TheGuardian.com: Smugglers offer Turkey-to-Italy boat crossings
Turkey-based smugglers have begun to re-advertise trips between Turkey and Italy, in the first hint of a shift in migration patterns since the EU agreed a deal to deport any refugees landing in Greece.In an advert on Facebook, smugglers claimed that th...
BMW Group And United Nations Alliance Of Civilizations (UNAOC) Announce Finalists For The Intercultural Innovation Award
NEW YORK and MUNICH, March 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/– Ten projects have been named finalists by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and BMW Group for the Intercultural Innovation Award. The selection process was highly competitive, with close to 1000 applications received from 120 countries. Selected projects come from all over the world, representing countries across […]
DPP Wants NYS Scam Case to Proceed
The Director of Public Prosecutions on Monday said evidence against people charged with the loss of Sh791 million from the National Youth Service could only be assessed by a court.Responding to a suit filed in the High Court by businessman Benson Gethi...
Shabait.com: 12th YPFDJ Conference in Europe
Asmara, 30 March 2016 - The 12th YPFDJ Conference in Europe was held from the 25th to 28th March in Montesilvano under the theme of "Integrated Mekete: for Sustainable Development and Equal partnership".In an opening speech in which about 500 members o...
Economist.com: Let them weave their own-East Africa’s used-clothes trade comes under fire
GIKOMBA market, just north of Nairobi's downtown, is a place to buy just about anything. At its entrance, where ragged minibuses push their way through rutted red mud, stalls sell piles of pillows, plastic toys, cutlery and soap. But the most common wa...
AFP: 20 years after all was forgiven, debt demon looms again over Africa as commodities crash
THE spectre of high debt is raising its head again in Africa, analysts say, as sub-Saharan nations that borrowed cheaply on global markets are now squeezed by a commodities crash.The return of debt troubles in Africa has caught some by surprise, they s...
News.Vice.com: The Deadly Journey From Libya’s Migrant Jails
Desperate to escape conflict and poverty, thousands of migrants and refugees attempt the perilous journey to Europe each year, with many crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa in rubber dinghies and wooden boats.In the wake of the decommissio...
CrisisGroup.org: Chad: Between Ambition and Fragility
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYChad has become an important partner of the West in the fight against jihadism in the Sahel, but the regime's stress points are quickly growing and 2016 is proving to be a challenging year. In addition to mounting tensions ahead of the...