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U.S. conducts strike on al Shabaab, Somalia says training base destroyed

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George Obulutsa | Sun Jun 11, 2017 | Reuters The Pentagon said it had carried out an air strike on al Shabaab in Somalia on Sunday, and Somalia said its special forces had joined in the attack to destroy one of the jihadist insurgent group's main training and command posts. The office of President Mohamed Abdullahi said the base was located on Sakow, in the Middle Juba … [Read more...] about U.S. conducts strike on al Shabaab, Somalia says training base destroyed

Egypt says will retain administration of Red Sea islands after Saudi transfer

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Mahmoud Mourad | Sun Jun 11, 2017 | Reuters Egypt will maintain administrative control over two Red Sea islands it is looking to transfer to Saudi Arabia, according to a government report advising parliament on the terms of the agreement. Parliament on Sunday began discussions of the controversial transfer of the two islands, Tiran and Sanafir, to Saudi Arabia. The … [Read more...] about Egypt says will retain administration of Red Sea islands after Saudi transfer

Al-Shabab militants storm army base in Somalia, killing dozens

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Max Bearak | June 8, 2017 | The Washington Post A large contingent of al-Shabab militants stormed a Somali military encampment on Thursday, killing dozens of government-aligned soldiers and civilian bystanders. The incident was rare in its brutality — many of the dead reportedly were beheaded — as well as its location in the semiautonomous region of Puntland, hundreds … [Read more...] about Al-Shabab militants storm army base in Somalia, killing dozens

What a new university in Africa is doing to decolonise social sciences

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 Jess Auerbach | May 13, 2017 | The Conversation It’s not often that you get to create a new university from scratch: space, staff – and curriculum. But that’s exactly what we’re doing in Mauritius, at one of Africa’s newest higher education institutions. And decoloniality is central to our work. I am a member of the Social Science Faculty at the African Leadership … [Read more...] about What a new university in Africa is doing to decolonise social sciences

Life in Black and White (Life in BaW): The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas

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ALEX PUTTERMAN | JUN 4, 2017 | THE ATLANTIC The Atlanta Braves executive became the first black man to run a Major League Baseball team—but few have followed in his footsteps in the last 40 years. On September 19, 1976, the Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner promoted a man named Bill Lucas to vice president of player personnel. Though Turner, somewhat oddly, kept the … [Read more...] about Life in Black and White (Life in BaW): The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas

HOW THE SIX-DAY WAR CHANGED ISRAEL’S MIND

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Bernard Avishai | 5 June 2017 | THE NEW YORKER Fifty years ago today, on June 5, 1967, we awoke to the news that the war we had dreaded was begun—and decided. I was eighteen, had just finished my freshman year at McGill, and was living with my father, who had been a Zionist leader in Montreal during the nineteen-fifties and had recently married an Israeli woman. … [Read more...] about HOW THE SIX-DAY WAR CHANGED ISRAEL’S MIND

Sudan, Egypt talk but make little headway to defuse tensions

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2017-06-05 | News24 Cairo - Officials from Sudan and Egypt on Saturday held "honest" and "transparent" discussions following months of tension between the two Afro-Arab neighbors, but appeared to make little headway to patch up their differences, primarily over a border region held by Cairo and claimed by Khartoum. Sudan's visiting foreign minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, … [Read more...] about Sudan, Egypt talk but make little headway to defuse tensions

Zimbabwe to send incandescent light bulb sellers to jail – report

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News24 Correspondent | 2017-06-05 | News24 Harare - Here's one to strike fear into the hearts of powercut-fearing Zimbabweans: if the authorities find you selling one of those old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs, you could end up in jail. The state-owned Chronicle newspaper reports that police and officials from the tax authority will be conducting raids on shops … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe to send incandescent light bulb sellers to jail – report