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Archives for June 2015

The Next Few Days Have the Potential to Transform Greece and Europe

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NEIL IRWIN, 28 JUNE 2015, NEW YORK TIMES As it turns out, the Greek crisis ends not with a bang, but with a referendum. It has been easy to ignore the doings in Greece for the last few years, with the perpetual series of summits in Brussels that never seem to resolve anything. But it’s time to pay attention. These next few days are shaping up to become a transformational … [Read more...] about The Next Few Days Have the Potential to Transform Greece and Europe

‘Mugabe does not care about war vets’

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LLOYD MBIBA  •  28 JUNE 2015 • Daily News (Zimbabwe) HARARE - Firebrand has lashed President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF party for allegedly failing to look after the welfare of former liberation war fighters. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Sibanda said the failure by the government to pay school fees for the children of war veterans … [Read more...] about ‘Mugabe does not care about war vets’

Remembering Maya Angelou

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BY Adekeye Adebajo, 29 JUNE 2015, Business Day (South Africa) AFRICAN-American writer, poet, singer and actress Maya Angelou died a year ago last month at the age of 86. Her 1969 autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, about the pain and endurance of growing up as a black girl in the racist American South, smashed the myth of a lack of broad interest in black female … [Read more...] about Remembering Maya Angelou

Uganda: Army to translate human rights documents into local languages

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By JAMES OWICH & JOHN OKOT. Posted  Monday 29  June 2015 , The Monitor (Uganda) GULU. In a bid to improve the understanding of human rights within the UPDF, the army has said it will translate document on human rights into local languages. Col Charles Wacha, the director in charge of human rights in the UPDF, said as army grapples with accusation of rights abuses … [Read more...] about Uganda: Army to translate human rights documents into local languages

Africa must learn to cope with commodity volatility – expert

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By:KENNETH AGUTAMBA , 29  June 2015, The New Times (Rwanda) The drop in commodity prices such as minerals and oil on the international market means investors are reluctant to sink their money deep in the ground to extract resources; what should commodity-dependant African countries do? First, avoid another ‘race to the bottom’ where governments give investors overly … [Read more...] about Africa must learn to cope with commodity volatility – expert

Ruto: My support for Raila sent me to ICC

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By NELCON ODHIAMBO, SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015, The Nation (Kenya) Deputy President William Ruto on Sunday said his support for ODM leader Raila Odinga during the 2007 elections led to his trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. Addressing a church service at Bondo Anglican Church in Mr Odinga’s political bedrock, Mr Ruto also declared that … [Read more...] about Ruto: My support for Raila sent me to ICC

Health: It Turns Out We Really Didn’t Know What People Are Dying From

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AMY COSTELLO, 28 JUNE 2015, NPR Jeremy Smith has written a new book called Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients. It profiles the work of Christopher Murray, a Harvard-trained doctor and health economist who looked at a lot of numbers about how people live and die around the world and found that it's all a guess. Murray and his global team of computer … [Read more...] about Health: It Turns Out We Really Didn’t Know What People Are Dying From

The long road to Paris for Eritrea’s refugees

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2015-06-28, France24 Thousands of refugees have fled to Paris over the past several months, prompting heated debates on how to manage the escalating asylum seeker crisis. Many refugees are Eritreans, fleeing a tiny police state viewed as Africa’s North Korea. Even in Paris, Eritreans fear the ‘mosquitoes’ – informers for the regime of Isaias Afwerki, a freedom fighter … [Read more...] about The long road to Paris for Eritrea’s refugees

Israel bars foreign activist flotilla from reaching Gaza

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JERUSALEM, Mon 29 Jun 2015, Reuters Israel said on Monday it had blocked a boat leading a four-vessel protest flotilla of foreign activists from reaching the Gaza Strip and forced the vessel to sail to an Israeli port. An Israeli military statement said there was no violence in the incident, in which troops boarded, searched and then forced the boat to sail to an Israeli … [Read more...] about Israel bars foreign activist flotilla from reaching Gaza

African Union says Burundi election not free or fair, speaker flees

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BUJUMBURA | BY CLEMENT MANIRABARUSHA | Sun 28 Jun 2015 | REUTERS The African Union stood down its election observers in Burundi on Sunday, saying Monday's parliamentary election would be neither free nor fair, as the speaker of parliament said he had fled after being threatened and heavy gunfire echoed across the capital. Residents of the capital Bujumbura reported … [Read more...] about African Union says Burundi election not free or fair, speaker flees