(CNN)“Why does a person go on holiday just to shoot an animal? What is the motivation behind it?” Ulrich Seidl, Austrian director and master of grotesque documentary, still doesn’t have a definitive answer to the question he’s posed. In fact, he’s sure there isn’t one. Director Ulrich Seidl “Safari“, his latest film, fixes a stark and unflinching lens on the… Read more »
Mandera, Kenya (CNN)An attack on a hotel in northern Kenya on Tuesday left 12 people dead and four others wounded, a Kenyan government official said. The target was the Boshari Hotel in the town of Mandera, on the border with Ethiopia and Somalia, and all of the people killed were non-locals. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but… Read more »
(CNN)Somali pirates have released 26 hostages after nearly five years in captivity, according to an organization involved in mediation efforts. The dozens of hostages freed were in a ship hijacked south of the Seychelles in March 2012. Of the 29 crew members seized, one died during the hijacking and two died from illness while in captivity, according to the organization,… Read more »
(CNN)South Africa began steps to withdraw from the International Criminal Court on Friday. A written notice of South Africa’s intention was submitted to the UN secretary general, said Tshililo Michael Masutha, the country’s justice minister. The withdrawal from the international court will be formalized one year after the notification. The court in the Hague, Netherlands, comprises 124 states from around… Read more »
During all my years in high school, I’ve never researched something so interesting. There’s a large scale terrorist-militant group known as Boko Haram operating in Nigeria, and it is being virtually ignored by the international community. “Boko Haram” not only has a strong grip on Nigeria, but has had a devastating effect on the people of Niger. Due to the… Read more »
How much popular support Boko Haram enjoys in northern Nigeria is a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” After all, in the war between Boko Haram and the Nigerian security forces some 20,000 people have died, and up to 2.5 million are internally displaced or are refugees. (All such numbers are at best estimates.) Yet the fact that… Read more »
Some peacekeepers in the capital Juba abandoned their posts inside “Protection of Civilian” sites – where tens of thousands have sought safety from successive bouts of fighting – while outside the fortified bases, peacekeeper presence was “non-existent.” They refused to help when foreign aid workers were attacked and some of them gang-raped in a hotel close to a UN base…. Read more »
After another two weeks of Subsaharan Africa and talking to Mr.Bailey about my last post I have taken a less extreme view point on Subsaharan Africa. I still do not like the place nor do i have high hopes for their future. Although after more research I have realized that even though it is not a great place at all… Read more »
vory Coast’s energy ministry has announced plans to invest around US$1 billion to build oil pipelines and storage facilities. The investment will be made through two newly-created companies owned by a dozen of investors, including France’s Total SA (NYSE:TOT) and industrial group Bollore, the ministry said on Tuesday. Just before that announcement, Ivory Coast had signed a deal with a consortium led by Total… Read more »
Police fired tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets at protesters who were voicing frustration over the cost of university education at a Johannesburg university. Details of the unrest at Wits University on Tuesday were widely shared on social media. Some protesters threw rocks as police and private security guards tried to clear the scene. However, Twitter users — using… Read more »