITER • 17 JUNE 2015 • Daily News (Zimbabwe) HARARE - Liberation struggle stalwart and spokesperson of the “original” Zanu PF that uses the slogan “People First”, Rugare Gumbo, says the only way positive change will take place in the country is if Zimbabweans agitate for this constitutionally but robustly from President Robert Mugabe and the ruling … [Read more...] about Confront Mugabe head-on: Gumbo
Sudan denies threatening South African peacekeepers amid Bashir dispute
BY AGENCY STAFF, JUNE 16 2015, Business Day (South Africa) SUDAN’S army denied a report that its troops surrounded bases in Darfur where South African peacekeeping forces are stationed while President Omar al-Bashir attended an African Union (AU) summit in Johannesburg. "There is no military conflict between the two nations to involve the army," spokesman al-Sawarmi Khaled … [Read more...] about Sudan denies threatening South African peacekeepers amid Bashir dispute
Iranian support to Houthis via Eritrea: Reality or myth?
Yasser Seddiq, Monday 15 Jun 2015, Ahram (Egypt) Yemen's exiled government accuses Iran of using Eritrea's Red Sea islands to support the Houthi rebels, claims strongly denied by Eritrea Supporters of Yemen's exiled government have accused Eritrea of supporting the Houthi rebels who now control much of the war-torn country, amid ongoing Saudi-led airstrikes against … [Read more...] about Iranian support to Houthis via Eritrea: Reality or myth?