Fred Harter
Freelance Correspondent at The Times
Journalist in Ethiopia | @thetimes @guardian @theafricareport @newhumanitarian
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2 days ago |
observer.co.uk | Nina Kuryata |Fred Harter
Donald Trump and Europe were on the same page on Saturday when Keir Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’ urged Russia to agree to a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine. By Sunday, the US president was “starting to doubt” whether a deal would happen at all. So what? Trump is losing interest and exhibit A is the Pentagon. His defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, is planning the biggest shake-up of the military for a generation. But this is not just to build a “leaner, more lethal force”.
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3 days ago |
observer.co.uk | Fred Harter
The US president is using his daughter’s father-in-law to help bring about a peace deal between Rwanda and Congo – and a possible windfall As Donald Trump finally clinched a minerals deal with Ukraine last month, his officials were thrashing out another, potentially far more lucrative agreement that could unlock trillions of dollars of mineral wealth in Central Africa. The talks centre on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, aimed at ending nearly three decades of bloody conflict.
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6 days ago |
observer.co.uk | Fred Harter
Pakistan said it would “avenge each drop of blood” after Indian airstrikes killed 31 people following a terrorist attack in the disputed Kashmir region. So what? Two nuclear-armed neighbours are on the brink of war. These days, conflicts between major powers are rare. Most confrontations pit large countries against smaller ones, such as Ukraine, or against militant groups, such as Hamas. India and Pakistan are different. Spiralling.
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1 week ago |
observer.co.uk | Fred Harter
Scientists at GSK are developing a new malaria vaccine that could be three times more effective than existing jabs for the disease. So what? Not a moment too soon. Humanity was once on the way to beating malaria. But progress has gone into reverse, with millions of lives at risk.
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1 week ago |
observer.co.uk | Fred Harter
The music, art and sport making waves in Senegal Fresh from releasing his 41st album this spring, Senegalese music legend Youssou N’Dour is once again touring the world. Last week, he lit up the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre. Before that, he appeared at Burna Boy’s concert at the Stade de France in Paris. N’Dour pioneered Mbalax, a dance music genre that fuses West African musical traditions with jazz, soul and Latin pop.
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The 18 carat gold crown of Emperor Tewodros at London's V&A Museum, probably the most famous object taken at Maqdala in 1868. The V&A has dozens of artefacts from Maqdala but most are hidden away in storage -- Ethiopia has made several requests for them to be sent home https://t.co/9zYV6M27i1