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Trump’s America and the rise of the authoritarian personality
Magnus Linden | February 16, 2017 | The Conversation Since the horror of Hitler’s Holocaust, psychologists have investigated why certain individuals appear more prone to follow orders from authority figures, even if it means that they have to sacrifice humanitarian values while doing so. Apart from the Nazi regime, this issue is central to military atrocities such … [Read more...] about Trump’s America and the rise of the authoritarian personality
Land invasions in Kenya portend election violence
Feb 16th 2017 | KIFUKU | THE ECONOMIST Politicians are urging their supporters to graze their cows on other people’s turf AT KIFUKU, a cattle ranch in Kenya, the dry-stone walls are reminiscent of England; by the farmhouse, a pair of boats sit on an artificial lake. The farm has, however, been anything but calm of late. Since September dozens of cattle-ranchers, some with … [Read more...] about Land invasions in Kenya portend election violence
ኢትዮጵያና አሜሪካ
ሙሉነህ እዩኤል | undated | ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ ኢትዮጵያና አሜሪካ ምን አገናኛቸው ትሉኝ ይሆናል። ነገሩ እንዲህ ነው፦ ባለፈው ሳምንት ፕሬዝደንት ዶናልድ ትራም የሰባት አገሮች ዜጎች ወደ አሜሪካን አገር እንዳይገቡ እግድ ጥለው ነበር። ፕሬዝደንቱን ለዚህ ያነሳሳቸው እግዱ ከተጣለባቸው አገሮች የሚመጡ ዜጎች ለአሜሪካን ደህንነት የሚያሰጉ ሆነው ስላገኟቸው እንደሆነ ይናገራሉ፤ ብዙዎች ይህን ስጋት ባለመጋራት እገዳውን ቢቃወሙም። እገዳው ውሎ ሳያድር የዋሽንግተን ክልሉ ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ዳኛ የተከበሩ ጀምስ ሮበርት በሰባቱ አገሮች ዜጎች ላይ የተጣለው የጉዞ እግድ በዋሽንግተን ክልል ብቻ ሳይሆን … [Read more...] about ኢትዮጵያና አሜሪካ
ኣብ ኤርትራስ ዝሕሸሽ ካኣ ተረኺቡ?
ተወልደበርሃን ገብረ | February 18, 2017 | asmara-online.com መእተዊ መራሒ ሃገረ ኤርትራ ንህዝብን መንእሰያትን ብሓሻሽነት ክኸሰስ ሰሚዕና ኣሎና። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኮነ መንእሰያቱ ኣብዚ ሎሚ እዋን ብዝበልዕዎ እንዳ ተጸገሙ ብምሕሻሽ ክኽሰሱ ዓገብ ዘብል ኢዩ። ንምዃኑ ፕረዚደንት ኢሳያስ ባዕሉ ክሕሽሽ እንተ ዘየላጊሱ መንእሰያት ክሕሺሹ ኣበይ ኢዩ ሪእዩዎም? ምናልባት ኣይገድፉን ኢዮም ካብ ዝብል ግምት ተበጊሱ ክኸውን ይኽእል። ህዝብና ያኢ ሃሊዩዎስ ወይ ረኺቡስ ብምሕሻሽ ክኽሰስ ግን ሃየንታ ኢዩ። ብሕስድና ዝልለ መንግስቲ ስለ ዘለና ግን ሃየንታኦም ንርእየሉ እዋን ርሑቕ … [Read more...] about ኣብ ኤርትራስ ዝሕሸሽ ካኣ ተረኺቡ?
መንግስቲ ትሕተ-ቅርጽታት ማሕበራዊ ኣገልግሎታት ሃኒጸ ይብል! ሓቂ’ዲዩ?
ተወልደብርሃን ገብረ | February 14, 2017 | asmara-online.com ክቡር ፕረዚደንት ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ መወዳእታ ወርሒ ጥሪ 2017 ቃለ-መጠይቕ ከም ዝገበረ ዝፍለጥ እዩ። ከም ዝሓለፉ ቃለ-መጠይቓት ሓንሳብ ዳሓን ዝኾነ ትሕተ-ቅርጽታት ኣንጺፍና ኣሎና ። ኣብ ካልእ ጊዜ ካኣ ዋላ ሓንቲ ዝተሰርሐ ነገር የለን ወይ ዝተሰርሔ ዓኒዩ ዝብሉ ንሓድ ሕዶም ዝገራጨዉ መልእኽትታት ንህዝቢ ከመሓላልፍ ጸኒሑን ኣሎን። ነዚ ናይ ክቡር ፕረዚደንት መልእኽቲ ህዝቢ ይኹን ውልቀ-ሰባት በብመንገዶም ዝተፈላለየ ትጉም ክህብሉ ጸኒሖምን ኣለዉን። ከም ዝባሃል “ኣንባባይ ነዘንብቦ ይኹን … [Read more...] about መንግስቲ ትሕተ-ቅርጽታት ማሕበራዊ ኣገልግሎታት ሃኒጸ ይብል! ሓቂ’ዲዩ?
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Boko Haram
Eeben Barlow | February 1, 2017 | Harvard International Review A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF BOKO HARAM The West African state of Nigeria, currently considered Africa’s largest economy, has, in the north-east of the country, been under sustained attack by an armed, radical Islamist movement, until recently known as Boko Haram. “Boko Haram” is the popular name for the “Sunni … [Read more...] about The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Boko Haram
Trump’s Deafening Silence on Africa
Reuben Brigety | February 15, 2017 | Foreign Policy In the months since he was elected and in the weeks since he has occupied the White House, President Trump has upended diplomatic relationships around the world from Mexico to Australia. Yet he has said practically nothing about Africa. That is a problem. At a time when the continent is poised to take off politically … [Read more...] about Trump’s Deafening Silence on Africa
Is Trump a Populist Authoritarian?
Feb 3, 2017 | The Atlantic It’s a good time to be a populist authoritarian—in the Western world, politicians who pledge to govern this way are gaining strength, and Donald Trump is hardly an exception. So, what kinds of populist and authoritarian leanings does he have? Atlantic staff writer Uri Friedman goes through the checklist in this video. Claiming to exclusively … [Read more...] about Is Trump a Populist Authoritarian?
Trump’s Russia scandals could be about to get much, much worse
Luca Trenta | February 17, 2017 | The Conversation Whatever one thinks of the Trump administration’s policies, it is difficult to ignore that the new president’s tenure has so far been characterised by incompetence and carelessness. And while it’s easy to laugh at daft missteps such as an aide plugging Ivanka Trump’s clothing line in a TV interview, the indications are … [Read more...] about Trump’s Russia scandals could be about to get much, much worse