Opinion: We should be careful to celebrate SA’s election to UN Security Council
The relationship between Africa and the United Nations (UN) has always been one that is laden with complexities. Africa, throughout
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Opinion: Too much, too soon — Ethiopia’s reformer has to slow down
Just a few days ago, people polled at the spot of Saturday morning’s attack warned that Ethiopia’s new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, could
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OPINION: Victory for Mnangagwa ‘would suit most African states, including SA’
On November 6, 2017, Emmerson Mnangagwa was fired from the position of Vice-President of Zimbabwe by then president Robert Mugabe.
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Let’s cry for Palestine
Writing in The Guardian newspaper this week, Arab-American author Moustafa Bayoumi decried the language used in his country’s press to
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Somaliland Must Be Free
The U.S. wastes blood and treasure propping up Somalia while denying its neighbor’s sovereign aspirations. Why? In 1991, following the
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How to fight terror, the Somaliland way
HARGEISA, Somaliland — How do you root out a ruthless terror group? How do you anticipate its every move, counter
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Trump and Buhari: A chance to reset Nigeria’s relationship with US
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump next week. His visit comes less than four
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A Country You’ve Never Heard of Is a Beacon of Hope
In the 30-plus years I’ve been in the publishing business, I’ve seen my share of “new countries.” Some are scams,
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Martin Luther King’s words as relevant 50 years on
Patrick Harvie AN enduring memory from my teenage years was hearing for the first time, in documentaries to mark the
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Bombs away! Just try not to harm Assad
april 15 2018, 12:01am, the sunday times Dominic Lawson As a few chemical plants smoulder, the Syrian leader calmly goes to
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