Ethiopia doesn’t agree with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) decision to allow Guinea to host the 2023 games. Apparently the decision was never discuss at the executive committee meeting. CAF President Issa Hayatou announced Guinea as host without giving details of the process, he said the spontaneous decision was a display of "solidarity" with the Ebola-hit West African nation. Even though Guinea is currently banned from hosting games because of the outbreak, which has killed nearly 3,000 people in West Africa, making Guinea is one of the hardest-hit countries.





Boston Herald

The State of Somalia

Somalia’s state government has failed leaving it a safe haven for Pirates, the jihadists, drug smugglers, and arms traffickers. The U.S policy for Somalia was to kill people they deemed as terrorist, and ignore the state failure that allowed terrorist to flourish. It’s not that they didn’t care its just that trying to fix failed states is hard and expensive and sometimes you have to decide which ones are worth the effort, and Somalia was not. The President thought Somalia was a success and planned to use the same method for Iraq. The solution was to create a stable, legitimate, capable government capable of upholding order and commanding at least a minimum degree of loyalty from its citizens. But that solution got no support and thats when Obama said “We cannot do for Iraqis what they must do for themselves.” Which means Iraq too will continue to be a safe haven and breeding ground for jihadists.

Shadow Foreign Policy

Spanish and Moroccan Police Arrest 9

 The Spanish and Moroccan police arrested 9 suspects of a militant cell that recruited jihadists for Syria-based group Islamic State.
     Both police have  increased their  watch on Islamist cells due to growing radicalism in northern Morocco and Spanish enclaves.
     Friday's cell was led by M.S.M, a Moroccan-born Spanish citizen.
     People who were part of the Spanish party are linked to the cell. This causes the probe to focus on whether or not veterans have been forming terror cells, seeking to arrange terror strikes in Morocco and Europe.
     In May six suspected jihadists including a veteran of the Mali conflict were arrested were detained, four suspected militants in March were arrested in Spain and three in Morocco.
   


http://online.wsj.com/articles/spanish-and-moroccan-police-arrest-militant-suspects-in-north-africa-1411719847