PUNE: There are very few modern-day wars that have ended decisively. The shining example of one which did is the 1971 Indo-Pak war for the liberation of Bangladesh. The Azerbaijan and Armenia conflict for the independent region of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) has now become the second example of a decisive war. Last week, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Thank You, Gautam Sawang, you should be part of this celebration since you nurtured me professionally in Liberia,” says United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year, Assistant Superintendent Doreen Mazuba Malambo. Damodar Gautam Sawang is the current Director General of Police of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and was Police Commissioner […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There’s a “lot of anger” after reported law enforcement firing killed an unconfirmed 12 people in street protests in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, says senior journalist Philip Obaji Jr., adding “this is not the end though the demonstrators’ momentum” has fallen after curfew and restrictions were imposed. Speaking from Abuja to StratNews Global […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Oil and politics can make for a deadly cocktail as Guyana, a small country on the Atlantic coast of South America, has discovered. More than a month after elections were held, the country remains embroiled in a bitter dispute over the results, with the West threatening sanctions after the Georgetown district election office declared […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As Kenya steps up its battle against the coronavirus pandemic with bans on all road, rail and air travel in and out of the capital, Nairobi, and three coastal regions, the United Nations is working closely with the Kenyan government to offer communication support to ensure no panic and that a positive narrative […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Some say (or hope) that the Ebola virus outbreaks in Africa not so long ago will ensure that the continent copes better with the Coronavirus. But that view is not widely shared. WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus warned African heads of state on Sunday of “an imminent surge” in Coronavirus cases, urging them to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: You have two choices. Stay 1.5 metres apart or 1.5 metres underground. That is South Africa’s no-nonsense health minister Zweli Mkhize’s repeated warnings after the first China-virus cases were reported a month ago. Since then urgent and swift moves by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government in imposing tough restrictive steps and galvanising crucial support […]Read More
“The corrupt butcher has died without being held truly accountable for his crimes.” Many Egyptians would concur with the sentiments of activist and journalist Hossam al-Hamalawy on the death of former president Hosni Mubarak at the age of 91. His last years were spent in the luxury of the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis and a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The cyclonic season in southwestern Indian Ocean has been unusually harsh for the island nation of Madagascar where a national emergency has been declared following flash floods and torrential rain. European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations reported on Monday (January 27) that over the past week, heavy rain, […]Read More
Song and dance play an important role in the tribal culture of South Sudan. In this video in the Presidential Complex in the capital, Juba, Dinka tribe members celebrate the appointment of two Governors. South Sudan is the world’s newest country, gaining independence from Sudan in 2011 as the outcome of a 2005 agreement that […]Read More
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