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Archives: Africa
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The Dragon Arrives: 1st Chinese overseas Military Base in Djibouti
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - China has just inaugurated its first military base abroad, in the tiny Red Sea country of Djibouti. Beijing has a long way to…![S. Africa ruling party will downgrade ties with Israel over Illegal Occupation](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/s-africa-ruling-party-will-downg-187x137.jpg)
S. Africa ruling party will downgrade ties with Israel over Illegal Occupation
Ma'an News Agency | - - PRETORIA (Ma'an) -- The African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party of South Africa, voted on Tuesday in favor of downgrading South Africa’s diplomatic representation in…![Is the European Refugee Crisis being Driven by Drought and Climate Change?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/is-the-european-refugee-crisis-b-187x137.jpg)
Is the European Refugee Crisis being Driven by Drought and Climate Change?
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME (IPS) - Water–everybody talks about it, warns against its growing scarcity, excessive waste, the impact of climate change, the frequent severe…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/ml1-en-750x470-187x137.png)
20 Million People Could ‘Starve to Death’ in Next Six Months
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME (IPS) - Urgent action is needed to save the lives of people facing famine in North Eastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/PF_17.04.05_projectionsUpdate_GRL310px-1-187x137.png)
The Coming Muslim Century: Bad news for President Bannon
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Demographically, the 21st century will be the Muslim Century, as the Pew Research Center on Religion in Public Life has shown. Muslims will…![Does Trump’s slashed Foreign Aid Budget give China the Advantage?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/does-trumps-slashed-foreign-aid-187x137.jpg)
Does Trump’s slashed Foreign Aid Budget give China the Advantage?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US foreign aid budget is not mainly about helping the poor. It is an instrument for buying influence in countries important to…![Africa Trade Summit in US Had Zero Africans After Visas Denied](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/africa-trade-summit-in-us-had-ze-187x137.jpg)
Africa Trade Summit in US Had Zero Africans After Visas Denied
TeleSur | - - "This year it was 100 percent. Every delegation,” organizer Mary Flowers told the media. An African trade summit organized by the University of Southern California ended up with…![As Trump Bans Somalis, 100s dying from Hunger in Severe Drought](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/as-trump-bans-somalis-100s-dying-187x137.jpg)
As Trump Bans Somalis, 100s dying from Hunger in Severe Drought
The Watchers : Watching the World Evolve and Transform | - - 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in just one region of Somalia as severe drought…![In Shocker, Federal Judge in Seattle Halts Trump Muslim Ban](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/in-shocker-federal-judge-in-seat-187x137.jpg)
In Shocker, Federal Judge in Seattle Halts Trump Muslim Ban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - When Trump issued his executive order halting immigration from seven countries, suspending the refugee program, and banning Syrian refugees indefinitely, I wrote that…![Gambia’s ‘Trump’ and the dilemma of the Int’l Criminal Court](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/gambias-trump-and-the-dilemma-of-187x137.jpg)
Gambia’s ‘Trump’ and the dilemma of the Int’l Criminal Court
By Ebrahim Shabbir Deen | (Informed Comment) | - - The stepping down, under duress, of long-term Gambian president Yahya Jammeh clearly illustrates the impact of credible collective security. However, for this…![When Reagan backed S. Africa Racism and Castro inspired Mandela](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/when-reagan-backed-s-africa-raci-187x137.jpg)
When Reagan backed S. Africa Racism and Castro inspired Mandela
TeleSur | - - The world remembers Nelson Mandela as the freedom fighter and president who liberated South Africa from apartheid. But many look back with a selected memory of how the…![People don’t join Terrorist Groups b/c of Religion: Are Recruited by Family & Friends](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/people-dont-join-terrorist-group-187x137.jpg)
Family & Friends, not Religion, Draw People into Terrorist Groups
By Rose Delaney | (Inter Press Service) | - - LONDON (IPS) - A recent study supported by the government of Finland has found widespread misconceptions regarding what drives people to join…![George Clooney Report Ruffles Feathers in South Sudan](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/george-clooney-report-ruffles-fe-187x137.jpg)
George Clooney Report Ruffles Feathers in South Sudan
TeleSur | - - The report "can only jeopardize the pursuit of peace and stability," South Sudan representatives said. A new report claiming that South Sudan’s leaders have exploited the country’s ongoing…![The Russian Challenge to U.S. Policy in Africa](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/the-russian-challenge-to-u-s-pol-187x137.jpg)
The Russian Challenge to U.S. Policy in Africa
Gregory Alonso Pirio and Robert Pittelli | Informed Comment | - - The United States and its Western allies, for the most part, consider the Cold War long over, and with the…![Climate Change Terror as Deserts Bury 2/3s of African Lands](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/climate-change-terror-as-deserts-187x137.jpg)
Climate Change Terror as Deserts Bury 2/3s of African Lands
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME, (IPS) - Two-thirds of the African continent is already desert or dry-lands. But while this vast extension of the second largest…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/table_1_-187x137.jpg)
The Economic Crisis of Greying World: 30 Countries have more Elderly than Children
By Joseph Chamie | (Inter Press Service) | - - NEW YORK (IPS) - It first happened in Italy in 1995. Five years later it happened in six additional countries, Bulgaria, Germany,…![Nile Valley Water Conflict: Can Egypt live with Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/nile-valley-water-conflict-can-e-1-187x137.jpg)
Nile Valley Water Conflict: Can Egypt live with Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam?
By Dale Whittington | (The Conversation) | - - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, under construction on the Blue Nile near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border, is now approximately 50% complete. Initial…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/population-1-378x230-1-187x137.jpg)
In an Age of Global Terror, do Failed States endanger you, too?
By Joseph Chamie and Barry Mirkin | (Inter Press Service) | - - NEW YORK, Apr 9 2016 (IPS) - Regardless of whether they are called fragile, failed, or failing states, scores…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210648im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/kads9-187x137.jpg)