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Donald Trump and the US media are in a fight to the finish – and they’re both guilty of peddling alternative facts

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Patrick Cockburn | Friday 17 February 2017 | The Independent Fake news may have helped hand Trump the presidency, but he is now finding it is a double-edged sword Self-absorbed and irrational Donald Trump may well be, but on Thursday he held what was probably the most interesting and entertaining White House press conference ever. These are usually grimly ritualistic … [Read more...] about Donald Trump and the US media are in a fight to the finish – and they’re both guilty of peddling alternative facts

Robert Mugabe could contest election as corpse, says wife

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Associated Press in Harare | Friday 17 February 2017 | The Guardian Grace Mugabe tells supporters that Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old president should be on ballot even if he dies Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, should run “as a corpse” in next year’s election if he dies before the vote, his wife has said. Grace Mugabe accused some ruling … [Read more...] about Robert Mugabe could contest election as corpse, says wife

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ግርማይ የማነ | ልዕሊ ቃላቱ ተግባሩ... | Feb 13, 2017 | meskerem.net ናይ 2017 ቃለ-መሓተት ፕረሲደንት ኢሰያስ ብኩሉ መለኪዒታት ካብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት ኣዝዩ ተስፋ ዝህብን ግብራዊ መግለጽን መምዘንን ዝሓዘለ ምንባሩ ንኩሉ እቲ ብጽሞናን ልቦናን ዝተኸታተሎ ዘስተባህለሉ ሓቂ እዩ። ሓንጎል ብቅርሕንትን ኣንነትን እንተመሊኡ ግን ንዝኾነ ሓቂ ክቅበልን ክርዳእን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ኣብ ክንዲ ንሓሳባት ብሙሉእ ትሕዝትኦምን ኣመታቶምን ሪኢኻን ሰሚዕካን ክትርዳእ ምፍታን; ቃላት ቆሚልካ ካብ ሃመማ ሓኸለ ከተውጽእ ምፍታን ልሙድ  ባህርያት ናይ ተቛመርቲ ወልቀሰባትን ጉጅለታትን ኩይኑ፣ ኣብ … [Read more...] about BACK2KCAB: ልዕሊ ቃላቱ ተግባሩ… ግርማይ የማነ | ንጐይታ ፈሪሖምስ ንጊልያ ይወግኡ… ቀለታ ኪዳነ

What Totalitarianism Looks Like

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CHRISTOPHER LEBRON | January 28, 2017 |  BOSTON REVIEW At noon on January 20, 2017, a new American era began. Donald J. Trump became the forty-fifth president of the United States of America. Immense power was invested in a man with a personal history littered with misogyny, allegations of sexual assault, lawsuits, employees cheated of wages, self-aggrandizement, race … [Read more...] about What Totalitarianism Looks Like

Populism and Terror: An Interview with Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky, Kenneth Palmer and Richard Yarrow |  January 18, 2017 | Harvard International Review Noam Chomsky is a philosopher, social critic, political activist, and pioneering linguist. Having served as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1955, Chomsky is the author of dozens of books, with his most recent book, Who Rules the World?, … [Read more...] about Populism and Terror: An Interview with Noam Chomsky

African Nations Increasingly Silence Internet to Stem Protests

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DIONNE SEARCEY and FRANCOIS ESSOMBA | FEB. 10, 2017 |  THE NEW YORK TIMES DAKAR, Senegal — Julius Ikena’s trade business is at a standstill because he cannot make electronic payments to his partners. Andrew Mofor cannot get access to the small fortune — 800 euros, or about $850 — that his daughter sent him through an online banking system. And Angela Atabong, a … [Read more...] about African Nations Increasingly Silence Internet to Stem Protests

Land rights key to fixing Africa’s crowded, costly cities — World Bank

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Katy Migiro | 10 February 2017 | Business Day Nairobi — Africa needs to reform its systems for buying and selling land and invest aggressively in urban infrastructure to create jobs, end poverty and reduce cities’ high living costs, the World Bank said on Thursday. Africa’s urban population will double over the next 25 years, reaching 1-billion people by 2040, it … [Read more...] about Land rights key to fixing Africa’s crowded, costly cities — World Bank

From chefs to musicians, talented ‘re-pats’ come back to build a modern Ethiopia

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Jason Burke | Sunday 5 February 2017 | The Guardian Entrepreneurs who were educated overseas are returning home His dream is to show the world the glories of Ethiopian cuisine, to preserve its rich traditions and to make even his poorest fellow citizens eat better. That Yohanis Gebreyesus Hailemariam’s ambition recalls the aims of a slightly better known chef … [Read more...] about From chefs to musicians, talented ‘re-pats’ come back to build a modern Ethiopia