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Have we finally found the secret lost tomb of ancient Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti?

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Kimberly Watt | March 20, 2016 | The Independent The Big Question: The discovery of a secret tomb behind Tutankhamun's is being hailed as unique by archaeologists around the world. Cambridge Egyptologist Kimberly Watt explains what's been found - and why everyone should be excited Why are we asking this now? The tomb of Tutankhamun, the king of ancient Egypt who became … [Read more...] about Have we finally found the secret lost tomb of ancient Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti?

Decision by Dos Santos to step down is good for Angola and for Africa

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Charles Stith | March 19 2016 | Business Day MARCH 11 is a date that is memorable for a lot of things. According to the low chronology of the 18th dynasty, Pharaoh Thutmose III died in 1425 BC on this day. Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat signed the Camp David Peace Accords, bringing peace between Israel and Egypt on this date in 1982. A few years ago, Fukushima in … [Read more...] about Decision by Dos Santos to step down is good for Angola and for Africa

Don’t worry, be happy? Try telling that to a slave or a refugee… or a Scandinavian

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Jenerali Ulimwengu | Saturday, March 19   2016 | The East African If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.” Pam Pam! If you’re happy and you know it, stamp your feet, click your tongue, nod your head, and so on. This is what lucky little ones are taught in pre-primary. And they respond with glee because “you are happy and you know, and you want the world to … [Read more...] about Don’t worry, be happy? Try telling that to a slave or a refugee… or a Scandinavian

Chinese Migrants in Africa Are Getting Hit by the Slowing Global Economy

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Eric Olander Veteran New Media and Broadcast Journalist, Cobus van StadenLecturer, Media Studies, Wits University | 03/03/2016 | The Huffington Post Thousands of Chinese migrants who settled in Africa over the past decade or so now face mounting uncertainty as economic growth slows across the continent and back home in China. While there are no reliable estimates as … [Read more...] about Chinese Migrants in Africa Are Getting Hit by the Slowing Global Economy

What Makes People Smile In The Saddest Country In The World?

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Maggie Zackowitz | March 20, 2016 | NPR The happiest country in the world is Denmark, according to a new report from the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. And the least happy is Burundi. Maybe someone forgot to tell the Burundians. "I wouldn't say we are sad," says Burundi-born Elavie Ndura, 56, the presidential fellow for diversity and … [Read more...] about What Makes People Smile In The Saddest Country In The World?

Ethiopians march in Jerusalem over aliya stoppage

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Sam Sokol | 03/20/2016 | Jerusalem Post Around fifteen hundred citizens of Ethiopian origin protested during this week’s cabinet meeting, decrying “racism” and “discrimination between Jews and Jews,” according to Hebrew media. Activists demonstrated against a recent government decision to restrict Ethiopian immigration on Sunday, marching from the capital’s … [Read more...] about Ethiopians march in Jerusalem over aliya stoppage

Israel’s cancelled plan on Ethiopian Jews prompts rally

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20 Mar 2016 | Aljazeera English Decision to scrap scheme that would reunite families of Ethiopian Israelis amounts to racism, protesters say. Hundreds of Ethiopian Israelis marched in Jerusalem after the government cancelled plans to allow their relatives to emigrate from the African nation, calling the move discrimination. Police and organisers estimated the crowd at up … [Read more...] about Israel’s cancelled plan on Ethiopian Jews prompts rally

‘They Are Proud of What They Are Doing’

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Amanda Sperber | March 18, 2016 | Foreign Policy South Sudan's warring leaders have unleashed a terrifying wave of sexual violence that nobody has been able to stop. NYAL, South Sudan — Five men raped the 5-year-old next door. Mary watched helplessly from her home, where she had hidden when men with guns stormed into her village near the town of Leer in South … [Read more...] about ‘They Are Proud of What They Are Doing’

The World’s Modern-Day Lepers: Women With Fistulas

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Nicholas Kristof | MARCH 19, 2016 | The New York Times ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — ONE of the worst things that can happen to a woman or girl around the world is a fistula, an internal injury caused by childbirth (or occasionally by rape) that leaves her incontinent, humiliated and sometimes stinking. Victims are the lepers of the 21st century, and although the condition is … [Read more...] about The World’s Modern-Day Lepers: Women With Fistulas