News highlights, late November 2016

Trump and Africa:

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2016/11/10/donald-trump-and-africa/

DRC and elections:

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/29/too-little-too-late-drc-congo-kabila/?utm_content=buffer6d9e7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Fisheries, China and West Africa:

http://qz.com/842381/photos-chinese-fishing-fleets-are-dominating-and-potentially-depleting-west-africas-seas/

Slavery, Children:

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/nov/24/child-labour-what-can-we-do-africa-modern-slavery

UN and South Sudan:

http://www.peaceau.org/en/article/the-chairperson-of-the-au-commission-welcomes-the-agreement-between-the-un-and-the-government-of-south-sudan-on-the-deployment-of-the-regional-protection-force?utm_source=Email_marketing&utm_campaign=Sunday_November_27_2016_-_1&cmp=1&utm_medium=HTMLEmail

News highlights, late October 2016

AU and the maritime charter:

http://www.france24.com/en/20161016-african-union-leaders-sign-historic-maritime-charter-piracy-smuggling-illegal-fishing?ref=tw_i

Rwanda, health policy and drones:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/10/13/in-rwanda-life-saving-blood-now-drops-from-the-sky/?tid=sm_tw

US and AMISOM –covert operations:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/world/africa/obama-somalia-secret-war.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

The UK and the Mau Mau:

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/may/22/mau-mau-kenya-compensation-lawsuit-high-court

Exploitation of palm oil in Liberia:

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/oct/20/liberia-africa-palm-oil-frontier-communities-land-gvl-plantations-sinoe-county

Race and gender in US universities

Source: Mother Jones, November 2011.

News highlights, August 2015

Obama, discrimination and human rights:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33647497

Chinese investment in Africa:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/24/business/international/the-world-according-to-china-investment-maps.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

EU, TTIP, and Brexit:

http://www.breakingviews.com/tide-flows-against-uk%E2%80%99s-pro-eu-campaigners/21209353.article

Fisheries and slavery:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/world/outlaw-ocean-thailand-fishing-sea-slaves-pets.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Illegal trawler and NGOs:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/world/a-renegade-trawler-hunted-for-10000-miles-by-vigilantes.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur