Tag: Egypt
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The Hood – Spring Edition
KENYA’S Daily Nation has the backgrounder which preceded the reconciliation between Kenyan President Uhuru and opposition leader Raila Odinga. It includes (1) elders of the the tribes the two politicians belong to (Kikuyu and Luo); (2) US ambassador Robert Godec; (3) Odinga’s decision to hold a swearing-in ceremony in defiance of Uhuru; (4) Retired Major…
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The Grand Dam, National Sovereignty and Hydro-politics
The building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile by a major Italian construction company, in a contract with Ethiopia, remains a source of great tension between Ethiopia and Egypt. Began in 2011, the grand dam is due for completion in the middle of this year. The dam will hold a…
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Eritrean Survivors of Torture, Rape in Sinai
[spider_facebook id=”4″]According to Israel’s Haaretz, which interviewed a 29-year old Eritrean, at least 7,000 Eritreans in Israel survived torture and rape in Sinai. The interviewee makes it clear why he left Eritrea: “I escaped the tyrannical regime there, not the country itself. You can’t really leave your homeland,” he says. “But my country is under a…