September, 2021

• 14 September

  Rwanda’s Military is the French Proxy on African Soil

  

  On July 9, 2021, the government of Rwanda said that it had deployed 1,000 troops to Mozambique to battle al-Shabaab fighters, who had seized the northern province of Cabo Delgado. A month later, on August 8, Rwandan troops captured the port city of Mocímboa da Praia, where just off the …

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• 14 September

  Strange Crusaders: Diary of the Afghan War

  

  The onslaughts on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are being likened to Pearl Harbor and the comparison is just. From the point of view of the assailants the attacks were near miracles of logistical calculation, timing, courage in execution and devastation inflicted upon the targets. The Pearl Harbor …

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• 14 September

  Exclusif – Guinée : l’histoire secrète de la chute d’Alpha Condé, par François Soudan

  

  Comment le président guinéen a-t-il pu être si facilement capturé ? Pourquoi avait-il ignoré les mises en garde contre Mamady Doumbouya ? D’où vient vraiment le nouveau maître de Conakry ? Plongée dans les coulisses du coup d’État.• Pourquoi Alpha Condé a-t-il été capturé aussi facilement ? Le palais présidentiel …

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• 14 September

  Iraq’s Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi To Visit Iran On Sunday

  

  Prime Minister of Iraq Mustafa al-Kadhimi will pay an official visit to Iran on September 12. Heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation, the Iraqi prime minister will arrive in Tehran on Sunday morning for talks with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, among others. The Iraqi leader is going to hold …

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• 14 September

  The Big Losers From Brexit – OpEd

  

  Those watching British news in recent weeks could not have failed to notice that the normally boring UK retail sector was vying for the top slot alongside dramatic images of the collapse of the Afghan government in the face of a Taliban onslaught. While reports on Afghanistan highlighted the hectic …

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• 14 September

  How To Invest In Crypto: Beginners’ Guide – OpEd

  

  Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto seem to be buzzwords these days, as BTC is making top news headlines every day after its blazing bullish start to 2021. The million-dollar question is how to invest in crypto? Since you have landed on this page, dear reader, the chances are that the crypto …

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• 14 September

  Taliban Tells China No Sign Of Banned Uyghur Outfit In Afghanistan

  

  A shadowy Uyghur Islamic group that China has used as justification for increasingly harsh rule over the Muslim ethnic minority in its far-western Xinjiang region is not present in Afghanistan and won’t be allowed to return, a Taliban spokesman told Chinese state media. China often brands Uyghur activists in exile …

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• 14 September

  A Legacy Of Corruption In The FDA And Big Pharma – OpEd

  

  Our healthcare system is broken, a fact nobody would have disputed in precovid days. Regulatory capture is a reality, and the pharmaceutical industry is fraught with examples. Yet we trusted private-public partnerships to find an optimal solution to a global pandemic, assuming a crisis would bring out the best in …

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• 14 September

  Afghanistan: Enter regional states

  

  The Taliban hoisted their black and white flag on the presidential palace in Kabul on September 11, which happens to be the twentieth anniversary of the Al-Qaeda’s attack on New York and Washington, DC. The symbolism is too obvious to be missed. Although the Taliban had no hand in the …

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• 14 September

  Gov’t approves NIS 156 million budget for Ethiopian-Israeli integration

  

  Aliyah and Integration Minister Tamano-Shata also hopes to bring 3,000 of those remaining in Ethiopia to Israel by the end of 2022, as part of the “Rock of Israel” operation she initiated last year. The government approved on Sunday a NIS 156 million budget aimed at creating equal opportunities, combatting …

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