When NATO Leaves Afghanistan

NOVANEWS by Giuliano Battiston Local Afghan elder standing near US traffic checkpoint in Afghanistan. (via The Atlantic)JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s 30 million people are deeply divided over whether President Hamid Karzai should sign the Bilateral Security […]

Nasrallah raises stakes in political standoff

NOVANEWS The Daily Star   Hezbollah supporters wave flags as they attend a ceremony in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. (The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban)  BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah warned Friday against forming a fait accompli […]

China and Development in Africa

LALKAR China’s economic statistics for 2006 have been published. Its growth hit 10.7% in 2006, the fourth successive year of double digit growth. Its GDP reached $2.690 trillion last year and it is expected it […]