South Africa’s poll is more about battles in the ANC than between political parties

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South Africans are about to vote in the most competitive election they’ve had since democracy began in 1994. But, despite this, the poll will have far...

Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it

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In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its...

Jews’ Historic Presence in Somaliland

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antisemitism in next door Somalia, out of Arabia peninsula, of vilification by Islamists, and its sympathizers, some Somaliland youth deny Jewish historic presence in...

Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Mass casualties in churches and hotels

St. Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade, Colombo, was one of the churches that was struck [Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP]
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Two new blasts hit capital Colombo, hours after near-simultaneous explosions kill 156 people and wound over 400. Sri Lanka's capital Colombo has been hit by...

COMESA Court of Justice capture leaves one with more questions than answers

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JOHANNESBURG,South Africa, Monday April15th, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Appellate Division of the COMESA Court of Justice has allededly rigged judgement in favour of the...

Somaliland:President Muse meets with Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto

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By Goth Mohamed Goth H.E President Muse Bihi Abdi today in his office received the United States of America envoy to Somalia, Ambassador Donald Yamamoto...

How Sudan’s protesters upped the ante, and forced al-Bashir from power

Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir has resigned after three decades in power. AHMED YOSRI/EPA
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Following months of protests, and a prolonged sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was placed under house arrest on...

CPJ troubled by prosecution of Julian Assange

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New York, April 11, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it was deeply concerned by the U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange....

Collaboration or coalition? Tshisekedi’s tough choices as leader of the DRC

Former DRC President Joseph Kabila congratulates President Felix Tshisekedi at his inauguration. EPA-EFE/Hugh Kinsella Cunningham
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It has been a little over a month since Felix Tshisekedi became the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) head of state. Protests that followed the...

Massacre grew from rise of white supremacy

US President Donald Trump (L) and national security adviser John R. Bolton (R) Gints Ivuskans/Shutterstock
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This past Friday, a 28-year-old Australian-born white supremacist mowed down 50 Muslim worshippers, including women and children, at two mosques in the quiet New Zealand...