Zimbabwe ‘ready for UK invasion’ (Eve)

Zimbabwe is fearing an attack from the UK, which claims that the Zimbabwean government has broken many civil rights violations.  George Charamba, Zimbabwe’s presidental spokesman, says that the UK is trying to get involved with internal affairs, which right now have a lot to do with the seizing and redistributing of white farmers (most of [...]

7 Suspected Militants Held in France (Eve)

Seven suspected Islamic militants who were apparently trained to fight in Iraq were detained by French authorities on Tuesday.  Though no evidence has been released to the public, French authorities apparently suspect that dozens of French-Muslim men have left France to join the Iraqi’s in the Iraq War.  Officals are worried that these men are [...]

The Digital Gap (Sam Cammer)

        This week in the Economist there was an article that was about Internet usage in Africa. The Internet and email are all things we take for granted. They have become ingrained in our every day life. And we are used to them; however, in Uganda, only 1 in 200 actually [...]

EU rethink on trade threat to ex-colonies (Marc Mechanic)

   EU rethink on trade threat to ex-colonies
By Alan Beattie in London and Andrew Bounds in Brussels
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/badb0b22-74f8-11dc-892d-0000779fd2ac.html
Last month the European Union threatened to end unilateral trade privileges to all of the former colonies.  These colonies are scattered throughout Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific countries.  Recently, it appears as though the European Union is slowly backing [...]

Slow UN Progress Spurs Alternate Tactics (Sam Cammer)

        On October 4th The Economist published an article where they discussed, in depth, the current dilemma faced by the rest of the world with how to deal with Iran. The majority of the article was spent discussing how the permanent members of the security council have been unable to come to some [...]