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A fresh round of challenges to Robert Mugabe’s deadly grip on power

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Jul 30th 2016 | Harare | The Economist Comrade Bob besieged WHEN the presidential motorcade tears through the posh Borrowdale suburb where Robert Mugabe resides in Harare, all traffic still pulls onto the verge in reluctant deference to the despot. At 92 he is plainly bent on staying in power for as long as he lives. But nowadays the vendors hawking newspapers at the … [Read more...] about A fresh round of challenges to Robert Mugabe’s deadly grip on power

መንግስቲ ለውጢ ክገብርን ብግሉጽነት ክሰርሕን ይሕተት ኣሎ

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ቀለታ ኪዳነ (ሎንዶን) | 29/07/2016   መደብ ብጋህዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ   መንግስቲ ለውጢ ክገብርን  ብግሉጽነት ክሰርሕን  ይሕተት ኣሎ  መደብ ብጋህዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቀለታ ኪዳነ (ሎንዶን)  29/07/2016 ክቡራትን ክቡራንን ከመይ ቀኒኹም? ኣብ ሓንቲ ብፍትሕን ብዲሞክራስን ትመሓደር ሃገር መንግስቲ ክህሉ ከሎ ተቓወምቲ እውን ይህልዉ ኢዮም። እቲ መንግስቲ ኮነ እቶም ተቓወምቲ ከኣ በቲ ፖሊሲኦምን መደባቶምን  ኣብ ሃገር ከትኣታትዉዎ ዝደልዩ ዓይነት ምሕደራ ድኣ ይፈላለዩ እምበር ክልቲኦም ብማዕረ ኢዮም ነቲ ሃገርን  ነቲ ህዝብን ዝሓልዩሉ። ብኸምዚ … [Read more...] about መንግስቲ ለውጢ ክገብርን ብግሉጽነት ክሰርሕን ይሕተት ኣሎ

Ex-dictator Habre to pay $33,000 per victim

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Saturday July 30 2016 | Daily Nation Jacqueline Moudeina told journalists that a total of 4,733 civil plaintiffs were involved. DAKAR Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, sentenced to life in May for war crimes and crimes against humanity, was ordered by a court on Friday to pay up to $33,000 (Sh3.3m) (€30,000) to each of his victims. A special court set up by … [Read more...] about Ex-dictator Habre to pay $33,000 per victim

Watch the Father of Fallen Muslim U.S. Soldier Emotionally Rebuke Donald Trump

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Kia Makarechi | July 28, 2016 | Vanity Fair “Hillary Clinton was right when she called my son ‘the best of America." On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, the party doubtless hoped to rally as many people as possible around the cause of its nominee, Hillary Clinton. But before Clinton took the stage Thursday, two parents took to the microphone to … [Read more...] about Watch the Father of Fallen Muslim U.S. Soldier Emotionally Rebuke Donald Trump

Excitement, hatred and belonging: why terrorists do it

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John Gray| 28 July 2016 | New Statesman A new book by Richard English suggests that killing can bring its own rewards. Like most questions about terrorism, why large numbers of people join terrorist organisations can only be answered in political terms. However terrorism may be defined – and disputes about what counts as terrorism are largely political in their … [Read more...] about Excitement, hatred and belonging: why terrorists do it

Hundreds of Eritreans’ asylum applications still ‘incorrectly refused’

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Kate Lyons | Thursday 28 July 2016 | The Guardian MPs say it is unacceptable for Home Office to continue basing decisions on guidance acknowledged to be wrong Hundreds of asylum applications from Eritreans are being incorrectly refused by the government owing to its “unacceptable” policy on accepting refugees from the country, MPs have said. The home … [Read more...] about Hundreds of Eritreans’ asylum applications still ‘incorrectly refused’

የሃገራችን ፖለቲካዊ ሁኔታና የመፍትሔ ሃሳቦች

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 ሌ/ጄ ፃድቃን ገ/ትንሳኤ | July 24, 2016 | Horn Affairs (Amharic) መግቢያ ከሃያ አምስት ዓመት ኢህአዴግ የደርግን መንግስት በጦርነት አሸንፎ የሀገራችንን ፖለቲካዊ ስልጣን ከተቆጣጠረ በኋላ፤ ቀስ በቀስ እያደጉ የመጡ ፖለቲካዊ ችግሮች በግልፅ ጎልተው መታየት ጀምረዋል፡፡ አሁን ገዥው ፖርቲና ፖርቲው የሚመራው መንግስትም የችግሮቹን መኖር አምኖ ለመፍታት እየተንቀሳቀሰ እንደሆነ መንገር ከጀመረ ሰነባብቷል፡፡ ይህ ሁኔታ ለማንኛውም የሀገሩን ደህንነትና ሰላም፤ ቀጣይነት ያለው ኢኮኖሚያዊ ዕድገትና ማህበራዊ ብልፅግና፤ ለሚመኝ ሀገር ወዳድ ዜጋ ያሳስባል፡፡ ከዚህ አንፃር … [Read more...] about የሃገራችን ፖለቲካዊ ሁኔታና የመፍትሔ ሃሳቦች