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Journalists in Africa: Unite against tyranny

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Rafael Marques de Morais | 29 Apr 2016 | Mail & Guardian Eritrean journalist Seyoum Tsehaye has been in jail since 2001. Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais writes to him in solidarity. Seyoum, my brother. I have been meaning to write to your president, Isaias Afwerki. He has kept you incarcerated for the past 14 and a half years, conferring upon you the … [Read more...]

How Warren Buffett’s Son Would Feed the World

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Nina Munk | May 2016 Issue | The Atlantic Howard G. Buffett has spent most of his life as a farmer, with little financial support from his father—until recently. Now he runs a multibillion-dollar foundation dedicated to ending global hunger. When his three children were young, Warren Buffett installed a dime slot machine on the third floor of the family’s house, in … [Read more...]

She Told Her Husband She Didn’t Want Him To Leave For Europe

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Ofeibea Quist-Arcton | April 27, 2016 | NPR One evening in November 2014, Aissatou Sanogo's husband came to tell her some startling news. "Aissatou," he said, "I'm leaving for Europe" — that very night. He earned a modest salary as a bakery deliveryman in Senegal but had dreams of making far more for his family in a European country. "I told my husband I didn't … [Read more...]

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