Controversial sales of $5.5bn DR Congo assets revealed just before elections
Allegations of a DRCongo mining fire sale raises more questions than answers just as the country faces elections, no wonder Joseph Kabila is 100…
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The Ambassador
It puts new meaning into the expression ‘Docu-drama’ and is probably going to cause hot debates but Max Brugge’s form of journalism certainly gets him places that would be closed via the usual routes. Donning the identity and credentials of a Liberian diplomat by purchasing a passport, Brugge goes into the murky world of diamond dealing in Central Africa posing as a Liberian Consul.
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Anna Hazare: India’s Tea Party moment
The populist fasting campaign of Anna Hazare is being backed by the far right. Is this an attempt to starve out the Congress Party?…
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Hamas and Fatah move towards political unity
The leaders of Fatah and Hamas, the main Palestinian political organisations, have signed a deal in Egypt’s capital Cairo aimed at ending their bitter four-year feud. They will now form an interim government and agree a date for a general election. In a further move that is seen as a shift in Egyptian attitudes towards Israel, Egypt has agreed to open the Rafah border crossing.
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Disturbing the ghosts of San Rafael: the politics of memory in Malaga
Seventy years after the Spanish civil war divided a nation and initiated Franco’s dictatorship, the Andalucian city of Malaga is still haunted by the…
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