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Germany bets on second time lucky with migrant workers
Joseph Nasr | AUGUST 18, 2017 | Reuters GESCHER, Germany (Reuters) - As Germany struggles to absorb more than a million migrants from the Middle East and Africa, the government is hoping to avoid the mistakes it made half a century ago when it brought in a generation of guest workers from Turkey. In the 1960s, hundreds of thousands of Turkish men were invited in to fill … [Read more...] about Germany bets on second time lucky with migrant workers
Kenya’s New Electoral Authoritarianism
AZIZ RANA | August 17, 2017 | Boston Review Last week’s bitterly contested election in Kenya has placed the country in the international spotlight. Although sitting President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner by the electoral commission, opposition candidate Raila Odinga has refused to concede and contends that the election was stolen from him. After initially rejecting … [Read more...] about Kenya’s New Electoral Authoritarianism
Life in Black & White: Poem of the Week – ‘The Death of Slavery’ by William Cullen Bryant
Annika Neklason | August 18, 2017 | The Atlantic Poem of the Week This year, in honor of National Poetry Month, we compiled some of the best poems published throughout The Atlantic’s 160-year history… and we didn’t want to stop. Come back every week to read another poem from our archives, and go here to check out our month of poetry recommendations from staff and readers. … [Read more...] about Life in Black & White: Poem of the Week – ‘The Death of Slavery’ by William Cullen Bryant
‘They’re like the mafia’: the super gangs behind Africa’s poaching crisis
Tristan McConnell | Saturday 19 August 2017 | The Guardian Pressure is mounting against multi-faceted smugglers but the legal case, though strong, is enormously complex Late on 6 June 2014 Kenyan police, acting on a tip-off, raided a used car lot in Mombasa’s industrial area. Inside Fuji Motors East Africa Ltd, in one of the lock-ups, they found two tonnes of … [Read more...] about ‘They’re like the mafia’: the super gangs behind Africa’s poaching crisis
South Africa grants Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity – report
Reuters | Saturday 19 August 2017 | The Guardian Wife of Zimbabwean president will be allowed to leave South Africa despite case involving Gabriella Engels, who says Mugabe whipped her with a cable South Africa has granted diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, allowing her to avoid prosecution for the alleged assault of a 20-year-old … [Read more...] about South Africa grants Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity – report