Electoral tremors are shaking South Africa’s ANC. How will it respond?
Susan Booysen, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s election 2016 local election signals change. For the first time in the…
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Category Archives: As it Happens
As it Happens
Clinton finds her voice – but the sexism that greets women’s speech endures
Kae Reynolds, University of Huddersfield After a campaign lasting more than a year and taking in all 50 states, Hillary…
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Even before Brexit, Theresa May’s laws made Britain a hostile place for migrants
Richard Warren, University of Kent In the aftermath of the UK’s vote for Brexit, the National Police Chiefs Council has…
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Turkey: Coup texts reveal orders to fire at crowds Istanbul prosecutor's office has compiled series of messages between pro-coup officers apparently sent on evening of July 15
ISTANBUL (AA) – Mobile phone messages between pro-coup officers appear to reveal they ordered the shooting of people resisting the July 15 coup attempt. As…
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Meet Theresa May, Britain’s new prime minister
Victoria Honeyman, University of Leeds Britain is to have a new prime minister in the form of Theresa May, currently…
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Why Blair really went to war
Owen D. Thomas, University of Exeter As Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq Inquiry findings are published, we should resist what’s become…
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MICHELLE OBAMA, DAUGHTERS IN AFRICA TO PUSH GIRLS’ EDUCATION
America’s First lady, Michelle Obama, visited a leadership camp for girls in Liberia to launch her latest Africa visit on…
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Ugandan officers held over ‘assassination plot’ Police confirm arrest of 30 military officers for 'rebel, subversive activities'
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Thirty officers from Uganda’s military were arrested Sunday over purported involvement in subversive activities, including an…
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Gambia: UN adviser condemns President’s reported threats against ethnic group
NEW YORK, 10 June 2016 – PRN Africa — The United Nations Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention…
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Ban ‘shocked’ at scale of grave violations against children detailed in latest report
NEW YORK – PRN Africa — In his annual report on children and armed conflict covering the year 2015, United…
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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies at 74 Ali was greatest, not only extraordinary athlete but man of great courage and humanity: US presidential candidate Bernie
NEW YORK (AA) – Muhammad Ali, one of the most influential sports figures in the 20th century, has passed away…
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“SLAVES AND DOGS” COMMENT SPARKS CONFUSION AT KENYA MEETING
Egypt’s foreign ministry has promised to launch an investigation into assertions that one of its diplomats openly referred to sub-Saharan…
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