Posted on October 18, 2017. Tags: Africa, Corruption, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, economy, Elections, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Kenya, Liberia, Women's Rights
The international community has been quick to praise Liberia’s presidential elections as marking the country’s first peaceful transition of power in decades, with former football star George Weah taking an early lead in provisional results. This is indeed a remarkable feat for a country that has been ravaged by two civil wars, unexpected slumps in […]
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Posted in Africa, World
Posted on October 2, 2016. Tags: Africa, Kenya, Refugee, Refugee Camps
Pegida leader Lutz Bachmann, in a incredibly ironic twist on the idea of poacher turned gamekeeper, has been forced to seek refuge on the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands because he and his wife were being “persecuted” in their native Dresden. Bachmann, of course, is the far right leader of the Patriotic […]
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Posted in Africa
Posted on February 22, 2015. Tags: Africa, Corruption, Crime, Djibouti, Drugs, East Africa, environment, Ethiopia, Food Security, Kenya, Middle East, Somalia, UK, Unemployment, United Kingdom, Yemen
A stimulant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, Khat is a narcotic leaf that induces mild euphoria upon chewing – an extremely popular custom in Somalia, Yemen, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia. Lucrative business More than 25,000kg of khat is sold each day in Ethiopia’s Adaway Market and is a vital source of […]
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Posted in Africa, Drugs, Economic Security, Food Security, Security Issues, World, Yemen