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The quiet rise of spy states

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Murray Hunter | 5 Jun 2020 | Mail & Guardian Few pro-democracy activists in Southern Africa need to be told that their governments don’t respect the right to privacy. Although the spying powers of governments in the region are dwarfed by those in the United States or China, there is growing concern that African governments may be listening in on conversations and … [Read more...] about The quiet rise of spy states

America’s Original Sin

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Slavery and the Legacy of White Supremacy Annette Gordon-Reed |January/February 2018 | Foreign Affairs The documents most closely associated with the creation of the United States—the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—present a problem with which Americans have been contending from the country’s beginning: how to reconcile the values espoused in those … [Read more...] about America’s Original Sin

Naked protest: how ordinary citizens reveal truth to repressive regimes

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Rebecca Tapscott |May 14, 2020 | The Conversation The past two decades have seen the rise of new forms of authoritarianism. These modern authoritarian regimes use diverse tactics to keep democratic institutions weak. For example, governments in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda have formally decentralised power under the guise of democracy, … [Read more...] about Naked protest: how ordinary citizens reveal truth to repressive regimes

How Uganda is failing to help rural children learn languages

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Medadi Ssentanda and Allen Asiimwe |June 2, 2020 | The Conversation The government of Uganda introduced the mother tongue education programme with hope of improving literacy levels 12 years ago. But the training of teachers at colleges was not modified to match the introduced programme. In a recently published study we conducted in 2018 in three rural schools in … [Read more...] about How Uganda is failing to help rural children learn languages

The Climate Debt: What the West Owes the Rest

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Mohamed Adow, May/June 2020 Issue | Foreign Affairs Growing up in a pastoral community in northern Kenya gave me a certain clarity about the climate crisis, a clarity born not from abstract understandings but from visceral experience. In 2000, a drought killed much of my father’s cattle herd and destroyed our neighbors’ livelihoods. I helped distribute parcels of food to … [Read more...] about The Climate Debt: What the West Owes the Rest

“ኣዲኣ ሓዲጋ፡ ሓትነኣ ትናፍቕ”

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Lily Semere |May 31, 2020 | Fanus Network "ናጽነት ኤረትራ፡ ብዋጋ ስድራቤታት እያ መጺኣ፡ ስድራቤታት ግን እንታይ ረኺበን?" Haikel Negash | May 23, 2020 | Fanus Network " ናጽነት ብዘይ ሓርነት፡ ትርጉም የብላን " Wejdan Osman | May 12, 2020 | Fanus Network … [Read more...] about “ኣዲኣ ሓዲጋ፡ ሓትነኣ ትናፍቕ”

Why drought programmes in Ethiopia should support communal access to groundwater

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Donald John MacAllister. Alan MacDonald. Seifu Kebede Gurmessa | May 26, 2020 | The Conversation Like many countries in east Africa, Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to drought. Since 1965, Ethiopia has experienced 15 severe droughts affecting more than 65 million people and causing serious economic damage. Most recently, in 2015 and 2016, Ethiopia suffered a harsh drought … [Read more...] about Why drought programmes in Ethiopia should support communal access to groundwater

Ethiopia begins preliminary steps to fill GERD reservoir

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May 31, 2020 | Egypt Independent Ethiopia announced Saturday its preparations for clearing the land behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), to begin filling its reservoir with water in July. The Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) said that the Job Creation and Enterprise Development Agency in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region has announced that it is ready to … [Read more...] about Ethiopia begins preliminary steps to fill GERD reservoir