Nizar Visram

In its latest move early June 2017, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted a resolution drafted by the United States to expand the scope of sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over its latest missile tests.

At the 28^th Summit meeting of the African Union (AU) held in Addis Ababa on 30 January 2017, Morocco’s readmission to the continental body generated heated discussion.

Some 3,500 people drowned at sea while trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2014, while 1,865 people have died so far in 2015.

When the demise of Nelson Mandela was proclaimed to the nation by South African president Jacob Zuma, the streets were hushed and in restaurants, bars and nightclubs, there was pin drop silence as people listened in utter despondency.

Tanzanian government often gets a good pat on the back from donors and debtors for what they consider to be transparency, while underplaying public discontent and disgruntlement. In the international arena Tanzania is thus portrayed as home to good governance.

When seven Tanzanian peacekeepers in Darfur, western Sudan, were killed and 17 seriously wounded in an ambush by gunmen, the incident sent shockwaves throughout the country.

Normally Tanzanian lawmakers would ‘prove’ their radicalism by blasting rival parties, state authorities, public corporations or ministers for shoddy work done or millions that go missing. They would hardly ever take a swipe at a multinational corporation, much less an American one.