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A Post-American Africa -The U.S. Is Falling Behind

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Reuben Brigety | August 28, 2018 | Foreign Affairs Africa is transforming rapidly, and the United States’ approach to Africa is not keeping pace. While other countries are jumping at opportunities to invest in growing African economies, the United States is struggling to keep up. China’s commitments to the continent are stronger than ever, as evidenced by the upcoming … [Read more...] about A Post-American Africa -The U.S. Is Falling Behind

Whatever Happened To … That Guy Who Wanted To Make Quinoa A ‘Thing’ In Rwanda?

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Malaka Gharib | August 27, 2018 | NPR In March, I interviewed Cedric Habiyaremye, a 31-year-old Ph.D. student at Washington State University who is trying to get Rwandan farmers to grow and eat quinoa. How's his project going? Cedric Habiyaremye, 31, wanted Rwandan farmers to get excited about quinoa because of its nutritional punch. But now, he says, they're a little … [Read more...] about Whatever Happened To … That Guy Who Wanted To Make Quinoa A ‘Thing’ In Rwanda?

Asmara is a jewel’: but can Eritrea’s modernising capital retain its charm?

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Tom Gardner in Asmara | Tue 28 Aug 2018 | The Guardian It is unlike any other city in the developing world – brilliantly planned with hardly any slums. As the cold war with Ethiopia finally ends, Asmara can at last look to the future Nakfa House, a mammoth building by Asmara’s standards, is a remnant of the last era of real optimism in Eritrea. Built in 1995, four years … [Read more...] about Asmara is a jewel’: but can Eritrea’s modernising capital retain its charm?

ቃልስናን ታሪኽናን በርኔንተ ኮይኑ ከይተርፍ (Lest Our Labour Come to Naught)

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ብ ኣማኑኤል ሳህለ ኣቦታትና ቀደም፡ ኩሉ እቲ ዝጸዓሩሉን ዝደኸሙሉን ተስፋ ዘንበሩሉን ዕማም ይኹን ዕላማ ኣብ ቅድሚ ኣዒንቶም ከም ትኪ ኪበንን ከሎ ኪርእዩ ከለዉ፡ ዓሕ! በርኔንተ፡ ማለት ንብላሽ ደኺመ ይብሉ ነይሮም። እዛ በርኔንተ እትብል ቃል፡ ሽሕኳ ናይ ጣልያን ቃል እንተ ነበረት፡ በርኔንተ! ኪብሉ ኸለዉ ግን፡ እቲ ኣበሃህላ ነቲ ንብላሽ! ዚብል ቃል፡ ፍሉይ ሓይልን ስፍሓትን ትርጉምን ይህቦ ነይሩ አዩ። ኣብዚ ዘለናዮ እዋን፡ ማለት ሃገርና፡ ድሕሪ ነዊሕን መሪርን ብረታውን ደማውን ቃልሲ፡ ናብቲ ቅድመ-ገድሊ ዝነበረ ግዜ ክትምለስ ቀሪባ ኣብ ዘላትሉ ኩነታት፡ ነቲ ኣሕ በርኔንተ ዚብል … [Read more...] about ቃልስናን ታሪኽናን በርኔንተ ኮይኑ ከይተርፍ (Lest Our Labour Come to Naught)