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The oil deal, the disgraced former minister, and $800m paid via a UK bank
Lionel Faull, Ted Jeory, Nick Mathiason and Jamie Doward | Sunday 5 March 2017 | The Guardian Major investigation provokes concerns that City regulators waved through deal at heart of court case Britain’s commitment to tackling high-end money laundering through the City of London is under serious scrutiny after it emerged that regulators appear to have waved … [Read more...] about The oil deal, the disgraced former minister, and $800m paid via a UK bank
Zimbabwe journalists arrested over Mugabe (93) health report
Agency Staff | 03 March 2017 | Business Day An editor and a journalist are arrested for ‘insulting the office of the president’ after a report headlined ‘Mugabe in fresh health scare’ Harare — Two Zimbabwean journalists were arrested on Friday over a newspaper report that described President Robert Mugabe as "in bad shape" when he flew to Singapore for what officials … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe journalists arrested over Mugabe (93) health report
Why EAC should set right policies to benefit from mineral wealth
James Karuhanga | March 05, 2017 | The New Times Countries in the East African Community (EAC) must improve their governance systems, but above all, have tough laws and policies that jealously guard their abundant mineral wealth, a consultant has told regional lawmakers. This was stressed Friday during a validation workshop in Kigali aimed at discussing, among … [Read more...] about Why EAC should set right policies to benefit from mineral wealth
‘Mercenary’ investor in Kenya airlines with influence in Trump’s White House
JOHN KAMAU |Sunday March 5 2017 | Daily Nation It was a small story. So small that it could have passed anyone who never checked the details. But the mention of former Blackwater soldiers — in this newspaper — as the bodyguards of Vicky Goswami, the Indian drug baron who was extradited to the US together with the Akasha brothers, adds a whole new angle to the … [Read more...] about ‘Mercenary’ investor in Kenya airlines with influence in Trump’s White House
Ignore Donald Trump: these are Sweden’s real refugee integration challenges
Henrik Emilsson and Nahikari Irastorza | February 27, 2017 | The Conversation US President Donald Trump stunned Sweden recently when he invoked a mystery event that happened in the country furing on of his campaign rallies in Florida. “Look at what’s happening last night in Sweden,” he said. “They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought … [Read more...] about Ignore Donald Trump: these are Sweden’s real refugee integration challenges
Libya is not Turkey: why the EU plan to stop Mediterranean migration is a human rights concern
Katie Kuschminder | February 15, 2017 | The Conversation EU leaders have agreed to a plan that will provide Libya’s UN-backed government €200 million for dealing with migration. This includes an increase in funding for the Libyan coastguard, with an overall aim to stop migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean to Italy. Based on the perceived policy success of the … [Read more...] about Libya is not Turkey: why the EU plan to stop Mediterranean migration is a human rights concern
U.S. Wary of Its New Neighbor in Djibouti: A Chinese Naval Base
ANDREW JACOBS and JANE PERLEZ | FEB. 25, 2017 | THE NEW YORK TIMES DJIBOUTI — The two countries keep dozens of intercontinental nuclear missiles pointed at each other’s cities. Their frigates and fighter jets occasionally face off in the contested waters of the South China Sea. With no shared border, China and the United States mostly circle each other from afar, … [Read more...] about U.S. Wary of Its New Neighbor in Djibouti: A Chinese Naval Base
Sweden’s foreign-born population is nearing 1,7 million — Finland and Iraq have the biggest communities
Tom Turula | 3 March 2017 | Business Insider Nordic One in six people living in Sweden were born outside the country, shows Statistics Sweden’s (SCB) latest data from 2015. Immigration currently by far exceeds migration in Sweden, which has seen the country’s share of foreign-born people grow to 17 percent, the highest in the Nordics. According to OECD, Norway’s share … [Read more...] about Sweden’s foreign-born population is nearing 1,7 million — Finland and Iraq have the biggest communities
United states of prejudice: Claudia Rankine’s powerful interrogations of racism
Bernardine Evaristo | 3 March 2017 | The New Statesman Citizen and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely invite us to reframe, reconstitute and rephrase the experience of being a black person in a white-majority country. Citizen is an excoriating collection of verse about modern racism. It was a New York Times bestseller and carted off a trunkful of prestigious honours, … [Read more...] about United states of prejudice: Claudia Rankine’s powerful interrogations of racism
Michael K. Williams Asks: Am I Typecast?
Feb 15, 2017 | The Atlantic At The Atlantic, we believe it’s never been more important to take on established answers with tough questions. Here, Michael K. Williams, of The Wire and The Night Of, wrestles with one of his own: Is he being typecast? … [Read more...] about Michael K. Williams Asks: Am I Typecast?