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Looking Down on Black America

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RON CHRISTIE | SEPT. 5, 2016 | The New York Times Donald J. Trump officially lost me early on the morning of Aug. 25. I was already irked by my party’s presidential nominee. A week before he had asked African-American voters to consider his candidacy by saying, “What the hell do you have to lose?” But the tweet he sent on the 25th put me over the line. Mr. Trump … [Read more...] about Looking Down on Black America

Contemplating a future without Robert Mugabe

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Editorial | Friday 2 September 2016 | The Guardian As his three and a half decades in power testify, Robert Mugabe is the great survivor. His status as a hero of liberation, his expert skills at dividing and ruling, and, perhaps above all, his sheer ruthlessness have maintained his grip on Zimbabwe through numerous challenges. Though the unusual, widespread protests of … [Read more...] about Contemplating a future without Robert Mugabe

As China and Japan scramble for Africa, Africa’s challenge is to maximise investment

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Peter Fabricius | 03 Sep 2016 | Mail & Guardian Launching Africa into the normal world of commerce requires the continent to create the conditions to maximise this investment. There are two shoe factories in Addis Ababa which carry a disproportionate weight of the burden for maintaining the credibility of China and Japan’s rival efforts to help Africa industrialise by … [Read more...] about As China and Japan scramble for Africa, Africa’s challenge is to maximise investment

What the G20 is doing – and why it matters

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Neil Renwick | September 2, 2016 | The Conversation As the leaders of the world’s 19 biggest economies and the European Union meet in the beautiful southern Chinese city of Hangzhou for the culmination of China’s year at the helm of the G20, it pays to ask exactly what they’re doing – and why it matters. Yes, the G20 really does matter, and for a whole fistful of … [Read more...] about What the G20 is doing – and why it matters

Dos Santos keeps Angola guessing but signs are clear

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Arnalodo Vieira | Sunday September 4 2016  | Daily Monitor The Angolan currency, kwanza, has been on a downswing, especially after the global oil prices came down as the southern African country is heavily dependent on its oil LUANDA - The Angolan currency, kwanza, has been on a downswing, especially after the global oil prices came down as the southern African country is … [Read more...] about Dos Santos keeps Angola guessing but signs are clear

ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከም ጥርሙዝ ብቐሊሉ ብትን ዝብል ኣይኮነን

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ማሕሙድ ሳልሕ | Aug 8, 2016 | erigazette.org ማሕሙድ ሳልሕ | Aug 29, 2016 | erigazette.org ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብቐሊሉ ዝስበር ጥርሙዝ ኣይኮነን (2ይ ክፋል) ማሕሙድ ሳልሕ ቅድሚ ናብቲ ካልኣይ ክፋል ናይ’ዚ ሒዘዮ ዘለኹ “ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብቐሊሉ ዝስበር ጥርሙዝ ኣይኮነን” ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ምእታወይ ንኩልኹም ኣብተን ወብሳይታት ይኹን ኣብ ዩ-ትዩብ ርኢቶታትኩም ዝሃብኩምንን ብኣካል ይኹን ብተለፎን፡ኢማኤልን ብውልቂ ብኣካል ዝረኸብኩምንን ዘተባብዓኩምንን ብልቢ የመስግነኩም። እቲ ካልኣይ ነጥቢ ድማ፡ ኣብቲ ቀዳማይ ጽሑፍ፡ “ኣነ … [Read more...] about ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከም ጥርሙዝ ብቐሊሉ ብትን ዝብል ኣይኮነን

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 ኣወሃሃድን ኣቕራብን (ቀለታ ኪዳነ) | 01/09/2016 ጕዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ዝጸልወና’ኳ እንተኾነ ብቐጥታ ዝምልከቶም ነቶም ሰብ ጕዳይ ኢዩ ንሕና ግን ጕዳይና ክንገብር ኣሎና ክቡራትን ክቡራንን ከመይ ቀኒኹም፡- ብጋህዲ ማለት ነቲ ብቕሉዕን ብዘይስክፍታን ዘይንዘራረበሉ ጕዳይ ኣንቍር ኣቢልና ብግልጺ ንዘራረበሉ ማለት ኢዩ። እሞ ኣብ ሃገርናስ  ንኹሉ ህዝባዊ ጕዳያትና ብጋህዲ ክትዘራረበሉ ይከኣል ድዩ ንዝብል ሕቶ ግን  መብዛሕትኦም ዝህቡዎ መልሲ ኣበይ ኣቢልካ ‘’ኣብዚ ከሎና’ኳ ንጋዳ’’  ዝብልዩ። ብኣጋጣሚ ግን ነዛ ናይ ሎሚ ኣርእስትና ዝዀነት ሓሙሸይቲ ክፋል ነዳልወሉ ኣብ … [Read more...] about መደብ ብጋህዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 5

How not to resettle refugees – lessons from the struggles of the Vietnamese ‘boat people’

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Jack Crangle | August 30, 2016 | The Conversation Reports surfaced in July that a refugee living on the island of Bute off the West coast of Scotland had described her new home as “where people come to die”. Although it is early days for the UK’s Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme, these initial signs of alienation are troubling. The two Syrian families … [Read more...] about How not to resettle refugees – lessons from the struggles of the Vietnamese ‘boat people’