Scotsman: Nato ‘Ready to Help African Union Peacekeepers’ The US doesn’t have much military presence in Africa. And this time it’s under humanitarian pretence. Possibly hooking future members also.
Continue Reading May 26th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Via Agonist. The US is ignoring development issues and spending too much on its own armed forces says world leading economist.
Jeffrey Sachs, special adviser to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and one of the world’s best-known economists, argues in a new book that the world could be just 20 years away from dragging 1.1 billion people [...]
Continue Reading April 12th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
War crimes suspects from Sudan’s Darfur province will be handled by the International Criminal Court (ICC). A breakthrough and a big step in the direction of having the ICC become a de facto standard. Well, actually, it is already a de facto standard for most of us … except …
The US abstained the vote [...]
Continue Reading April 1st, 2005 Björn Hallberg
The last issue of Nature dealt briefly with development on the African continent. Agonist has also issued a recent Africa Policy Outlook 2005 which deals with many of the same issues. The pledges are many and the boasting is endless. Both Bush and Blair have been falling over themselves to prove that they are the [...]
Continue Reading March 5th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
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