The World Bank (or specifically the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and the International Monetary Fund have their origins in the Bretton Woods agreement during WWII. The stated aims are: “The...
Read MoreDiplomacy is a subtle art. Don’t publicize your behind the scenes efforts and you can get accused of doing nothing but doing the reverse can put those you are trying to help in danger of their liberty or even lives. The...
Read MoreIn Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, police have moved in with officials from the local council to demolish informal stalls used by small traders. Footage on Al Jazeera shows one big demolition effort in the market off Cha...
Read MoreIn March 2003 the dictator of Zimbabwe welcomed a comparison of him with Hitler. Ahead of elections he is widely considered to have stolen by intimidation, bribery and violence he had been likened to Hitler by the British press....
Read MoreOver on Daily Kos there have been a couple of diaries on the disaster at Beit Lahiya in Gaza where at least four people, two toddlers, an elderly person and a teenage girl, were killed by a “tsunami” of sewage. That...
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