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Archives for January 2016
Ghana’s success story built on gold, oil and cocoa is foundering
Chris Matthews in Accra | Tuesday 26 January 2016 | THE GUARDIAN Soaring prices for electricity, water and fuel have triggered protests amid concern that politicians are mishandling Ghana’s economic downturn Dressed in the red and black clothing traditionally worn at funerals, waving anti-austerity placards and accompanied by drums and bellowing horns, … [Read more...] about Ghana’s success story built on gold, oil and cocoa is foundering
Tanzania threatens to deport migrants from drought-hit Ethiopia
Kizito Makoye | Tue 26 Jan 2016 | REUTERS DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzanian authorities have threatened to deport hundreds of Ethiopian migrants who have crossed into the country illegally while trying to make their way to South Africa. The east African country is a major transit route for migrants, used by smugglers to ferry Ethiopians and Somalis to … [Read more...] about Tanzania threatens to deport migrants from drought-hit Ethiopia
A Revolution Devours Its Children
Lauren Bohn | 23 Jan 2016 | THE ATLANTIC Five years since an uprising brought down Egypt’s dictator, five families show the country’s struggle is as much personal as it is collective. CAIRO—It takes about 30 minutes to drive from the teeming Cairo neighborhood of Faisal to what locals call “El Sijn”—Arabic for “the prison.” There are many in Egypt, but everyone seems to … [Read more...] about A Revolution Devours Its Children
African Economies, and Hopes for New Era, Are Shaken by China
NORIMITSU ONISHI | 25 JAN. 2016 | THE NEW YORK TIMES JOHANNESBURG — Years of rapid economic growth across sub-Saharan Africa fueled hopes of a prosperous new era. To many, the world’s poorest continent was finally emerging, with economies that were no longer dependent on the fickle global demand for Africa’s raw resources. But as China’s economy slows and its once … [Read more...] about African Economies, and Hopes for New Era, Are Shaken by China
How army has helped Museveni stay
Tabu Butagira | Tuesday 26 January 2016 | THE MONITOR Kampala- President Museveni is expected today to deliver a landmark speech to celebrate his 30 years in power, but unlike in 1986, more than half of the 35 million Ugandans he will be speaking to were not yet born when he seized state control. With the defeat of 28 rebel groups and four election victories … [Read more...] about How army has helped Museveni stay
Pondering wealth on a Swiss peak
25 January 2016 | THE INDEPENDENT London - Is global inequality getting worse? Or better? Davos, where I spent most of the past week covering the World Economic Forum, is not a particularly great place to consider such matters. Despite the presence of many of the most prosperous individuals in the world on the Swiss mountain top, this is an instance where an … [Read more...] about Pondering wealth on a Swiss peak
A Rainy Anniversary in Tahrir Square
Peter Hessler | 25 January 2016 | THE NEW YORKER Monday was the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, and the most interesting thing that I saw on Tahrir Square was either the rain or a young man wearing a hoodie that said in English, in huge letters, “Keep And & Smoke Weed.” Nothing seems to unnerve Egyptians more than rain—even January, which … [Read more...] about A Rainy Anniversary in Tahrir Square
Cruisin’ with guns
Jan 23rd 2016 | THE ECONOMIST A brisk business in safeguarding guns IN OCTOBER 2013 the Seaman Guard Ohio, a Sierra Leone-flagged ship, was intercepted just under 11 nautical miles off the coast of India by the local coastguard. The grey-hulled vessel looked like a naval ship—bristling with antennae and radar—but was chartered by AdvanFort, a private security firm based in … [Read more...] about Cruisin’ with guns
Denmark Wants To Become ‘A Little Bit Less Attractive’ To Refugees
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson | 25 January 2016 | NPR Denmark is expected to adopt a law on Tuesday requiring police to seize cash and other valuables from some asylum seekers as they enter the country. The seizures, which would go toward defraying the cost of refugee care, are being widely criticized as a violation of human rights. In Elsinore, the eastern Danish city where … [Read more...] about Denmark Wants To Become ‘A Little Bit Less Attractive’ To Refugees
Exclusive: South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians – U.N. panel
UNITED NATIONS | Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols | Mon 25 Jan 2016 | REUTERS The United Nations Security Council should place an arms embargo on South Sudan, while the oil-rich country's President Salva Kiir and a rebel leader qualify to be sanctioned over atrocities committed in a two-year civil war, U.N. sanctions monitors said in an annual report. The … [Read more...] about Exclusive: South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians – U.N. panel