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Items by Dr Mustafa Mheta
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Making an Al-Shabaab co-founder a minister is a welcome move by the Somali government
News of the ministerial appointment of an Al-Shabaab co-founder and spokesperson, Mukhtar Robow, by Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre is welcome news. The move looks well calculated and should be seen as an olive branch to the extremists of Al-Shabaab with the message that should they wish to...
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The African Union is self-destructing by letting Israel have observer status
The Israeli Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that it has regained its observer status at the African Union. Until 2002, the colonial state was an observer member of the Organisation of African Unity, until the latter was dissolved and replaced by the African Union. Who has decided to readmit Israel to...
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It is absurd for Danny Danon to tell the UN that Israel has Biblical, historical and legal foundations
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, made a very bold assertion during a debate in the Security Council recently. “Jewish rights to the land of Israel depends on four pillars,” he claimed. “This includes the Bible, history, legality and the pursuit of international peace and security.” I don’t know...