News highlights, early September 2015

China and the misallocation of aid in Africa:

http://www.theigc.org/blog/are-african-leaders-misusing-chinese-development-finance-the-price-of-country-ownership/

Where to allocate aid:

http://aiddata.org/sites/default/files/wps6_the_foreign_aid_effectiveness_debate_evidence_from_malawi.pdf

http://aiddata.org/blog/the-politics-of-aid-allocation-new-evidence-from-zambia

Illegal exploitation of resources –timber in Senegal:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201509111298.html

Preserving seeds for humanity:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/21/us-mideast-crisis-seeds-idUSKCN0RL1KA20150921

Assad, Syria, War crimes:

http://www.businessinsider.com/assads-government-still-kills-way-more-civilians-than-isis-2015-2?IR=T

News highlights, August 2015

Obama, discrimination and human rights:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33647497

Chinese investment in Africa:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/24/business/international/the-world-according-to-china-investment-maps.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

EU, TTIP, and Brexit:

http://www.breakingviews.com/tide-flows-against-uk%E2%80%99s-pro-eu-campaigners/21209353.article

Fisheries and slavery:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/world/outlaw-ocean-thailand-fishing-sea-slaves-pets.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Illegal trawler and NGOs:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/world/a-renegade-trawler-hunted-for-10000-miles-by-vigilantes.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

World population, 2015-50

Source: Jeune Afrique, 20/08/15.