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Items by Zaakir Ahmed Mayet
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Lethal autonomy and the fate of mankind
In 1984, the movie “Terminator” drew the minds of cinemagoers into a science fiction world in which robots have taken over and started to hunt human beings. It was the epic battle between man and machine, each striving for survival. The franchise released a new movie in 2015, although the…
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Westgate Mall: symptom of a far deeper problem than the media and politicians would have us believe
The Westgate Mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi is on everyone’s lips and every news agency appears to be covering the awful incident that catapulted this relatively unknown shopping centre into the headlines. The mainstream media has carefully crafted its narrative into one that has a limited timeline beginning on…
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After five years of brutality, poverty is the legacy of Cast Lead
Many will recall the days that stunned the world exactly five years ago, when Israel launched Operation Cast Lead against the Gaza Strip. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what sears such moments into the minds-eye. Was it the corpses piled up on the streets of Gaza as the mortuaries…