The article in the Business Day 15th April 2019 Airstrikes on Pakistan ‘show nuclear war is not a threat’ refers.
Not many people would know that the governing party of India, the BJP led by Narendra Modi, is the political arm of the right-wing Hindu nationalist, terrorist organization, of the Rashtriya Swayamsivak Sang (RSS). It considers controversial figures like Hitler and...
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THE MALIAN GENOCIDE: WHAT THE AU SHOULD DO
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...
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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...
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE????
The Media Review Network (MRN) express the sentiments of many who advocate changes in the political leadership on the African continent, especially those who choose to occupy the helm in perpetuity. Omar-al-Bashir of Sudan is one such ruler. He has been head of State...
Full Steam Ahead: SA Downgrade of Embassy in Israel
Cynics may call it politicking to garner Muslim votes for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on the eve of South Africa's crucial May 2019 national elections. Others, especially from Israel's local pressure groups, may suggest that the ANC has caved in to...
WHICH WAY LIBYA? HOW THE AFRICAN UNION AND THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE FAILED LIBYA
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...