Haiti’s cholera victims still can’t get what they need from the UN: The United Nations is once again denying proper justice to victims of cholera in Haiti. Perhaps the UN hopes it can make good by apologising, which it did at the end of 2016, and accepting that it was at least partly involved in …
The Leftovers is Weird and Great and I Still Don’t Understand Half of It: Damon Lindelof is doing penance for Lost . That seems clear to me when I watch the Leftovers , which is filled with supernatural mysteries, unsolvable riddles, religious cults, and strange symbolism. : Weird News Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?
Why it’s important that the world still reflects on Rwanda’s genocide: EPA/Stephen Morrison 23 years ago, genocide was unleashed in Rwanda. Almost a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in about 100 days. Consider not just the scale of the violence but the intimate means by which some 10,000 people a day lost their …
South Africa’s Traditional Courts Bill 2.0: improved but still flawed: President Jacob Zuma at the opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders in Parliament. GCIS South Africa’s revised Traditional Courts Bill makes a valiant attempt at resolving the concerns raised about the unconstitutionality of the previous draft. Yet, it stops short of addressing some …
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Can Kenya ensure national security while still admitting refugees?: The Dadaab refugee complex, near the Kenya-Somalia border. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters The world has become a hostile place for refugees. The narrative often used to justify such actions is national security. The cornerstone of international refugee law is the principle of non-refoulement. This obliges states not to …
Terrorism in Westminster: London had expected attack for some time but it still came as a shock: At least four people are dead and 20 injured following a terrorist incident in London. What had been dreaded finally happened – an attack on UK soil which brought to mind recent tragedies on mainland Europe. Police are …
Nicola Sturgeon is playing great politics with indyref2 but victory still long way off: Who ended the week with the upper hand in the constitutional battle between the UK and Scottish governments? It started with Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, wrong footing London with her plan for a second independence referendum in either late …
South Africa in the news: Ex-cyclone #Dineo still wields destructive SA risk over next 48hrs: between Inharrime in the south and Vilanculos in the north – with the same levels forecast for parts of South Africa. Risk of heavy showers and thunderstorms over the lowveld and escarpment regions of Mpumalanga and Limpopo remain for Thursday, …
South Africa in the news: Here’s why South Africa’s women are still forced into unsafe ways to terminate pregnancy: Thousands of people gathered Tuesday in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott to demand the execution of a blogger convicted of apostasy as the supreme court sent his case back to an appeals tribunal. Cape Town City have …
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Whether or not Trump claims are true, Russia is still using sex for spying: Still at it after all these years: the FSB's Moscow headquarters. Sergei Butorin via Shutterstock Just a week before his inauguration as US president, Donald Trump became deeply embroiled in a bizarre story about unverified claims that the Russian government holds …
Littwin: Still boldly predicting 2017 can’t be as weird as 2016: As we gratefully leave 2016 behind and warily entertain the idea of political life in 2017, we in Colorado must ask ourselves two basic questions: To answer either, we need to take a close look at the role Colorado played in the country's weirdest …
Dakota pipeline: America’s indigenous people are still fighting a centuries-old racist ideology: John Gast's 'American Progress' (1872), depicting the US's westward expansion. Jared Farmer/Wikimedia Commons The US Army recently issued an official announcement that it will not approve the proposed route of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a highly controversial project that would transport crude oil …
The number of premature baby deaths is still too high. What can be done about it: A mother holds the foot of her premature baby. Prematurity is the most common cause of neonatal death globally. UNICEF Ethiopia/2012/Pudlowski In 2015 just under 6 million children under the age of five died across the globe. Of these, …
South Africa in the news: Nigeria’s economy still the biggest in Africa- IMF report: Nigeria is placed ahead of South Africa and Egypt which are second and third respectively. In August, Nigeria was reported to have lost its position as Africa’s biggest economy to South Africa, following the recalculation of the country’s Gross …: “South …
Jarrow crusade: 80 years on the marchers’ message about unemployment and anonymity still resonates: On October 5 1936, 200 unemployed men from Jarrow in north-east England set out for London carrying a petition asking for work to be brought to their town. Their march, which took just under a month, has become a historic landmark …
Why Labour Party members still back Jeremy Corbyn as their leader: So Labour members (and £25 supporters) still want Jeremy Corbyn to be their leader, even after the turmoil of the past year. Our extensive survey of members helps explain why he scored such a significant win over Owen Smith. We spoke to members just …