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WILL JAMMEH’S VICTIMS EVER GET JUSTICE?
by Spyker - Feb 9, 2018Ayeshah was just 14 when her father went missing in 2005, never to be seen again. He was a relative of Gambian autocrat Yahya Jammeh, but he had made the fatal mistake of telling the president... -
DONALD TRUMP MAKES CHINA (AND RUSSIA) GREAT AGAIN
by Spyker - Feb 8, 2018Though powerful and wealthy, the United States looks ever more alone. While chanting his mantra of “America First,” Donald Trump has followed policies that have only eased the way for the Chinese dragon to roar past... -
RUSSIAN LOBBYIST AT DON JR’S “DIRT ON HILLARY” MEETING SUED OVER INVOLVEMENT IN ANOTHER SMEAR CAMPAIGN
by Spyker - Feb 6, 2018A Russian lobbyist and former counter-intelligence officer who attended an infamous meeting with President Trump’s son and campaign manager to discuss the dissemination of dirt about Hillary Clinton could be forced to reveal his records about... -
THE ROLE OF LOCAL PEOPLE HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED IN THE FIGHTING IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
by Spyker - Feb 6, 2018Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor precipitated the United States’ entry into World War II. In the Pacific, the Solomon Islands — particularly Guadalcanal — became the epicenter of fierce fighting between the Japanese and the United... -
Middle Eastern power blocs extend their rivalries into the Horn of Africa
by Spyker - Feb 3, 2018Threat of war jumps across the Gulf of Aden Saudi Arabia’s and the United Arab Emirates’ military deal-making in the Horn of Africa is deepening rivalries in a region already overflowing with arms. This year, there... -
CHINESE MANUFACTURING MAY NOT BE MOVING TO AFRICA ALL THAT SOON
by Spyker - Feb 2, 2018The promise of Chinese manufacturing moving to Africa increasingly seems like a real possibility. Chinese car factories assemble in South Africa. Mainland footwear companies have expanded into Ethiopia. Chinese entrepreneurs have opened textile plants in Rwanda... -
SHOT DOWN RUSSIAN PILOT FIGHTS ON WITH PISTOL ON GROUND
by Spyker - Jan 30, 2018The body of a Russian pilot killed in fighting with Islamists in Syria has been brought back to his home country, the defence ministry in Moscow said Tuesday. “In cooperation with Turkish colleagues, Russian military intelligence... -
TURKEY AND THE US: the alliance is still alive
by Spyker - Jan 26, 2018Despite the strains, the two countries remain essential partners and Turkish society is not drifting away from the west. By Mehmet Yegin Media portrays an alarming picture of the current state of relations between Turkey and... -
Ndebele Wall Painting: Much More Than Meets the Eye
by Spyker - Jan 22, 2018Wall painting is a dying art. You’ve probably received postcards from South Africa of brightly painted Ndebele homes, or you may have seen the panels painted by world-famous Ndebele artist Esther Mahlangu for the Virginia Museum...