Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by bureau of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement
The White House did not respond to a request for clarification about which countries are receiving third-country nationals. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration created a worldwide network of secret prisons and torture sites as part of its global war on terror. Its crown jewel, the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, was established in January 2002 as a place for the United States to hold so-called enemy combatants.
Why Africa’s youngest leader is a hit: Traore articulates revolutionary message that appeals to youth frustrated by thievery of Western democracy
The latest Traore frenzy reached a new peak late April with a solidarity march in the country’s capital, Ouagadougou, following an alleged coup attempt and comments by Gen Michael Langley, the head of US military in Africa, accusing the Burkina Faso leader of misusing the country’s gold reserves.
Dangerous patrimony: Why Uganda’s insecure president made daughter Natasha ‘presidential assistant in charge of household at State House’
This is what is called political patrimony. It is the fulcrum of patronage. Other relatives of the president in his government include: Bright Rwamirama – Minister for Animal Husbandry (his cousin); Shedrack Nzeire – senior presidential advisor on defence (his step-brother); Miriam Karugaba – administrator at State House (his sister-in-law); Sabiiti Muzeyi – former deputy inspector general of police (his cousin), James Kateera – Military Commander (Cousin of his wife); Faith Mirembe – private secretary in education and social services (his cousin); Sam Kutesa – former Minister for Foreign Affairs (father-in-law of Museveni’s son, Muhoozi); Allan Matsiko – Special Forces Command’s Intelligence Director (husband of Sam Kutesa daughter, the father-in-law of Muhoozi); Jim Muhwezi – Minister For National Security (cousin of Museveni’s wife, Janet)…
As African militaries stockpile drones militants are switching to hit-and-run tactics to stretch armies
As African militaries embrace drones as weapons of choice, the sobering reality is that they are not an answer to proliferation of conflicts on the continent. A report published by the African Centre for Strategic Studies on May 2, says African governments need to develop a more complex understanding of...
Kenya, Ethiopia in East Africa join league of fast expanding military drone industry in Africa
The proliferation of drones in Africa is being driven by a wide variety of factors, including low costs, growing availability, the desire for enhanced surveillance capacity and the ability to project power against an exposed adversary at a low risk to the user.
Industrial factory farming: If use of cereals as animal feed were ended, two billion more people could be fed
The IFC website dismisses as a myth the argument that industrial animal production is bad for the environment. However, factory farms disgorge large amounts of manure, slurry and ammonia that pollute air and watercourses.
While full impacts of US aid cuts are still emerging, it is already evident South Sudan is in uncharted territory
Last year, national elections scheduled for December 2024 were cancelled, extending the transitional period for a fourth time. The economy, too, is in crisis: In parts of the country, food prices have surged 800 per cent since 2023. Many speak of the urgent need for a change in leadership.
Resetting humanitarian journalism: There’s need to shift from extraction mindset to revering humanity
Further, there is a real cost to being offered up as part of the news buffet prepared by an industry that rewards speed and spectacle. Spectacle flattens complexity. It replaces solidarity with voyeurism. And while journalists may move on to the next assignment, the people whose stories were mined are left with the consequences of being exposed, misunderstood or reduced to symbols.
Long before US brutally sliced international funding there were pointers donors are fatigued
Ignoring US funding to focus on the wider base of donors, the numbers show how humanitarian funding reached a peak in 2022, when donor governments gave 52 per cent above their 2015 levels. When including US funding, however, humanitarian aid continued to rise in 2023 before starting its decline.
Uganda’s military vs generational populism: How Museveni’s and opposition Bobi Wine’s scramble for power robs voters of democracy
As we have seen, over time, social services have been devalued and more most of the money is being spent on central administration, politics, the military, the president, the State House, regional wars and controlling the movements and actions of civilians and political parties.
