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Zimbabwe diamond exports fund spy agency accused of rights abuses, Global Witness says

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 BRIAN LATHAM | 11 SEPTEMBER 2017 | Business Day Harare — Zimbabwe’s government is using money earned from diamond exports to fund its Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), blamed for a raft of human-rights abuses as it has helped to keep President Robert Mugabe in power since 1980, Global Witness said. Diamonds dug from the Marange fields in eastern Zimbabwe are … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe diamond exports fund spy agency accused of rights abuses, Global Witness says

America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide

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Helen C Epstein | Tuesday 12 September 2017 | The Guardian The violence that shocked the world in 1994 did not come from nowhere. While the CIA looked on, its allies in the Ugandan government helped to spread terror and fuel ethnic hatred Between April and July 1994, hundreds of thousands of Rwandans were murdered in the most rapid genocide ever recorded. The killers … [Read more...] about America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide

Lesotho murders: The military must reform

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Simon Allison | 08 Sep 2017 | Mail & Guardian NEWS ANALYSIS On Tuesday morning, the commander of the Lesotho Defence Force was shot dead, allegedly by one of his own officers. Although the exact sequence of events is unclear, the Lesotho Times is reporting that Lieutenant-General Khoantle Motsomotso was in his office at the main barracks in Maseru when two senior … [Read more...] about Lesotho murders: The military must reform

Cheats, devils, drunks — Kenya’s politicians get ugly ahead of fresh poll

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 GEORGE OBULUTSA AND KATHARINE HOURELD | 08 SEPTEMBER 2017 | BUSINESS DAY Nairobi — The president calls the chief justice a cheat. A lawmaker denounces the head of the opposition as the devil and says he needs a whipping. The opposition leader accuses the president of making a public speech while drunk. The gloves are off as Kenya’s ruling party and the … [Read more...] about Cheats, devils, drunks — Kenya’s politicians get ugly ahead of fresh poll

More Tanzania ministers move on amid mining sector investigations

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 OMAR MOHAMMED | 08 SEPTEMBER 2017 | BUSINESS DAY Two Tanzanian ministers resigned after the country’s President John Magufuli told government officials suspected of wrongdoing in an investigation into the nation’s diamond- and tanzanite-mining industries to step down. Edwin Ngonyani, a deputy minister of works, transport and communication, resigned on … [Read more...] about More Tanzania ministers move on amid mining sector investigations

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ቀለታ ኪዳነ | 09/09/2017 | meskerem.net ወያነ ናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሰላምን ምዕባሌን ኣገዲሱዎም ኣይፈልጥን’ዩ! ንሰላምን ንዕርቅን ዝጸልእ ሰይጣን ጥራሕ ኢዩ። ስለዚ ብወገነይ ደላይ ሰላምን ደላይ ፍቕርን እምበር ጸረ ሰላምን ፍቕርን ክልቲኡ ኣህዛብ ማለት ህዝቢ ትግራይ( ኢትዮጵያ) ን ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ዘይምዃነይ ኣቐዲመ እሕብር። ናይ ወያነ ዕላማን ኣብ ልዕሊ ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ዝነበሮምን ዘለዎምን ክፉእ ሕልናን መደባትን ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ ዓመታት ብተደጋጋሚ ዝተገልጸን ዝተረጋገጸን ጥራሕ ዘይኮነ ካብቲ ክቱር ኣብ ልዕሊ ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ዘለዎም ንዕቀት ብተደጋጋሚ … [Read more...] about ክሰርቀኒ ዝረኣኹዎ ክመልሰለይ ነይኣምኖ!

A Second Look at the Steele Dossier—Knowing What We Know Now

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John Sipher | Wednesday, September 6, 2017 | Just Security [Editor’s Note: In this special Just Security article, highly respected former member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service, John Sipher examines the Steele dossier using methods that an intelligence officer would to try to validate such information. Sipher concludes that the dossier’s information on … [Read more...] about A Second Look at the Steele Dossier—Knowing What We Know Now