Jammeh ‘Award’ Coverage Reflects Chill in Gambian Press
President Yahyah Jammeh, the former despot of Gambia, claimed to win four awards in the U.S. Only one, a satirical, land-locked Nebraska “admiralship” was real.
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Pentagon’s Latest Friend is Africa’s Newest Tyrant
/in St. Louis Post-Dispatch/by Frank SmythSecretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld last week became the highest ranking American official to ever visit Africa’s newest nation, the small state of Eritrea on the Red Sea across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Infallible Nation?
/in Asmarino.com/by Frank SmythWhy would Eritrea keep secret something that seemed to be in their national interest to publicize? One reason is that their leaders were too proud to admit that some of their own men including officers had been killed.
Africa’s Inexplicable Horn
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythLike elsewhere in Africa, Western efforts on the African Horn come too little too late. Even if the U.N. security council were to now impose an arms embargo, it could only help lessen the intensity of the next round of fighting
France’s Feeble Demand
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythOne trait that France and the United States have in common is that each nation acts like it has moral authority to lead the world.
Growing Pains in the Horn of Africa?
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythMany developing nations have borders that were first established by colonial powers. But few embrace their colonial heritage as closely as does Eritrea, a tiny nation of 3.6 million people that amicably seceded from larger Ethiopia in 1993.
Africa’s Horn War
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythSecessionist struggles stoke nationalist passions, but they do not necessarily correspond to ethnic groups. While ethnicity burns the fire in the Balkans, ethnic Tigrinyans lead both Ethiopia and Eritrea into battle in the war on the African Horn.