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

United Kingdom: the great divide in education

7 % of the British population is educated in independent schools. Three out of four lawyers and military officials, and a majority of doctors, journalists and politicians in the United Kingdom are educated in these schools.

Source: Sutton Trust, 24/02/16.

Why does the United Kingdom need oil?

Source: UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2014.