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While you were sleeping: 26 September 2017

  • John Stupart
    John Stupart
    John Stupart

    John Stupart is the editor of the African Defence Review. He has completed his masters in War Studies at Kings College and has blathered endlessly on several mediums on all things pertaining to African defence policy, strategic, operational and tactical challenges. Most importantly, he brings you DailyMaverick's First Thing daily newsletter each morning.

By EPA-EFE/RICK MUSACCHIO The colors were presented to an empty bench as both teams stayed in the locker rooms during the singing of the national anthem and then some of the Tennessee Titans went to the end zone before their game at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, on 24 September 2017 in protests to comments by US President Donald J. Trump calling for the firing of NFL players who don't stand for the national anthem before games.

North Korea and USA "War" of words, Puerto Rico slams slow response, and Nobel prize money gets a boost.

Main photo: PW Botha.

Declassified: Apartheid Profits – Behind the Iron Curtain

By Open Secrets
Photo: The latest intake of US Peace Corps volunteers attend a swearing-in ceremony in Pretoria. Photo: Orateng Lepodise

US volunteers give back and in turn learn the practice of Ubuntu

By ORATENG LEPODISE
Photo: President of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe speaks during the General Debate of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 21 September 2017. EPA-EFE/JASON SZENES

The SADC Wrap: Zambia calls for help, while Mugabe is an unexpected voice of reason

By KRISTEN VAN SCHIE
Original photo: Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin holds a copy of ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ by Dr. Seuss as she speaks at the 41st Annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, USA, 08 March 2014. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

US: Ambassador Sarah Palin to Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Nambia?

By J Brooks Spector
By PA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON Young women wearing costumes pose in front of an exhibition booth during the Tokyo Game Show 2017 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan, 21 September 2017. Asia's largest gaming event opened with 609 companies and organisations from 36 countries and regions exhibiting at the show.

While you were sleeping: 22 September 2017

By John Stupart
By EPA-EFE/Edgar Cabalceta A handout picture provided by the citizen Edgar Cabalceta shows a general view of Mexico City following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, in Mexico City, Mexico, 19 September 2017. 

While you were sleeping: 21 September 2017

By John Stupart
Photo: US President Donald J. Trump addresses the audience during the opening of the General Debate of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at at UN headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 19 September 2017. The annual gathering of world leaders formally opens 19 September 2017, with the theme, ‘Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet.’ EPA-EFE/PETER FOLEY

US: Elton Don* goes to the UN. Attacks enemies. Tweets.

By J Brooks Spector
By EPA-EFE/ANDREW GOMBERT US President Donald J. Trump walks away from the podium after speaking during the opening session of the General Debate of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 19 September 2017. The annual gathering of world leaders formally opens 19 September 2017, with the theme, ‘Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet.'

While you were sleeping: 20 September 2017

By AFP
Photo: Dulcie September (Source unknown)

Declassified: Apartheid Profits – Who killed Dulcie September?

By Open Secrets
Photo: The Belgian daily newspapers, show 'America on Fire' on their front pages, Wednesday 12 September 2001 following deadly terrorist attacks on the United States. Photo: EPA Photo-Belga Photo Herwig Vergult

ISS Today: Is the media giving a voice to terrorists?

By ISS TODAY
By EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER A police officer and a cat stand by a barrier cordon outside an address in Sunbury-upon-Thames, London, Britain, 18 September 2017, as part of the investigation the 15 September 'Parsons Green' bomb attack. Detectives are continuing to search a number of properties in relation to the explosive device left on a tube train at 'Parsons Green' station.

While you were sleeping: 19 September 2017

By John Stupart
Photo: US President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks to the news media prior to boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 14 September 2017. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW

US 2020? Welcome to The Age of Perpetual Campaign

By J Brooks Spector
By EPA-EFE/DIEGO AZUBEL German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel (L) of Scuderia Ferrari and Finnish teammate Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen collide at the start of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore, 17 September 2017.

While you were sleeping: 18 September 2017

By John Stupart
By EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA Residents of Hangberg run from tear gas fired by police as they clash during protests in Cape Town, South Africa, 14 September 2017. The fishing community of Hangberg in Hout Bay have been protesting for four days against the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department's decision to cut fishing quotas but say criminal elements within the community have hijacked the protests. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department announced that rock lobster quotas would be cut from 110kg to 50kg. Residents claim that fishing is their livelihood and cutting the quota will deprive them of it. 

While you were sleeping: 15 September 2017

By John Stupart
Photo: Zane Dangor

Op-Ed: Why Zane Dangor should be the next executive director of the UN Population Fund

By Tlaleng Mofokeng
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Book Review: The anti-psychotic case for a post-GDP growth world

By Kevin Bloom
By EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER Mike Gilbert (L) hugs his daughter Brooke (R) while looking at a destroyed three-story condominium building after Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys in Islamorada, Florida, USA, 12 September 2017. The Gilbert family owns a unit in the building. Many areas that sustained damage during the storm remain under a dawn to dusk curfew.

While you were sleeping: 14 September 2017

By John Stupart
Photo: People hold a banner with picture of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on, during a protest against violence in Myanmar, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 7 September 2017. At least 123,000 Rohingyas have crossed the border into Bangladesh fleeing violence in northeastern Myanmar, a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees spokesperson said on 5 September. International organisations have reported claims of human rights violations and summary executions allegedly carried out by the Myanmar army. Photo Bilawal Arbab/(EPA)

Explainer: What’s happening to the Rohingya Muslims?

By Rebecca Davis
By EPA-EFE/CARSTEN KOAL Referee Bibiana Steinhaus (R) talks to Bremen's Florian Kainz (L) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hertha BSC and Werder Bremen at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, 10 September 2017. Steinhaus became the first female referee to officiate a Bundesliga match.

While you were sleeping: 13 September 2017

By John Stupart
Photo of Jacques Chirac by INRA DIST Jean Weber via Flickr

Declassified: Apartheid Profits – Pretoria’s beehive in Paris

By Open Secrets
Photo: Robert Wood, US Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, informs to the media during a briefing about the US objectives for the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) PrepCom, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, 28 April, 2017. Photo: EPA/SALVATORE DI NOLFI

Nuclear Ban: Treaty will make the world more dangerous, not safer –US

By PETER FABRICIUS
Photo: An undated handout file photograph made available on 04 March 2016 by the North Korean news agency KCNA shows the test-firing of new-type large-caliber multiple launch rocket system by the North Korean military. Tensions between North Korea and the west have intensified due to the west's implimentation of economic sanctions in response to North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons and test firing of delivery systems. Photo: EPA/KCNA

Op-Ed: Nuclear disarmament – why the world should follow Africa’s lead

By SARAH SWART
Photo: With One World Trade Center at left, a light tribute is seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, marking the 16th anniversary of the terror attacks on 9/11. Nearly 3,000 died when hijackers flew commercial airplanes into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Photo Porter Binks/(EPA)

Remembering 9/11: The long-term effects are only playing out now, 16 years later

By J Brooks Spector
By EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD View of a giant land art painting entitled 'A story of the future' by French artist Saype, depicting a young girl reading a book, on a hillside in Les Rochers-de-Naye, in Veytaux above Montreux, Switzerland, 11 September 2017. The artwork covering approximately 6,000 square meters was produced with over 600 liters of biodegradable paint made from natural pigments, water and a milk protein and is part of the celebration for the 125th anniversary of the Glion Rochers-de-Naye train line.

While you were sleeping: 12 September 2017

By John Stupart
Photo: Judge Navi Pillay speaking at a press conference in Geneva in December 2013. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

No ‘one size fits all’ solution for intrepid international jurists on the world stage

By PETER FABRICIUS
By EPA/KEITH MEYERS A file picture dated 15 September 2001 shows smoke continues to rise from the destroyed World Trade Center in New York, USA. On 11 September 2001, during a series of coordinated terror attacks using hijacked airplanes, two airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center's twin towers causing the collapse of both towers. A third plane targeted the Pentagon and fourth plane heading towards Washington, DC ultimately crashed into a field. The unprecedented attack claimed the lives of almost 3,000 people.

While you were sleeping: 11 September 2017

By John Stupart
Photo: US President Donald J. Trump waits to greet President Sauli Niinisto of Finland as he arrives to the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 28 August 2017. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW.

US: From Hurricane Harvey to Cyclone Donald, a country weathering multiple storms

By J Brooks Spector
By EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Safal Pokhrel takes a shower after shaving his head during a full moon day in Gurukul’s premise in Kathmandu, Nepal, 27 July 2017. Once a month, in the auspicious day of full moon, the students must shave their head since they believe that by shaving the hair they are free from the sins. A temple in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu is home to one of the world’s oldest Sanskrit schools. Located within Pashupati Temple and founded in 2040 BS (Nepali Year Calendar), 34 years ago, Shree Bhagwat Sanyash Ashram and Gurukul School and hostel is funded by the donations of Hindu followers. The school was established to practice and preserve the Sanskrit Dharma-shastra. Sanskrit is the main holy language in Hinduism and Dharma-shastras are Hindu scriptures teaching the rules of social behavior.

While you were sleeping: 8 September 2017

By John Stupart
By EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE Kevin Anderson of South Africa hits a return to Paolo Lorenzi of Italy on the seventh day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 03 September 2017. The US Open runs through September 10.

While you were sleeping: 7 September 2017

By John Stupart