Sun 12 February 2023: There are few tragedies in the world for which the responsibility can be deflected away from politics and human fault. This week’s earthquake in Turkiye and Syria was one of those, and has resulted in a flurry of devastation – over 20,000 deaths so far, destroyed homes, huge infrastructure damage and […]
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Sat 11 February 2023: Though it was clear that Burkina Faso was eventually going to follow in the footsteps of Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR), Ouagadougou’s decision to break military ties with France was not as simple as media sound bites want us to believe. The conventional wisdom is that these countries are walking away […]
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Sat 11 February 2023: A pair of huge earthquakes have struck in Turkey, leaving more than 3,000 people dead and unknown numbers injured or displaced. The first quake, near Gaziantep close to the Syrian border, measured 7.8 in magnitude and was felt as far away as the UK. The second occurred nine hours later, on what appears to be […]
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Siddi children performing Dance Dhamaal in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. Courtesy Sayan Dey, CC BY-SA Sun 05 February 2023: The term Siddi refers to Afro-Indians – Africans who mixed with Indians through marriage and relationships. Africans crossed the Indian Ocean and arrived in India during the 1200s, 1300s and 1400s. They were transported by Islamic invaders and Portuguese colonisers […]
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Thu 02 February 2023: Written over 2,000 years ago, Chinese general and strategist Sun Tzu stated in The Art of War that “Subjugating the enemy’s army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.” This ancient maxim still rings true today and is arguably being put into practise by present-day China. Beijing has been excelling in economic […]
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Mon 30 January 2023: Leader of India’s main opposition party concludes cross-country ‘unity’ march in Kashmir, five months after departing from Tamil Nadu state. New Delhi, India – Hundreds of people on Monday defied the harsh Himalayan cold as they gathered in Srinagar, the largest city in Indian-administered Kashmir, to join opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on […]
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Fri 27 January 2023: A default by the US government could have catastrophic effects on both domestic and global economies. The United States government hit its borrowing limit last week, on January 19, leading to new economic worries at a time when most countries are expecting a slowdown in economic growth. The US administration has […]
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Thu 26 January 2023: Opium poppy was cultivated on more than 40,000 hectares in Myanmar last year, a 33 percent increase compared with 2021. Opium poppy cultivation has surged in Myanmar since the military seized power in 2021, reversing a steady decline that was seen in the illicit crop between 2014 and 2020, the United Nations Office […]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa receives, Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russia Sergei Lavrov in Pretoria. Wed 25 January 2023: Pretoria has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion but continues to call for dialogue. The United States has criticised South Africa’s decision to hold military exercises next month with Russia and China as the war in Ukraine […]
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On October 1, 1999, Putin ordered a ground offensive into Chechnya. These forces are pictured on October 2. Sun 22 January 2023: Moscow’s invasion has echoes of the tactics it employed in conflicts in the North Caucasus, experts and survivors say. Kyiv, Ukraine – As Maryam watched an online video recorded in Ukraine of a Russian […]
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