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The Loosening of a Stronghold: Economic Pressure On Kazakhstan’s Dictatorship

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Yusuf Jailani | February 23, 2017 | Harvard International Review Nursultan Nazarbayev is one of the world’s longest-tenured dictators. He was recently reelected for his fifth term as the president of Kazakhstan, extending his 25-year reign that began in 1991 with the Central Asian country’s independence from the Soviet Union. Throughout his reign, Nazarbayev has looked to … [Read more...] about The Loosening of a Stronghold: Economic Pressure On Kazakhstan’s Dictatorship

Trump’s America First Budget Puts Africa Last

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TY MCCORMICK | MARCH 22, 2017 | FOREIGN POLICY Slash-and-burn cuts to the State Department and USAID would deepen the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. NAIROBI — It gets more U.S. foreign aid than any other continent, the largest share of U.S. global health and disaster relief spending, and it hosts nine out of the world’s 16 U.N. peacekeeping operations — and … [Read more...] about Trump’s America First Budget Puts Africa Last

Tortoise v hare: Is China challenging the United States for global leadership?

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Apr 1st 2017| BEIJING | THE ECONOMIST Xi Jinping talks of a “China solution”, without specifying what that means AS DONALD TRUMP prepares to welcome Xi Jinping next week for the two men’s first face-to-face encounter, both countries are reassessing their place in the world. They are looking in opposite directions: America away from shouldering global responsibilities, China … [Read more...] about Tortoise v hare: Is China challenging the United States for global leadership?

Editorial … Namibia, Land of the Old?

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Opinions - Editorials | 2017-03-17 | The Namibian IT HAS BECOME a recurring theme in our post-independence polity that leading elders –– former freedom fighters –– use struggle credentials in an attempt to dismiss questions about good governance and democracy raised by younger Namibians, with remarks like “we died for this country, where were you?”. No less a leading … [Read more...] about Editorial … Namibia, Land of the Old?

Cholera: How African countries are failing to do even the basics

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SAMUEL KARIUKI | 13 MAR 2017 | THE CONVERSATION A cholera outbreak has hit Malawi after spreading from neighbouring Mozambique. South Sudan is fighting it a month after the first cases were reported There have been a spate of cholera outbreaks in a number of sub-Saharan countries including South Sudan, Mozambique and Malawi. Cholera can move from one country to another, … [Read more...] about Cholera: How African countries are failing to do even the basics

Ethiopia to honour Madiba with new museum

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Siyavuya Mzantsi | 17 March 2017 | The Independent on Saturday Addis Ababa - The Ethiopian government says plans are under way to declare the Ethiopian federal police, regular and vocational training centre a museum in honour of struggle icon Nelson Mandela. The centre, which is now used to train police officers, provided intensive military training for Mandela when he … [Read more...] about Ethiopia to honour Madiba with new museum

CHUCK BERRY LIVES!

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David Remnick | March 18, 2017 | The New Yorker Never has the anxiety of influence been captured so openly, and so vividly, as in the standoff between Chuck Berry and Keith Richards, when they rehearsed Berry’s song “Carol” in St. Louis thirty years ago. To watch Berry bully, instruct, and, finally, cajole Richards into getting things right is as unforgettable for the … [Read more...] about CHUCK BERRY LIVES!

Sweden is the best country in the world for women — here’s why

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Chris Weller | Saturday 18 March 2017 | Business Insider Sweden is no stranger to topping global rankings, whether it's for excellence in raising kids, environmental friendliness, or doing good for others. The latest: Sweden was recently named the best country in the world for women by BAV Consulting and UPenn's Wharton School of Business. If you ask Asa Regner, … [Read more...] about Sweden is the best country in the world for women — here’s why

HOW AMERICA BECAME A COLONIAL LEADER IN ITS OWN CITIES

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CHRIS HAYES | MARCH 2017 | VANITY FAIR Despite increased African-American political power, being black seems as dangerous as ever. In an adaptation from Chris Hayes’s new book, the author, and MSNBC host, examines the system that drives police killings—and its consequences for everyone. What most endures about Richard Nixon’s 1968 speech to the Republican convention … [Read more...] about HOW AMERICA BECAME A COLONIAL LEADER IN ITS OWN CITIES