China In Africa: Reproducing Dependency?
The huge growth of Chinese political and business interests in Africa is conceivably the most significant development for the continent’s international relations since the ending of the Cold War. Published trade figures alone...
Hard Times in Swaziland
[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”@intlpolitical” float=”left”][fbshare type=”button”] “Hard times”. This is the title of English novelist, Charles Dickens’ book that was...
Extreme Poverty Set to Vanish by 2028?
“Statisticians are kind of bewildered by this,” but…”extreme poverty” — that is, the number of people around the world living on less than $1.25 a day, counting inflation — is “on a trend...
With All Eyes on Ukraine, Russia Dumps Its “Toxic” Leftists in Prison
After a long trial, a Moscow judge has sentenced two leftist activists who were at the forefront of Russia’s 2011-2012 protests, Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev, to 4.5 years in prison for organizing mass riots...
DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 31 AUGUST 2012
Africa & Middle East UN due to meet over Syria refugee crisis The United Nations Security Council is due to meet with Turkey to discuss the refugee crisis instigated by what is now being described as a civil war. Turkey is ...
