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Russian TV Crew Tries to Bribe Swedish Youngsters to Riot on Camera

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Robbie Gramer | March 7, 2017 | Foreign Policy The Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby was thrust into the global spotlight after President Donald Trump leveled unsubstantiated claims that Sweden is roiled by rising crime and nonexistent terror attacks. Days after Trump made his claims, the suburb did in fact experience a riot, sparking media furor over whether Western … [Read more...] about Russian TV Crew Tries to Bribe Swedish Youngsters to Riot on Camera

Fastest-Growing African Economy Has Banks Lining Up to Enter

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Renee Bonorchis | 1 mars 2017| Bloomberg Lenders are lining up to set up businesses in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing and most under-banked economies. Now they need the government to let them open their doors. Over the past two years, Standard Bank Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest lender by assets, and KCB Group Ltd., Kenya’s largest lender, have joined the … [Read more...] about Fastest-Growing African Economy Has Banks Lining Up to Enter

ካብ ሽሕ ኣምሓራ ሓደ ኣበራ!

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ዳንኤል ተ. ተኽለጊዮርጊስ | 30 January 2017 | asmarino.com “While wisdom is often hidden in the meaning of words, so is error.” F. A. Hayek (1, 109) ዝምድና ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን’ሲ ብእመት ድዩ ብመጽዓን ዝዕቀን ኣብ ዝብል፡ ኲናትን: ኣነዶ ንስኻ ንመልኽን፡ ዝዓብለሎ መስርሕ ኣተኣላልያ መጻኢ-ዕድል ናይ ኤርትራውነት፡ ገለገለ ክቡራትን ዓበይትን ናይ ታሪኽ ኣቦታት፡ ብዛዕባ ናይ ትማሊ ውዕሎኦም ካብ ምምስካር ሱቕታ ዝመርጹሉ ኩነታት ምሰ’ጋጠሞ፡ ናይ ኤርትራ ታሪኽ ተመራማሪ ክቡር ኣቶ ኣለምሰገድ ተስፋይ፡ “... ገለ ኻልኦት … [Read more...] about ካብ ሽሕ ኣምሓራ ሓደ ኣበራ!

ንኽንፈላልዮም’ኮ ሓርበተና – መንዩ መንግስቲ ዞባታት? መንዩ’ኸ ባይቶ ዞባ? – ኩሎም ለበዋታት የሕልፉ- ግን ንመን?

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ተወልደብርሃን ገብረ | March 5, 2017 | asmara-online.com ብመሰረት ናይ 4 መጋቢት ፈነወ ዜና ኢሪ-ቲቪ ዞባ ባይቶ ደቡብ ኣብ ትሕቲ “ምዕቃብ ባህሪያዊ ጸጋታትና እምነ-ኩርናዕ ምዕባሌና” ዝብል ቴማ መበል 16 ስሩዕ ኣኼቡኡ ብ2 መጋቢት 2017 ኣሰላሲሉ ይባሃል ኣሎ። ከም ፈነወ ኢሪ-ቲቪ እንተ ዳኣ ኾይኑ መም/ወልዳይ ገብረ (ኣቦ መንበር ባይቶ) “ምምሕያሽ ደረጃ መነባብሮ ኣብ ማሕበራውን ቁጠባውን ህዝቢ ኣብ ዝግበሩ ለውጥታት ዝምርኮስ ምዃኑ ጠቂሱ ብኹለን ኣካላት መንግስትን ግንባርን ዝተዓሙ ንጥፈታት እወታውን ኣሉታውን ሸነኻቶም ተለሊዩ ንዝበለጸ ዕዮ ብዝድርኹ ብውህደት … [Read more...] about ንኽንፈላልዮም’ኮ ሓርበተና – መንዩ መንግስቲ ዞባታት? መንዩ’ኸ ባይቶ ዞባ? – ኩሎም ለበዋታት የሕልፉ- ግን ንመን?

This Stunningly Racist French Novel Is How Steve Bannon Explains The World

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Paul Blumenthal , JM Rieger | 03/04/2017 | The Huffington Post “The Camp of the Saints” tells a grotesque tale about a migrant invasion to destroy Western civilization. Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist and the driving force behind the administration’s controversial ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, has a favorite metaphor … [Read more...] about This Stunningly Racist French Novel Is How Steve Bannon Explains The World

Britons suffer ‘historical amnesia’ over atrocities of their former empire, says author

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Matt Broomfield | 05 2017 | The Independent 'Britain came to one of the richest countries in the world in the 18th century and reduced it, after two centuries of plunder, to one of the poorest' Britons suffer "historical amnesia" over the atrocities and plunder committed by their empire, Indian MP and author Shashi Tharoor has said. Dr Tharoor said the British … [Read more...] about Britons suffer ‘historical amnesia’ over atrocities of their former empire, says author

The oil deal, the disgraced former minister, and $800m paid via a UK bank

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Lionel Faull, Ted Jeory, Nick Mathiason and Jamie Doward | Sunday 5 March 2017 | The Guardian Major investigation provokes concerns that City regulators waved through deal at heart of court case Britain’s commitment to tackling high-end money laundering through the City of London is under serious scrutiny after it emerged that regulators appear to have waved … [Read more...] about The oil deal, the disgraced former minister, and $800m paid via a UK bank

Zimbabwe journalists arrested over Mugabe (93) health report

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Agency Staff | 03 March 2017 | Business Day An editor and a journalist are arrested for ‘insulting the office of the president’ after a report headlined ‘Mugabe in fresh health scare’ Harare — Two Zimbabwean journalists were arrested on Friday over a newspaper report that described President Robert Mugabe as "in bad shape" when he flew to Singapore for what officials … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe journalists arrested over Mugabe (93) health report

Why EAC should set right policies to benefit from mineral wealth

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James Karuhanga | March 05, 2017 | The New Times Countries in the East African Community (EAC) must improve their governance systems, but above all, have tough laws and policies that jealously guard their abundant mineral wealth, a consultant has told regional lawmakers. This was stressed Friday during a validation workshop in Kigali aimed at discussing, among … [Read more...] about Why EAC should set right policies to benefit from mineral wealth