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Archives for September 2015
Israel’s voluntary deportation scheme puts asylum seekers at risk, report says
Isaac Atwal. Friday 11 September 2015, The Guardian International Refugee Rights Initiative claims Israel has failed to live up to its promises to monitor and support Eritreans and Sudanese in their new countries The deportation under a voluntary scheme of Eritreans and Sudanese from Israel to “third countries” in Africa is exposing them to danger, with some being left … [Read more...] about Israel’s voluntary deportation scheme puts asylum seekers at risk, report says
THINK OUT LOUD
Michael Eric Dyson, 9 September 2015, The New Republic TWENTY YEARS AGO, less than two years after I’d received my doctorate in religion from Princeton, I appeared with Cornel West, Derrick Bell, and bell hooks in an illustration accompanying an article in The New Yorker about the rise of a new generation of black public intellectuals. Those were heady times. “A new African … [Read more...] about THINK OUT LOUD
Obama and Africa
Nicolas van de Walle, September/October Issue, Foreign Affairs Lots of Hope, Not Much Change When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president in 2008, the news was greeted with enormous hope in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as among the small coterie of Americans who follow the region closely. This son of a Kenyan father would not only understand the continent better than his … [Read more...] about Obama and Africa
How a U.N. Drone Crashed in Congo and Was Promptly Forgotten
SIOBHÁN O'GRADY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2015, FOREIGN POLICY An FP special report from the front lines of the flailing U.N. effort to use drones to save lives in a war-ravaged stretch of eastern Africa. NYIRAGONGO TERRITORY, Democratic Republic of the Congo — On a cloudy October morning last year, an unarmed United Nations drone on a surveillance mission over eastern Democratic … [Read more...] about How a U.N. Drone Crashed in Congo and Was Promptly Forgotten
Former Chad dictator hears atrocities case
Malick Rokhy Ba, 08 SEP 2015, Mail & Guardian Hissene Habre was forced into the dock as his trial resumed in Senegal over a string of atrocities committed during eight bloodsoaked years in power. The 72-year-old dictator Hissene Habre – once backed by France and the United States as a bulwark against Libya’s Moamer Kadhafi – is accused of war crimes, crimes against … [Read more...] about Former Chad dictator hears atrocities case
African leaders celebrate H. naledi
Peter Fabricius, 11 September 2015, The Independent (South Africa) Pretoria - African ambassadors in South Africa are also celebrating the discovery of Homo Naledi, seeing it as further confirmation that Africa is indeed the Cradle of Humankind. The Egyptian ambassador Sherif Naguib said the discovery should inspire all African countries to pool all their scientists and … [Read more...] about African leaders celebrate H. naledi
Rural poor harvest hope from Africa’s tree of life
CYRIL LOMBARD, 10 SEPTEMBER 2015. BUSINESS DAILY IN THE dry rural north of Limpopo, a new industry is growing from very old trees. In an area with up to 98% unemployment, 1,000 people earn an income collecting the fruit pods of the abundant baobab. They supply the baobab to a local business, EcoProducts, which last year produced several tonnes of baobab powder for the … [Read more...] about Rural poor harvest hope from Africa’s tree of life
Refugee crisis: Israelis invoke Holocaust as they debate how to respond
Joshua Mitnick, Correspondent, 11 September 2015, The Christian Science Monitor Israel is building a new fence along its border with Jordan amid widespread soul searching over whether it should allow Middle Eastern refugees to come in. TEL AVIV — Even as scenes of Middle Eastern refugees streaming along European railways were stirring Israelis’ collective memory of World War … [Read more...] about Refugee crisis: Israelis invoke Holocaust as they debate how to respond
‘Germany took our Jews and gave us Arabs,’ French right-winger says
JPOST STAFF \ 09/11/2015 \ Jerusalem Post Germany has been heavily criticized by other European governments for its willingness to absorb hundreds of thousands of migrants. A right-wing politician caused a stir on Friday after he was quoted as saying that Germany "took our Jews and gave us Arabs." According to a report which appeared on the AFP wire service, the comment … [Read more...] about ‘Germany took our Jews and gave us Arabs,’ French right-winger says
Palestinian President Playing Musical Chairs
Daoud Kuttab, Palestinian journalist, 09/08/2015, The Huffington Post Mahmoud Abbas holds many titles. He is the head of the Fateh movement, chairman of the PLO's executive committee and president of the state of Palestine. Technically and legally, the Palestine Liberation Organization is superior. The state of Palestine, declared a non-member state in the UN in 2003, is … [Read more...] about Palestinian President Playing Musical Chairs