The Islamist militant group, al-Shabaab, has claimed responsibility for a terror attack in Nairobi in which at least 14 people were killed and scores injured. The question the terror attack raises is why the group continues to target Kenya and what can be done about it. Brendon Cannon and Martin Plaut share their insights.
British Prime Minister Theresa May's current Brexit plan was roundly rejected by MPs in the country's Parliament on Tuesday night - a historic and humiliating defeat. May has pledged to hold cross-party meetings in the hope of finding a Brexit proposal that would win the support of MPs in a future vote. However, Simon Usherwood wonders, what’s May really up to?
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Al-Shabaab’s first attack on Kenyan soil was in 2008. Since then the Kenyan government has responded with force.
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Brendon J. Cannon, Khalifa University; Martin Plaut, School of Advanced Study
Kenya is attacked far more than Ethiopia or other eastern African states by al-Shabaab militants.
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Protesters gather outside parliament while MPs vote inside.
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Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey
After her historic loss in parliament, the PM will hold cross-party talks to find a way out of the impasse. But will she really be listening?
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Politics + Society
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Robert Rotberg, Harvard Kennedy School
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to double the price of petrol shows very poor judgement and bad leadership.
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Rachel E. Bowen, The Ohio State University
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is defying a constitutional court order to release a UN-backed prosecutor his government arrested and allow his corruption investigation to continue.
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Mark Ward, University of Washington
Keeping the water and power on, managing sewers and collecting garbage will help communities shattered by the Syrian civil war rebuild – and keep out the Islamic State, says a former aid official.
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Luke Moffett, Queen's University Belfast
The ICC is meant to be a Court of last resort, to ensure justice for victims and to end impunity. It's not living up to these promises.
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Arts + Culture
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Eleanor Kingwell-Banham, UCL
Archaeologists have found cloves and black pepper corns they believe to be more than 1,000 years old at a site in Sri Lanka.
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Franziska Schroeder, Queen's University Belfast; Matilde Meireles, Queen's University Belfast
Tailored VR technology is helping creating digital musical instruments that musicians with disabilities can play.
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