Wed 23 August 2023: The unwillingness of many leading countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to stand with NATO over the war in Ukraine has brought to the fore once again the term “Global South.” “Why does so much of the Global South support Russia?” inquired one recent headline; “Ukraine courts ‘Global South’ in push to challenge Russia,” declared another. […]
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Anti-gay protesters rally in Jinja, east of the capital Kampala (Rex Features) Sun 20 August 2023: Many people may be tempted to view the World Bank’s recent announcement that it will freeze new loans to Uganda because of the country’s vicious anti-LGBTIQ+ law as a harbinger of the Bank taking a more progressive approach to human rights issues. While […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: Imagine the weight of responsibility for caring for a child when you are not yet fully grown yourself, and the fear of being shamed by parents, fellow learners, and even strangers within the community? Vast numbers of adolescent mothers, many of them very vulnerable, exist across Africa, but there remains little […]
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FILE PHOTO: Police cordon off the scene where 15 people were killed by unknown gunmen inside a tavern, in Nomzamo, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, on Jul 10, 2022. (Photo: REUTERS/Siyabonga Sishi) Thu 17 August 2023: Police say kidnappings rose from 3,832 cases in 2013 to nearly 11,000 cases in 2021, with most of those […]
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Female protesters, together with their families, were present throughout the sit-in. At least two dozen women were killed during the security forces dispersal operations on August 14. Wed 16 August 2023: United States President Joe Biden has cast the conflict between the western world and its competitors as a clash between “democracies and autocracies.” This masks […]
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Founder and CEO of Blackwater Worldwide Erik Prince is seen at Blackwater’s offices in Moyock, Michigan on July, 21, 2008 [File: AP/Gerry Broome] Sun 13 August 2023: The use of contractors in the US ‘war on terror’ inspired Russia and other powers to outsource war. In the aftermath of the mutiny by the Wagner […]
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Sun 13 August 2023: Eager to escape perceived western domination, several countries – mostly in the global south – are looking to join the Brics bloc. The five-country bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is also looking to grow its global partnerships. What began in 2001 as an acronym for four of the fastest growing states, BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India […]
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Protestors gathered outside a London mosque to protest against a notice by HSBC bank to close the mosque’s bank account. (FILE PHOTO) Sat 12 August 2023: The closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account at Coutts, a prestigious private bank in London, sparked a political and media frenzy, exposing the glaring hypocrisy and double standards […]
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Sat 12 August 2023: Every year on 9 August South Africa celebrates Women’s Day, marking an important moment in the country’s history. This was the day in 1956 when women marched to the seat of government, the Union Buildings in Pretoria, to protest against legislation aimed at tightening the apartheid government’s control over the movement of black women […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: The new arrangement will definitely benefit India. But its benefits for Bangladesh are questionable, experts say. Early last month, Bangladesh and India rolled out bilateral trade in Indian rupees, which was billed by the two countries’ governments as a “landmark” settlement. They said it would not only boost their trade volume […]
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