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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

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

‘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?

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...] about Journalists in Africa: Unite against tyranny

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

The Worst Dictatorship You’ve Never Heard Of

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Jeffrey Smith | April 21, 2016 | Foreign Policy Gambia is facing its biggest protest movement in years. It will either be a breakthrough or a bloodbath. Since taking power in a bloodless coup in 1994, Yahya Jammeh has presided over the worst dictatorship you’ve never heard of. The eccentric Gambian president, who performs ritual exorcisms and claims to heal everything … [Read more...] about The Worst Dictatorship You’ve Never Heard Of

In new Egyptian textbooks, ‘it’s like the revolution didn’t happen’

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Sudarsan Raghavan | 23 April 2016 | The Washington Post CAIRO — The omission on Page 5 is glaring. In a fifth-grade government textbook, a name has been purged from a list of Egyptian Nobel laureates: Mohamed ElBaradei, who was awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize along with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which he led. Three years ago, the former diplomat … [Read more...] about In new Egyptian textbooks, ‘it’s like the revolution didn’t happen’

Ethiopia struggles with worst drought for 50 years leaving 18 million people in need of aid

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Aislinn Laing, Sitti Zone, Ethiopia | 23 April 2016 | The Telegraph Every morning Aisha Nor rises at dawn to spend several hours gathering dry twigs from the scrubland around her home. By selling them each week at the local market, she can earn just enough to buy sweet black tea to supplement her children’s daily bread ration. And that, in turn, may be just enough to … [Read more...] about Ethiopia struggles with worst drought for 50 years leaving 18 million people in need of aid