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Archives for September 2018

Ethiopia to Mauritius: how will Africa match jobs to its population boom?

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Peter Beaumont in Port Louis and Tom Gardner in Addis Ababa | Thu 27 Sep 2018 | The Guardian As Africa seeks new ways to tackle high debt, low pay and inequality, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz believes two countries offer an alternative to the ‘Asian tiger’ model There’s a speech that the Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has been taking around African … [Read more...] about Ethiopia to Mauritius: how will Africa match jobs to its population boom?

ኢሰያስ ኣፈወርቂ ንጥቕሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ይሰርሕ የለን፣

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ኣቶ መስፍን ሓጎስ | በየነ ሰመረ - ኤስ. ቃለመሕትት ምስ ተጋዳላይ መስፍን ሓጎስ፡ Interview with Veteran Mesfin Hagos (Radio SBS: on 19 and 21 July 2018 & Radio Erena: on 26 July 2018) ኣብ ህሉው ኩነታት ሃገርና፡ ኩነታት ሰላም ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ ምስ ሕሉፍ ተመኩሮኡ ብምዝማድ ንተኻታተልቲ ኣካፊሉ ኣሎ። ብጠለብ ናይ ዝተፈላለዩ ተኻታተልቲ፡ ኣገዳስነቱ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ኣብ ሓደ ጠሚርና ኣቕሪብናዮ ኣሎና። ኩሉ ኣብዚ ቃለመጠይቓት እዚ ቀሪቡ ዘሎ፡ ካብ መደባት ናይ ራድዮ ኤስቢኤስ (ትግርኛ) ከምኡ'ውን … [Read more...] about ኢሰያስ ኣፈወርቂ ንጥቕሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ይሰርሕ የለን፣

Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs

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Laura Lopez Gonzalez | 28 Sep 2018 | Mail & Guardian When the US went to bat for Big Pharma in the fight against this killer disease, South Africa wasn’t having any of it. Here’s what happened next. Graveyard cough, white plague, consumption. A killer by any name, TB has stalked the human race for aeons, lurking in crowded tenements or following miners deep … [Read more...] about Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs

Looks like Angola has its own problems with presidential progeny

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 Candido Mendes and Henrique Almeida | 25 September 2018 | Business Day While former president Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane, has not been arrested on corruption charges, he has been named at the state capture inquiry as one of those who helped the Guptas influence government Angola’s state prosecutor arrested the son of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos over the … [Read more...] about Looks like Angola has its own problems with presidential progeny

Eritrea has slashed conscription. Will it stem the flow of refugees?

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Cristiano D'Orsi | August 8, 2018 | The Conversation Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed an historic agreement to end the 20-year conflict between the two countries. The breakthrough has been widely welcomed given the devastating effects the conflict has had on both countries as well as the region. The tension between the two countries led to Eritrea taking steps that … [Read more...] about Eritrea has slashed conscription. Will it stem the flow of refugees?

Beyond the Red Sea: A new driving force in the politics of the Horn

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Alex DeWaal | July 11, 2018  | World Peace Foundation This essay was published by African Arguments on July 11, 2018, and is the first part of The Thin Red Line, an African Arguments series focusing on dynamics around the Red Sea. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 transformed the Red Sea. Overnight, it turned from being a mere strip of water into a vital artery in … [Read more...] about Beyond the Red Sea: A new driving force in the politics of the Horn