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Can wind and solar fuel Africa’s future?

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Erica Gies | 02 November 2016 | Nature With prices for renewables dropping, many countries in Africa might leap past dirty forms of energy towards a cleaner future. At the threshold of the Sahara Desert near Ouarzazate, Morocco, some 500,000 parabolic mirrors run in neat rows across a valley, moving slowly in unison as the Sun sweeps overhead. This US$660-million … [Read more...] about Can wind and solar fuel Africa’s future?

21 technology tipping points we will reach by 2030

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Cadie Thompson | Dec 4, 2016 | Business Insider Nordic From driverless cars to robotic workers, the future is going to be here before you know it. Many emerging technologies you hear about today will reach a tipping point by 2025, according to a report from The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software & Society. The council surveyed more … [Read more...] about 21 technology tipping points we will reach by 2030

Castro in Africa

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 Jamie Miller | Dec 3, 2016 | The Atlantic The contradictions of exporting revolution For nearly three decades, Fidel Castro devoted vast amounts of Cuba’s limited resources to the project of exporting his revolution to Africa, even as it stuttered at home. As leader of Cuba, Castro advocated a radical departure from the prevailing post-war liberal … [Read more...] about Castro in Africa

Now Is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | December 2, 2016 | The New Yorker America has always been aspirational to me. Even when I chafed at its hypocrisies, it somehow always seemed sure, a nation that knew what it was doing, refreshingly free of that anything-can-happen existential uncertainty so familiar to developing nations. But no longer. The election of Donald Trump has … [Read more...] about Now Is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About

Omar al-Bashir is taking his country nowhere

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Dec 3rd 2016 | KHARTOUM | The Economist Sudan, a rump state run by an alleged war criminal DR MUNA ABDU, an ophthalmologist, is worried. “I am afraid of leaving my country for a long time,” she says, her back to the Blue Nile, dark but for the lights of a few riverside restaurants as it flows towards its embrace with the White Nile in Khartoum. But she still plans to move … [Read more...] about Omar al-Bashir is taking his country nowhere

Africa’s agriculture projects are growing inequality, not food

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Brendan Brown and Ian Nuberg |  November 29, 2016 | The Conversation Low yield growth, increasing food insecurity, climate change and massive population growth are the four factors that will determine the shape of Africa over the next century. Even if countries on the continent are successful in negotiating more favourable trade conditions and introduce policy … [Read more...] about Africa’s agriculture projects are growing inequality, not food

To so many Africans, Fidel Castro is a hero. Here’s why

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Sean Jacobs | Wednesday 30 November 2016 | The Guardian ‘A source of inspiration to all freedom-loving peoples’: that’s what Nelson Mandela called the Cuban revolutionary leader. And with good reason If Africa is a country, then Fidel Castro is one of our national heroes. This may come as a surprise to many oblivious of Africa’s postcolonial history and Castro’s role … [Read more...] about To so many Africans, Fidel Castro is a hero. Here’s why

How Did Fidel Castro Hold On to Cuba for So Long?

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Kathy Gilsinan | Nov 26, 2016 | The Atlantic The combination of geography, charisma, and authoritarianism that helped the revolutionary outlast 10 American presidents ReutersFidel Castro’s death came more than a decade after the Cuban revolutionary and authoritarian first handed power to his brother Raul during a severe illness. Castro resigned permanently … [Read more...] about How Did Fidel Castro Hold On to Cuba for So Long?