{"id":6012,"date":"2011-12-12T12:13:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T10:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/refile-diary-southern-south-africa-to-december-2012\/"},"modified":"2011-12-12T12:13:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T10:13:02","slug":"refile-diary-southern-south-africa-to-december-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/refile-diary-southern-south-africa-to-december-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"REFILE-DIARY-Southern & South Africa to December 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Operation Somalia: The U.S., Ethiopia and now Kenya<\/a><\/h5>\n

Ethiopia did it five years ago, the Americans a while back. Now Kenya has rolled tanks and troops across its arid frontier into lawless Somalia, in another campaign to stamp out a rag-tag militia of Islamist rebels that has stoked terror throughout the region with threats of strikes.\u00a0 Blog<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Could Islamist rebels undermine change in Africa?<\/a><\/h5>\n

Creeping from the periphery in Africa\u2019s east and west, Islamist militant groups now pose serious security challenges to key countries and potentially even a threat to the continent\u2019s new success.\u00a0 Blog<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The children of Dadaab: Life through the lens<\/a><\/h5>\n

Through my video \u201cThe children of Dadaab: Life through the Lens\u201d I wanted to tell the story of the Somali children living in Kenya\u2019s Dadaab. Living in the world\u2019s largest refugee camp, they are the ones bearing the brunt of Africa\u2019s worst famine in sixty years.\u00a0 Blog<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Who among the seven longest serving African leaders will be deposed next?<\/a><\/h5>\n

Several African leaders watching news of the death of Africa \u2019s longest serving leader are wondering who among them is next and how they will leave office.\u00a0 Blog<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Were NATO strikes on Gaddafi\u2019s home town justified?<\/a><\/h5>\n

Defence secretary, Liam Fox, sounded a little scripted in Misrata at the weekend when I asked him whether NATO\u2019s airstrikes in Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s home town of Sirte were staying within its remit to protect civilians in Libya.\u00a0 Blog<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Was South Africa right to deny Dalai Lama a visa?<\/a><\/h5>\n

Given that China is South Africa\u2019s biggest trading partner and given the close relationship between Beijing and the ruling African National Congress, it didn\u2019t come as a huge surprise that South Africa was in no hurry to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama.\u00a0 Blog<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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