Morocco: We’ll ‘turn page’ on W. Sahara but won’t surrender ‘legitimate rights’ over disputed territory
Morocco is determined to “turn the page definitively” on the Western Sahara conflict but without giving up its “legitimate rights” over the disputed territory, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has said. Tensions have flared over the past few months between Morocco and its regional rival Algeria over the former Spanish colony...
Time to change hospital payment: It’s proven fact doctors are greedy in ‘fee-for-service’ billing model
Many health facilities were already in fiscal straits before Covid-19, except in Maryland. The state’s innovative and sound approach could be the answer to rescuing systems nationwide. The way the United States typically finances hospitals isn’t working. The coronavirus laid this bare, along with many other longstanding societal problems. Before...
Klopp and Guardiola may be two of world’s best managers but new talents are rising, challenging them
There is an unrivalled amount of coaching talent in the Premier League right now, which has only been boosted by Antonio Conte’s return. There is Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp forging one of the league’s best modern rivalries, and things have only gone up a level with Thomas Tuchel joining...
Underfire Man United manager Solskjaer to be without midfield dynamo Paul Pogba up 10 weeks
Paul Pogba will miss between eight to 10 weeks for Manchester United after suffering a thigh injury during training with France’s national team. The midfielder pulled up during a shooting drill on Monday and immediately left the pitch in order to receive treatment from France’s medical team. After striking the...
Glimmer of hope as peace mediators find ‘small window of opportunity’ in Ethiopian rebellion
A new round of deadly attacks and forced conscription has begun against ethnic Tigrayans in an area of Ethiopia now controlled by Amhara regional authorities in collaboration with soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, people fleeing over the border to Sudan said as the yearlong war intensifies. Urgent diplomatic meetings with Prime...
Biden threatens to expel Ethiopia from trade treaty as thousands march in Addis Ababa against US
US President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday accused Ethiopia of “gross violations” of human rights and said warned it would remove the country from a US trade pact. The threat to expel Ethiopia from duty-free access to the American market would be an expansion of the list of countries that...
Nairobi’s never-say-die legislator builds momentum to rid Kenyan capital city of ‘criminal enterprise’
Glorified in the past as the “Green City in the Sun” with its clean and secure streets, timed urban public transport and functioning social amenities, Kenya’s capital Nairobi has slipped into the doldrums in the past four decades as a result of years of ruin through bad governance and deep-seated...
UN agencies have become helpless bystanders in crises – refugee situation in Libya tells it all
The situation for asylum seekers and migrants in Libya has been bad for years, but it recently became even worse. I grew up and live in the capital, Tripoli, where refugees and migrants – most of them from sub-Saharan Africa – have been part of our society for decades. Many...
Africa’s more democratic than other regions relative to its development, but still needs quality leadership
Do recent coups in Chad, Mali, Guinea and Sudan mean that democracy in Africa is failing? This notion is fuelled by internet shutdowns, muzzling of the opposition and rising third termism. But evidence suggests that while there are pockets of concern, a robust democratic culture is in fact growing in...
Were these Arsenal’s young Gunners really wonderkids or just overrated flukes?
Not many academies in England produce as much talent as Arsenal‘s and they had had high hopes for the future in the 2011-12 season. But Arsenal would go without silverware again, finishing third in the Premier League and 19 points off both Manchester City and Manchester United. But there were...
