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South Sudan’s Troubled Peace
Steven C. Roach | April 3, 2016 | Foreign Affairs How the Peace Deal Got Stuck South Sudan’s civil war officially ended on August 26, 2015, when the two sides signed a sweeping peace agreement that set out the framework for building a transitional unity government. But since then, the warring parties have neglected deadlines, broken cease-fires, and been accused … [Read more...] about South Sudan’s Troubled Peace
The Migration Machine
4 April 2016 | Reuters Millions of people, billions of dollars – and Europe’s struggle to cope Previous: A brother’s duty New: A fortress of fences Spreading across Europe: a fortress of fences Filed April 4th, 2016 As a million migrants and refugees entered Europe in 2015, states feared the situation was spinning out of … [Read more...] about The Migration Machine
Sowing the Seeds of a Farm Boom in Africa
Alan Bjerga | March 31, 2016 | Bloomberg Big Ag takes on problems like climate change and food spoilage. The 48 countries that make up sub-Saharan Africa have increasingly acute food needs as climate change turns the region’s growing seasons more arid. The drought now devastating southern and East Africa, which threatens 50 million people with famine, is just the … [Read more...] about Sowing the Seeds of a Farm Boom in Africa
Saudi Arabia Is Committing War Crimes in Yemen
Rasha Mohamed, Rawan Shaif | March 25, 2016 | Foreign Policy How can the United States, Britain, and France keep shipping Riyadh arms when its pilots are dropping bombs on innocent civilians? LONDON and SANAA — It was a hot, dry day in early July 2015. Salah Basrallah, a farmer in Yemen’s northern region of Saada, stood among a cluster of nine houses that used to … [Read more...] about Saudi Arabia Is Committing War Crimes in Yemen
What has become of the ‘new breed’ of leaders?
Frederic Musisi | Sunday, March 27 2016 | The Monitor The characterisation “new breed of African leaders” was a word that captured wide imagination in African politics. This crop of leaders – Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi – beaconed something new of a kind that then US president Bill … [Read more...] about What has become of the ‘new breed’ of leaders?
The ‘Strategic Logic’ of Suicide Bombing
Uri Friedman | Mar 23, 2016 | The Atlantic An expert boils down the Brussels attacks to one word: territory. In October 2015, two suicide bombers killed more than 100 people outside a railway station in the Turkish capital of Ankara. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in the country’s modern history, but it was also something more, something not fully appreciated … [Read more...] about The ‘Strategic Logic’ of Suicide Bombing
The Curse of Ethiopia’s Success: The Ongoing Drought—and What to Do About It
James Jeffrey | March 22, 2016 | Foreign Affairs For the last year, Ethiopia has been scraping through the worst drought the country has seen in 50 years. But there are no scenes reminiscent of 1984, when a lack of rain contributed to the death of more than a million Ethiopians. For that, the Ethiopian government deserves some credit. But the country still faces a … [Read more...] about The Curse of Ethiopia’s Success: The Ongoing Drought—and What to Do About It
The Big Lie About the Libyan War
Micah Zenko | March 22, 2016 | Foreign Policy The Obama administration said it was just trying to protect civilians. Its actions reveal it was looking for regime change. In this fifth anniversary week of the U.S.-led Libya intervention, it’s instructive to revisit Hillary Clinton’s curiously abridged description of that war in her 2014 memoir, Hard Choices. … [Read more...] about The Big Lie About the Libyan War
‘They Are Proud of What They Are Doing’
Amanda Sperber | March 18, 2016 | Foreign Policy South Sudan's warring leaders have unleashed a terrifying wave of sexual violence that nobody has been able to stop. NYAL, South Sudan — Five men raped the 5-year-old next door. Mary watched helplessly from her home, where she had hidden when men with guns stormed into her village near the town of Leer in South … [Read more...] about ‘They Are Proud of What They Are Doing’
A trip to Eritrea
Nicolas Germain | 2016-03-19 | France24 Among African refugees in Europe, most come from one small nation, Eritrea. Why? France 24 were given rare access to the country and they went to find out. Reporter’s notebook, by Nicolas Germain. It’s 1am when the plane lands in the small airport of Asmara, Eritrea’s capital, which lies 2,400 metres above the sea. The … [Read more...] about A trip to Eritrea