Jury is out: US democracy tested as Republicans who blamed Trump for January 6 failed coup line up behind him
In Trump’s telling, the mob on January 6 assembled peacefully to preserve democracy, not upend it, and the rioters were agitated but not armed. They were not insurrectionists but rather 1776-style “patriots.” And now they are being persecuted by the Justice Department, juries and judges for their political beliefs.
Disempowerment: How postcolonial regimes turned Basoga, Baganda in Uganda and Luhyia in Kenya into serfs
Most writings on Busoga have created the impression that there was no Busoga before about 300 years ago. But Busoga is a water rich area with a large part of Lake Victoria within its territory, and the source of the longest river in the world – the Nile – which is mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible (Amos 8:8: Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt.) has its source in Busoga. It is important to ask: Why should such an area at the source of the Nile not have a prehistory but Egypt at the mouth of the Nile has a prehistory?
Why SAF, RSF factions in Sudan’s 30-month civil war are averse to peace despite 16,000 people massacre
Furthermore, the various mediators’ strategies follow a predictable incremental logic, starting with a humanitarian ceasefire and aiming for a power-sharing arrangement. All parties can anticipate the steps in this process and are hesitant to engage in processes that could result in outcomes similar to the failed pre-conflict setup.
How American presidents paper over US military fiascos in Africa, Asia and Middle East
In his 2022 National Defence Strategy, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin laid out five key traits of America’s “future force.” The first among them: “Lethal.” In Pentagon-speak, in that instance, “lethal” meant possessing “anti-access/area-denial-insensitive strike capabilities that can penetrate defence at range.”
Al-Shabaab is 18 years old: six factors behind the Somali militant group’s resilience
The west and its African partners have focused on the “hearts and minds” approach to counterinsurgency in Somalia. Building democratic institutions and democracy is part of this strategy. But these are institutions that don’t always function in a war zone, and fail to have the intended effects.
Why Russian-flag waving protesters pricked Nigerian security as Moscow’s clout in West Africa expands
Wagner Group has been identified as a potential threat to security and democracy in Nigeria. This is because of their mode of operation and interests in exploiting natural resources. A recent study has shown that foreign criminals are involved in gold exploration and insecurity in Zamfara, one of the states sharing borders with Niger.
How Harris’ White bid House is attracting record-high funding and groundswell of support for Democrats
Swing states are where elections are won and lost. Reuters has identified seven states as playing an outsized role in determining the winner of the presidential election and their electoral college votes could go either way. Six of the seven have had enough polls conducted to calculate an overall trend for each candidate and tell the story of a very close race. Nevada did not have enough data.
Man City at crossroads: ‘No chance Premier League will pardon champions for financial fair play breaches’
City’s rivals, whether rationally or otherwise, fear that legal success for City would only be the start of attempts to destabilise the competitive balance of the English game. “They worry that it will lead to City and Newcastle (owned by the Saudi Public Investment Fund) dumping a billion every summer; that’s the fear, that it blows the house down on financial sustainability across the whole of Europe,” says one European football executive.
EPL champions Man City start defence of title facing risk of demotion over financial fiddling
Manchester City have been down this road before. They were banned from European competitions for two years by UEFA for alleged breaches of financial regulations in February 2020. Yet the sanction was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in July of the same year when the court ruled “most of the alleged breaches were either not established or time-barred (outside of the organisation’s five-year statute of limitations)”. City were fined €10 million (£8.6 million or $11 million) for not cooperating with the investigation.
Harris seems to ‘walk on eggs’ as she rolls out policy aimed at outmanoeuvring Trump, addressing 2020 liabilities
While Donald Trump in recent weeks has resorted to personal and racially tinged attacks on his new rival, his campaign has been working to put Harris’ policy aims front and centre, aiming to paint Kamala Harris as a radical liberal, pointing to old videos of her discussing policy positions during the 2020 Democratic primary.
