Follow the Playbook: New York GOVERNOR DEFEAT?
The State of New York is in a fierce, four-way contest to replace Andrew Cuomo. The race is complicated by another huge, major question: Whether Cuomo will run and if he does will he…
Cobalt supply: a vital commodity becomes vulnerable
i i i First, the basics Cobalt is ubiquitous in our everyday lives. At the end of November, safety concerns prompted the Dow Jones Industrial Average to briefly take a plunge of 400 points….
Iran hostage crisis – in pictures
Iran Hostage Crisis began with US-Iranian Embassy takeover of November 1979. In 1979, US diplomats were taking shelter at the US Embassy in Tehran because of rising political unrest. A group of students stormed…
Africa’s coups: have we reached the point of no return?
Photo: Akpokona Omafuaire/Getty Images Stuart Wilkie looks into the behaviour of African leaders on the brink of (and, often, inside) military coups. Some black Africans will tell you coups are one of the blighted…
Malikah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, dies at 56
By Sona Jain, CNN • Updated 9th August 2017 Malikah Shabazz, a daughter of Malcolm X and co-founder of the Million Man March group, has died. She was 56. “My daughter Malikah Shabazz passed…
Ethiopia allegedly used Russian-built planes in Ogaden conflict, UN report says
The Asmara-based government-run Ethiopian Airlines did flight training with Russian companies, destroyed soldiers’ equipment in Egypt in 2014 and benefited from Russian air-defense expertise in 2011, according to a new United Nations report. The…