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

News highlights, end May 2015

UN, Human Rights and TTIP:

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/may/04/ttip-united-nations-human-right-secret-courts-multinationals?CMP=share_btn_tw

Women, private and public decision-making:

http://www.odi.org/publications/9514-womens-voice-leadership-assessment-review-evidence

Violence in Burundi:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/05/dispatches-how-far-will-burundi-s-president-go-crush-opposition

Exploitation of gold in the Ivory Coast and conflict:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-ivorycoast-gold-army-specialreport-idUSKBN0NS0V620150507?utm_source=twitter

EU leaders and Palestine:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/13/israel-occupation-european-leaders-binyamin-netanyahu

News highlights, early April 2015

EU aid and Western Sahara:

http://eubulletin.com/4018-exclusive-olaf-report-reveals-diversions-of-eu-aids-to-western-sahara.html

A feminist or ethical foreign policy:

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/analysis/2015/03/19/Sweden-s-feminist-foreign-policy-sparks-off-quarrels-.html

Industry dominates TTIP negotiations:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/trade-advisory-committees/

Palestine after the Israeli elections:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/16/palestinians-care-israeli-election-legal-challenges?CMP=share_btn_fb

Aid policy and children:

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/21/uk-approach-children-war-zones-conflict-lamentable-report

News highlights, January 2015

Limited impact of aid in the DRC: http://www.irinnews.org/report/101053/much-aid-little-long-term-impact-in-drc

UN peacekeeping is multitasking in the CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/report/100633/un-peacekeeping-dilemmas-in-car

Impact on food security of potential EU-US trade agreement (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership):

Negative: http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/german-ngo-says-ttip-will-undermine-global-food-security-303699

Positive: http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/ttip-big-bonanza-developing-countries-eu-claims-311507