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Why The Villages Are Losing Their Young Men

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Ofeibea Quist-Arcton | May 5, 2016 | NPR Bourang Ba was a young farmer in Sitacourou — a sleepy village of scattered thatched roof dwellings where cattle chomp on hay in courtyards. Last year, the father of two set out for Europe, leaving behind his son, daughter and young wife, Nialina. Like his two half-brothers who had already migrated to Spain, he hoped to send money … [Read more...] about Why The Villages Are Losing Their Young Men

White tears: The most valuable currency

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Rebecca Davis | 06 May 2016 | Mail & Guardian Rebecca Davis finds it hard to laugh about the obscenity of the R140k raised by indignant sentinels of whiteness for a bullied waitress. I was a waitress for 10 years. As a student, I waitressed on and off to pay expenses and, as an adult, I waitressed full-time in the United Kingdom for a while to live. I wasn’t a … [Read more...] about White tears: The most valuable currency

China’s embrace of harmony makes it a good African fit

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George Rautenbach  | May 06 2016 | Business Day WITH the spate of negative publicity China has endured over time, it seems appropriate to try to reframe our understanding and thinking about East Asian culture. Having had the opportunity to work directly under C-level East Asian leadership in the past eight years in Africa, I have come to learn a lot more about their … [Read more...] about China’s embrace of harmony makes it a good African fit

He once tried to fix failing D.C. schools. Now he’s trying to fix Somalia.

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Kevin Sieff | 26 April 2016 | The Washington Post MOGADISHU, Somalia — Fifteen years ago, he was working for the mayor of Washington, trying to turn around crime-ridden neighborhoods and a failing school system. Now, Abdusalam Omer is trying to turn around a failed state. The former D.C. bureaucrat known as Dr. O has a new title: foreign minister of … [Read more...] about He once tried to fix failing D.C. schools. Now he’s trying to fix Somalia.

Doublespeak in country of the abused

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Carien du Plessis | 29 Apr 2016 | Mail & Guardian The Gambia's justice minister is to talk about human rights at the Pan-African Parliament. The Gambia’s justice minister is set to address African parliamentarians on human rights, despite serious allegations of abuses in her own country. According to the Pan-African Parliament’s programme, Mama Fatima Singhateh … [Read more...] about Doublespeak in country of the abused

What the Reappraisal of Soviet Russia’s Top Agricultural Mastermind Says About Putin’s Russia

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Loren R. Graham | April 29, 2016  | Foreign Affairs The discredited Soviet scientist Trofim Lysenko is enjoying a reappraisal in Russia these days. Lysenko was once the Soviet Union’s top agricultural mastermind, supported by Joseph Stalin himself. Even at the height of his power, however, Lysenko’s controversial theories on how plants and animals genetically adapt to … [Read more...] about What the Reappraisal of Soviet Russia’s Top Agricultural Mastermind Says About Putin’s Russia

Head to Head – Immigration: How much is too much?

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07 Aug 2015 | Aljazeera (English) Economist Paul Collier on why he wants to slow down migration from developing countries and impose stricter controls.   In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges Sir Paul Collier, the former head of Development Research at the World Bank, author of Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism, and professor at Oxford … [Read more...] about Head to Head – Immigration: How much is too much?

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