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Trade on the Streets, and Off the Books, Keeps Zimbabwe Afloat
NORIMITSU ONISHI and JEFFREY MOYO | MARCH 4, 2017 | NEW YORK TIMES HARARE, Zimbabwe — Dusk falls and thousands of vendors fan out across central Harare. Through the night, they hawk their wares — vegetables, clothes, kitchen utensils, cellphones — from carts, wheelbarrows or even the pavement, transforming the city’s staid business district into a giant, … [Read more...] about Trade on the Streets, and Off the Books, Keeps Zimbabwe Afloat
WikiLeaks Publishes Massive Archive of CIA Hacking Tools
Elias Groll | March 7, 2017 Foreign Policy Julian Assange is back, this time purportedly exposing some of Langley’s most sensitive secrets. WikiLeaks released a huge trove on Tuesday of hacking tools allegedly developed and used by the CIA, a release that — if authentic — would constitute one of the most significant breaches of classified information in … [Read more...] about WikiLeaks Publishes Massive Archive of CIA Hacking Tools
How an ancient Egyptian god spurred the rise of Trump
Adrià Salvador Palau & Jon Roozenbeek | March 7, 2017 | The Conversation Donald Trump’s presidency is well underway, but many observers are still trying to understand how he won the office in the first place. Plenty of explanations are circulating, from Hillary Clinton’s weaknesses as a candidate to pervasive sexism and class disenfranchisement in the Rust Belt. … [Read more...] about How an ancient Egyptian god spurred the rise of Trump
Russian TV Crew Tries to Bribe Swedish Youngsters to Riot on Camera
Robbie Gramer | March 7, 2017 | Foreign Policy The Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby was thrust into the global spotlight after President Donald Trump leveled unsubstantiated claims that Sweden is roiled by rising crime and nonexistent terror attacks. Days after Trump made his claims, the suburb did in fact experience a riot, sparking media furor over whether Western … [Read more...] about Russian TV Crew Tries to Bribe Swedish Youngsters to Riot on Camera
Fastest-Growing African Economy Has Banks Lining Up to Enter
Renee Bonorchis | 1 mars 2017| Bloomberg Lenders are lining up to set up businesses in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing and most under-banked economies. Now they need the government to let them open their doors. Over the past two years, Standard Bank Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest lender by assets, and KCB Group Ltd., Kenya’s largest lender, have joined the … [Read more...] about Fastest-Growing African Economy Has Banks Lining Up to Enter
ካብ ሽሕ ኣምሓራ ሓደ ኣበራ!
ዳንኤል ተ. ተኽለጊዮርጊስ | 30 January 2017 | asmarino.com “While wisdom is often hidden in the meaning of words, so is error.” F. A. Hayek (1, 109) ዝምድና ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን’ሲ ብእመት ድዩ ብመጽዓን ዝዕቀን ኣብ ዝብል፡ ኲናትን: ኣነዶ ንስኻ ንመልኽን፡ ዝዓብለሎ መስርሕ ኣተኣላልያ መጻኢ-ዕድል ናይ ኤርትራውነት፡ ገለገለ ክቡራትን ዓበይትን ናይ ታሪኽ ኣቦታት፡ ብዛዕባ ናይ ትማሊ ውዕሎኦም ካብ ምምስካር ሱቕታ ዝመርጹሉ ኩነታት ምሰ’ጋጠሞ፡ ናይ ኤርትራ ታሪኽ ተመራማሪ ክቡር ኣቶ ኣለምሰገድ ተስፋይ፡ “... ገለ ኻልኦት … [Read more...] about ካብ ሽሕ ኣምሓራ ሓደ ኣበራ!
The Rules for Rulers
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ንኽንፈላልዮም’ኮ ሓርበተና – መንዩ መንግስቲ ዞባታት? መንዩ’ኸ ባይቶ ዞባ? – ኩሎም ለበዋታት የሕልፉ- ግን ንመን?
ተወልደብርሃን ገብረ | March 5, 2017 | asmara-online.com ብመሰረት ናይ 4 መጋቢት ፈነወ ዜና ኢሪ-ቲቪ ዞባ ባይቶ ደቡብ ኣብ ትሕቲ “ምዕቃብ ባህሪያዊ ጸጋታትና እምነ-ኩርናዕ ምዕባሌና” ዝብል ቴማ መበል 16 ስሩዕ ኣኼቡኡ ብ2 መጋቢት 2017 ኣሰላሲሉ ይባሃል ኣሎ። ከም ፈነወ ኢሪ-ቲቪ እንተ ዳኣ ኾይኑ መም/ወልዳይ ገብረ (ኣቦ መንበር ባይቶ) “ምምሕያሽ ደረጃ መነባብሮ ኣብ ማሕበራውን ቁጠባውን ህዝቢ ኣብ ዝግበሩ ለውጥታት ዝምርኮስ ምዃኑ ጠቂሱ ብኹለን ኣካላት መንግስትን ግንባርን ዝተዓሙ ንጥፈታት እወታውን ኣሉታውን ሸነኻቶም ተለሊዩ ንዝበለጸ ዕዮ ብዝድርኹ ብውህደት … [Read more...] about ንኽንፈላልዮም’ኮ ሓርበተና – መንዩ መንግስቲ ዞባታት? መንዩ’ኸ ባይቶ ዞባ? – ኩሎም ለበዋታት የሕልፉ- ግን ንመን?
This Stunningly Racist French Novel Is How Steve Bannon Explains The World
Paul Blumenthal , JM Rieger | 03/04/2017 | The Huffington Post “The Camp of the Saints” tells a grotesque tale about a migrant invasion to destroy Western civilization. Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist and the driving force behind the administration’s controversial ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, has a favorite metaphor … [Read more...] about This Stunningly Racist French Novel Is How Steve Bannon Explains The World
Britons suffer ‘historical amnesia’ over atrocities of their former empire, says author
Matt Broomfield | 05 2017 | The Independent 'Britain came to one of the richest countries in the world in the 18th century and reduced it, after two centuries of plunder, to one of the poorest' Britons suffer "historical amnesia" over the atrocities and plunder committed by their empire, Indian MP and author Shashi Tharoor has said. Dr Tharoor said the British … [Read more...] about Britons suffer ‘historical amnesia’ over atrocities of their former empire, says author