Addis Ababa – Strong action now expected against the al-Shabaab group may well end up strengthening the group rather than weakening it, local people fear. The extremist group is suspected of involvement in the attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi.
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“He had nothing to say.” That’s how French philosopher Roland Barthes described his grandfather Louis-Gustave Binger, the archetypal French colonialist: “Il ne tenait aucun discours”.
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“HEAVY Gunfire reported at @WestgateMallKe in Weslands #RedCross Ambulance @EMS_Kenya at scene ^PO“. This was the first tweet written by Kenya’s Red Cross a few minutes after the first explosions at the Westgate Mall on September 21st. These have been days in which Kenya is dealing with an emergency even on the social media level.
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Economic development or autocratic regression? After two years in government, Zambia’s Patriotic Front (PF) has inspired a double narrative. One side of the story features uncapped leadership ambitions, violent street politics, broken promises and a repressed opposition.
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“The speed with which the Protocol came into force on 25 November 2005 sets a new record for the ratification of pan African rights standards for the continent.
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This report combines qualitative and statistical data from three research projects.
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