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Archives for July 2016

The President of Uganda Kept Calling Israel ‘Palestine’ During Netanyahu’s Visit

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Siobhan O'Grady | July 5, 2016 | Foreign Policy In July 1976, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s older brother Yonatan flew some 2,300 miles from Israel to Entebbe, Uganda, where pro-Palestinian hijackers were holding more than 100 people hostage in an abandoned airport terminal. The elder Netanyahu was part of a small group of elite Israeli commandos … [Read more...] about The President of Uganda Kept Calling Israel ‘Palestine’ During Netanyahu’s Visit

Zimbabwe shuts down in peaceful protest against corruption

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Reuters in Harare | Wednesday 6 July 2016 | The Guardian Stay-away day fronted by #ThisFlag sees foreign banks and stores close doors in Harare to protest against injustice Zimbabweans have stayed at home and foreign banks and most businesses in the capital, Harare, have shut down operations in one of the biggest – and most peaceful – stay-away … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe shuts down in peaceful protest against corruption

Enough is enough, says the man behind Zimbabwe’s shutdown

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Staff Writer | July 06 2016 | Daily News WEDNESDAY is about telling the politicians in Zimbabwe that "enough is enough"‚ the man behind the call for the stayaway told a South African audience. Speaking to Talk Radio 702’s Koketso Sachane‚ Pastor Evan Mawarire said he had started the #ThisFlag movement a month and a half ago to get his countrymen to unite against … [Read more...] about Enough is enough, says the man behind Zimbabwe’s shutdown

Protest strike hits Zimbabwe as pressure on Mugabe grows

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Agency Staff  | July 06 2016 | Daily News Riot police patrolled through Zimbabwe’s capital Harare on Wednesday as a call for a national strike against President Robert Mugabe’s economic policies closed businesses and crippled the public transport system. The strike follows days of unrest over the government’s failure to pay civil servants’ salaries, a currency … [Read more...] about Protest strike hits Zimbabwe as pressure on Mugabe grows

Ramadan in Djibouti

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James Jeffrey | July 4, 2016  | Foreign Affairs Life in the Port City It seems obvious that fasting between sunrise and sunset for the month of Ramadan would hurt productivity. But in the port city of Djibouti, East Africa’s premier trade hub, there can’t be any letup, even during Islam’s most holy month. The pressure is especially high this year, as landlocked … [Read more...] about Ramadan in Djibouti

Israel’s Netanyahu seeks to make new friends in historic first visit to Africa

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Rush Englash | July 5, 2016 | The Washington Post NAIROBI — “Israel is coming back to Africa, and Africa is coming back to Israel,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in a joint news conference in Kenya’s capital Tuesday. The occasion marked the first official visit by an Israeli premier to sub-Saharan Africa in 30 years. … [Read more...] about Israel’s Netanyahu seeks to make new friends in historic first visit to Africa

Chilcot report: The demonisation of Tony Blair distracts from where things really went wrong in Iraq

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Patrick Cockburn | 6 July, 2016 | The Independent It wasn't just Tony Blair who was culpable for chaos and slaughter in Iraq after the war, writes Patrick Cockburn Denunciations of Tony Blair as the evil architect of Britain’s involvement in the Iraq War often dominate discussions of what happened there and many will look to the Chilcot inquiry to provide further … [Read more...] about Chilcot report: The demonisation of Tony Blair distracts from where things really went wrong in Iraq

Aid in whose interest?

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Diane Abbott | 1 July 2016 | New Statesman The government appears to be raiding the aid budget to subsidise big business and the security state. In March 1988, Scottish aristocrat and Defence Minister to Margaret Thatcher, George Younger visited was part of a controversial offer of £200m of the UK aid budget in exchange for Malaysia signing a £1bn arms … [Read more...] about Aid in whose interest?