by Mustafa B Mheta | Apr 17, 2019 | MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
In 1994, the world woke up to the sad news of the Rwandan genocide which killed hundreds of thousand people. It is sad to note today that a similar genocide pitting rival tribes is going on in Mali and nothing is being said about it in our mainstream media. Entire...
by Mustafa B Mheta | Apr 12, 2019 | Africa, Breaking News, MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
The Arab spring started in Tunisia in late 2010, when a self-immolation of a street vendor in a provincial town of Sidi Bouzid sparked mass anti-government protests. Unable to control the crowds, the then President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to flee the...
by Mustafa B Mheta | Apr 5, 2019 | Africa, MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
In 1967, Colonel Gaddafi inherited one of the poorest nations in Africa. However, by the time he was assassinated, Gaddafi had turned Libya into Africa’s wealthiest nation. Libya had the highest GDP per capita and life expectancy on the continent, fewer people lived...
by Mustafa B Mheta | Mar 27, 2019 | Africa, Local News, MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
The issue of Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara has once again divided the African Union (AU). Morocco decided as a counter, to hold a parallel conference on the same day that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was holding a solidarity conference on...
by Mustafa B Mheta | Mar 13, 2019 | MRN articles, MRN Views, Opinion, World News
Sanctions represent a middle ground in international politics, being more severe than mere verbal condemnation, but less severe than the use of force. In accordance with Article 41 of the charter of the United Nations, authority to impose sanctions lies exclusively...
