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‘There was no food poisoning. It is not food poisoning, no!’

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African News Agency Reporter | 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 | The Independent (South Africa) Gweru ‑ President Robert Mugabe on Friday, said his deputy, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sickness three weeks ago was not a result of “food” poisoning. Mugabe told close to 30 000 Zanu-PF supporters in Gweru on Friday afternoon, that they had conducted all tests on possible “food” … [Read more...] about ‘There was no food poisoning. It is not food poisoning, no!’

Staff changes ahead of Kenya’s repeated election in 60 days

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 AGENCY STAFF | 01 SEPTEMBER 2017 | Business Day Nairobi — On Friday, Kenya’s electoral commission vowed to make staff changes ahead of a new presidential vote ordered by the country’s supreme court, which said it had failed to conduct a valid election last month. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati took note of the … [Read more...] about Staff changes ahead of Kenya’s repeated election in 60 days

African tour ends

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REEM LEILA | Sunday,03 September, 2017 | Al-Ahram Weekly President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi completes a tour intended to signal a new role for Egypt in Africa, writes Reem Leila President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi’s African tour ended on 18 August with bilateral talks with Idriss Déby, the president of Chad. Al-Sisi arrived in the Chadian capital N’Djamena on 17 August. His … [Read more...] about African tour ends

US names Yamamoto acting Secretary of State for Africa

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KEVIN J. KELLEY | THURSDAY AUGUST 31 2017 | Daily Nation NEW YORK A career diplomat with extensive experience in the Horn has been appointed to the State Department's top Africa post on a one-year term. News website allafrica.com reported Wednesday that Donald Yamamoto, a former US ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti, will take office next week as acting Assistant … [Read more...] about US names Yamamoto acting Secretary of State for Africa

No Country for Civilians

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JASON PATINKIN | AUGUST 31, 2017 | Foreign Policy The sudden exodus from war-torn South Sudan is the largest Africa has seen since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. This is what a nation without civilians looks like. KAJO KEJI, South Sudan — Brig. Gen. Moses Lokujo stood in the ruins of Loopo, a strategic hilltop village in South Sudan’s lush southern Equatoria region. Less than … [Read more...] about No Country for Civilians

How to Set National Priorities: Making Government Smarter

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Bjorn Lomborg  | September/October 2017 Issue | Foreign Affairs These days, people for the most part believe that governments should try to promote the general welfare of the populations they serve. The disagreements come over how to do that—what goals to focus on, what policies to adopt, and so on. These questions are usually approached through broad intellectual … [Read more...] about How to Set National Priorities: Making Government Smarter

The Parasite That Wires Plants Together

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ED YONG | AUG 31, 2017 | The Atlantic By draining the fluids from several hosts, dodder vines inadvertently allow plants to communicate with each other and share alarm signals. It goes by witch’s hair, strangleweed, devil’s gut, wizard’s net, and hellbine. And anyone who sees dodder vines in action will quickly understand why they’ve earned such dastardly, eldritch names. … [Read more...] about The Parasite That Wires Plants Together

ኣጆኹም ኣጆና ክወግሕዩ

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ኣበባ ተስፋግዮርጊስ | 27 August 2017 | asmarino.com (ኣዝማሪኖ) ክቡር ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣቦታተይ፡ ኣዴታተይ፡ ኣሓተይ፡ ኣሕዋተይ ደቀይ ደቂ ደቅይ ሰላም ንኹላትኩም ንኹላትክን ይኹን፡ ዘስግእ ኩነታት ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ብበቢዓይነቱ መገድታት ካብ ነዊሕ ጊዜ ጀሚሩ ብሰፊሑ ይዝረበሉን ይጽሐፈሉን ኣሎ። ተጓይኻ ምስራሕ እንተዝይኮይኑ ሕጂ ሓዲሽ ነገር የልቦን። እንተኾነ ዝጸበቦ ውላድሲ መቃብር ወለዱ ኮዓተ ከም ዝብሃል፡ ኣነ ደማ ከም ኩሉ ኣዝየ ስለ ዝተሻቀልኩ ከም ብሓዲሽ መእተዊ ታሪኽ እናጠቀስኩ ሓድ ሓደ ነገራት ከዛኻኽር ናይ ግድን ኮይኑኒ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝተሰርቀ … [Read more...] about ኣጆኹም ኣጆና ክወግሕዩ