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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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‘The gold sector is a charade’: Randgold boss Mark Bristow digs in

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Jon Yeomans | 30 April 2016 | The Telegraph By his own admission, Mark Bristow likes to have “fun”. His latest scheme is to spend 30 days motorbiking across central Africa, from Mombasa in Kenya to the mouth of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a 5,000-mile odyssey that is not, he says with relish, technically possible. “Trying to cross the … [Read more...] about ‘The gold sector is a charade’: Randgold boss Mark Bristow digs in

Should Europe pay to stop refugees fleeing oppressive Eritrea?

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Nell Frizzell | Thursday 28 April 2016| The Guardian As politicians grapple with the migrant crisis experts say cash will only prop up the abusive regime – not stop the exodus The migration crisis has dominated headlines and confounded politicians, but still very little is known about Eritrea, a country from which an estimated 5,000 people are fleeing … [Read more...] about Should Europe pay to stop refugees fleeing oppressive Eritrea?