YemisrachBA | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 01 2007 | international, Governance, humanitarian, conflict
Quoted: Lebanon is a sliver of Mediterranean coast with a population of just four million, but international interest in the election is intense. The USA and Saudi Arabia lead most of the international community in backing Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
"The USA is interested in Lebanon for several reasons, including keeping Lebanon as a democratic success story and putting pressure on Syria," said Oussama Safa, head of the Lebanese Centre for Policy Studies. "And the US does not want the opposition to get any mileage out of this election, especially Hezbollah."
- YemisrachBA | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 14 2007 | people, international, uk, governance, education, beating the odds
Quoted: A Kenyan from Nairobi's slums gets a Masters from the UK university whose prospectus he found in a rubbish bin.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - YemisrachBA | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 05 2007 | people, international, governance, international policy, human rights, China-Darfur
different perspective on China's business model and the land of opportunity in Sudan by Mahmoud A. Suleiman
“One World, One Dream" is China’s slogan for its 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. But there is one nightmare that China shouldn’t be allowed to sweep under the rug. That nightmare is Darfur, where more than 400,000 people have been killed and more than two-and-a-half million driven from flaming villages by the Chinese-backed government of Sudan. China is pouring billions of dollars into Sudan. Beijing purchases an overwhelming part of Sudan’s oil exports and state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation, an official partner of the upcoming Olympic Games, owns the largest shares in each of Sudan’s two major oil consortia. China has been indirectly funding the Sudanese government’s war effort in Darfur by massively investing in Sudan’s oil industry.
- YemisrachBA | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 17 2007 | news, international, Horn of Africa, people, governance, conflict, humanitarian
Quoted: NAIROBI, 17 October 2007 (IRIN) - Dozens of heavily armed government security officials detained the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) office in Mogadishu, ...
ShareViewed: 8 Times - YemisrachBA | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 12 2007 | People, politics, Horn of Africa, Governance, conflict, border dispute, Ethiopia-Eritrea, international
Quoted: IRIN interviewed President Isaias Afewerki in Asmara, on 1 October. Eritrea and the Horn of Africa in general remain chronically vulnerable in humanitarian terms due ...
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YemisrachBA | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 19 2007 | afghanistan, international, Governance, humanitarian
Human trafficking is the new form of modern day slavery! It is a shame if each one of us can't bring an end to this...it is our moral obligation. I am not for sale, your are not for sale...so no one should be!!!
Quoted: “It [human trafficking] is a crime and we are fighting against it,” Paktiawal, a military expert, told IRIN on 18 July. According to Paktiawal, among ...
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