Archives for August 2015
Elias Groll, 20 August 201, Foreign Policy If there has been a defining theme of the European political leadership’s response to the migrant crisis currently facing the continent, it is this: panic. With a record 107,500 migrants crossing EU borders la …
ኲናት የለን፣ 3% ካብ ህዝባ ግን ተሰዲዱ ኣሎ ውሽጣዊ ኵነታት ኤርትራ Published: August 17, 2015
Patrick Kingsley, Monday 17 August 2015, The Guardian ኣዳም ብቘልዓኡ ወተሃደር ክኸውን ዝተዓስከረ’ዩ–ኣብዚ ሓጺር ዕድመኡ ዝሓለፎ መገዲ ግን ንዛንታ መሳቱኡ ኤርትራውያን ዝውክልን ዝገልጽን’ዩ። The Tigrinya alphabet may not be supported on some devices. If you are having trouble viewing the text, plea …
‘The next wave of riders is even better’: how Eritrean cycling is preparing to peak Published: August 17, 2015
David Smith, Africa correspondent, Monday 17 August 2015, The Guardian After success in Tour de France, plans for a high-altitude training centre and regional team raise expectations in the country where cycling is like a religion It was a heroes’ wel …
Tale of two Eritreans offers glimpse inside Africa’s most secretive state Published: August 17, 2015
Monica Mark, Monday 17 August 2015, The Guardian As thousands flee every month and reports of repression abound, two men’s diverging paths paint a more complex picture of life in Eritrea Kemal and Mohammed have never met, but until recently their lives …
Guardian Africa series: Inside Eritrea Published: August 17, 2015
Basia Cummings, Sunday 16 August 2015, The Guardian Follow three days of coverage devoted to getting a deeper look at the country making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Here are some highlights: In 1991 Eritrea emerged from a 30-year war with …
South Sudan’s Orderly Disorder Published: August 16, 2015
Whitney Mallet, August 14, 2015, The New Republic A new film shows the ravages of bureaucracy in the world’s newest country Arriving unannounced to South Sudan in a homemade flying machine to film a documentary, Austrian director Hubert Sauper parallel …
AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale Published: August 16, 2015
Julia Angwin, Charlie Savage, Jeff Larson, Henrik Moltke, Laura Poitras and James Risen 15 AUG. 2015, The New York Times The National Security Agency’s ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the United States has relied o …
The village where men are banned Published: August 16, 2015
Julie Bindel, Sunday 16 August, The Guardian Only women are allowed to live in Umoja. Julie Bindel visits the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence – and discovers its inhabitants are thriving in the single-sex communi …
LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE (BAW): Bury My Heart in Dresden Published: August 16, 2015
Bury My Heart in Dresden The story of a Sioux chief buried in Germany in 1914 and the challenges his descendants face today in South Dakota. 15 Jan 2014, Aljazeera English
Newly Discovered Exoplanet Provides Glimpse Into Jupiter’s Past Published: August 15, 2015
Scott Neuman, 14 August 2015, NPR The discovery of a new planet about 100 light years from Earth could provide clues as to what Jupiter was like early in the life of our solar system. The new exoplanet, 51 Eridani b, is thought to be just 20 million ye …