Denmark Is a Wonderland Except for Refugees
In addition, DR’s Africa correspondent Søren Bendixen, stated, “The two Danish ministers refuse to speak to the Danish press.
Coffee Extinction Is Nature’s Way of Telling Us: “Heal the World!”
Ethiopia, the original source of the enigmatic beans, is still the largest African exporter of coffee.
European Foreign Fighters and Their Children Are in Limbo
There have been development programs aimed at child soldiers in the Congo and other parts of Africa, where the return to society has had a positive effect on them.
The Great Reconfiguration of Global Supply Chains
established the American Development Bank to fund private ventures and public-private partnerships in developing countries in order to regain influence from seemingly increased Chinese investment in Africa and Latin America.
Russia’s Lebanese Matryoshka Doll
The fact that Prime Minister Hariri received a royal reception at Moscow airport, with President Putin's special representative in the Middle East and North Africa Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Deputy Chief of Protocol in the Russian government Ambassador Kuznetsov, and the Lebanese ambassador to Moscow in attendance, is no minor detail.
What the Return of Mercenaries Means for the World Politics
Since 2015, mercenaries have flourished in Yemen, Libya, Nigeria, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Mozambique, Central African Republic, and Venezuela.
Vaccine Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, and International Bargaining
Finally, Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot vaccine producer signed an advance purchase agreement with the African Union’s 55 member states but also committed to a not-for-profit basis vaccine distribution through the COVAX facility although no earlier than 2022.
Does Anyone Care? It’s Time to Break the Silence on Palestine
Should they be surprised by the deafening silence in the West, the lack of solidarity and guilty conscience of the leaders of the Arab Gulf, or the disturbing silence of the Asian and North African countries? It seems, again, for the umpteenth time, most Arab countries prioritize close ties with the United States and Israel over speaking up against the apartheid state of Israel and its ongoing violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.
What Black Deaths in Custody Has To Do With White Privilege in Australia
In this suspended matrix moment, photographs of the activists who campaigned against the nine-minute choke-hold of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man who called out 'I cannot breathe' until he asphyxiated, murdered by Derek Chauvin police officer flood traditional and social media celebrating the first guilty verdict of a police officer.
The Evolution of Apartheid: Why Israel is Becoming a Pariah State
Tellingly, it was Africa, not the West, that first began coining today’s terminology concerning Israel’s racism and apartheid.
Russia in the Middle East: From Arms to Mercenaries
Despite Moscow testing a wide spectrum of weaponry and military hardware in Syria, this has not translated into an uptick of its military exports to the Middle East and Northern Africa, a region which occupies a special place for Russia to expand its military-technical cooperation with countries around the globe.
France’s Endless War in the Sahel
"Read: French Commission Report Admits France’s Responsibility in the Rwanda GenocideFor General Riho Terras, a member of the European Parliament (European People's Party, EPP) who commanded the first forces deployed by Estonia to Africa in 2018, it is also a matter of Estonia gaining value in the eyes of its most powerful Western partners.
“False peace only postpones conflict”: An Interview with Danny Morrison of the Bobby Sands Trust
Read: Amílcar Cabral: On Taking Arms, Theory, Poetry, and African LiberationAlthough there were legislative and legal protections for the minority initially, the Unionists quickly took over and so we ended up being an artificial minority in this partitioned part of our country.
Two-State Solution for Cyprus Difficult, But Not Impossible
Read: US Lifts Arms Embargo on Cyprus, But Only Selling SmokeWith its strategy in North Africa in tatters and its bases in Lebanon exposed to the dangers of what some may say is already a failed state, France is desperate to consolidate its standing in the region, and is doing so by riding the wave of European solidarity with Greece and the Greek Cypriots.
EU Member States Seek to Strengthen Ties with the New Libyan Government
What does the EU aspire to achieve in Libya?
Biden-Putin Diplomacy: A Push-Me-Pull-You Game?
economic leadership is absolute and notwithstanding Moscow’s heavy investments in war-torn zones across the Middle East and North Africa, which are often of strategic interest to the U.
Imams in Politics: Secularism vs. Religion in Mali and Senegal
eligion in politics is obvious in Africa but also a sensitive topic because of the confrontations it incurs between critics and supporters of secularism.
South Korea in the Middle East: More Than Usual Business
”Read: Is China Buying Out Africa?Similarly, the UAE and South Korea have strategic partnership relations in several areas such as education, energy, and agriculture.
Brett McGurk: The Epitome of the Democrats’ Middle East Policy
WATCH: How the PKK/YPG Exploits Female Members of the OrganizationMost worrying for Turkey among Biden’s appointments is the return of Obama’s “defeat ISIS” envoy Brett McGurk as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) czar on the National Security Council.
French Commission Report Admits France’s Responsibility in the Rwanda Genocide
” In this spirit, Mitterrand delivered a speech at the French African Summit of 1990, in which he depicted France as Africa’s most generous supporter.
