Travel
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Cairo Airport: The 'Guilt' of Being Black |
| I'm traveling with an Italian friend: he's white, I'm black. He talks, people try to listen and respond. I talk, people look the other way, pretend to listen, tell me to wait a minute and then they simply disappear.... |
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SIFE World Cup: The Berlin Experience |
| Everyone said that the event opened up their eyes to the amount of opportunities available and amount of work that should be put in to make Kenya a developed state.... |
Democracy
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Obama's Peace Prize: A Historical Context |
| Whether you agree that Obama is the embodiment of the hope we seek, or a symbol of an age that is the long sought bridge to a better place; relish in what this prize means in terms of the human capacity to move beyond the constraints of a checkered past.... |
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Guinea’s Camara Must be Indicted |
| Human Rights activists wherever they are must stand together and support this bold move by EU with regards to prosecuting Camara and his cabal of killers in uniform.... |
Perspectives
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Northern and Eastern Uganda Rethink Formal Land Justice Systems |
| Majority of the people at the centre of land disputes are sceptical of the formal court system... |
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A Smart Grid for Nigeria's Energy Woes? |
| Lagos is chaotic in its land use and with illegal tampering of power, it is hard to keep the supply constant.... |
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Transitional Justice: Key to Addressing Mass Displacement in Africa |
| Even if encampment might be necessary in the immediate phase of displacement, long term protection of refugees and IDPs should be based on humanitarian and human rights law principles, which emphasise individual freedoms.... |
Business Calendar
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7th ARB Meeting: Probing Governance and Prosperity in Africa |
| What role have foreign countries played in the governance and prosperity dilemma facing Africa?... |
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ICON Academy for East African Youth |
| The Inter Region Economic Network in conjunction with Syngenta Vector Control Department is happy to announce a two days training on safe use of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) products.... |
Agri Focus
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Women and Food Insecurity in Africa |
| My father has the legal title to our land but it is my mother who spends 90% of her time hoe-in-hand on land.... |
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Policy Pivotal in Attaining African Food Security |
| We cannot abandon our farmers and be surprised that Africa is in a food crisis... |
Development
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Global Hunger Index Calls Attention to Gender Equality |
| An important step to ending world hunger is empowering women and eradicating gender disparities... |
Q&A
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The Internalist School and Africa’s ‘Silences’ |
| Africans who publicly criticize African leaders have been denounced as “traitors,” “Uncle Toms,” House niggers” and accused of “washing Africa’s dirty linen in public”and providing “ammunition to racists.”... |
Finance and Banking
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Debt Forgiveness: Does it Help the Poor? |
| Debt forgiveness grants aid to those recipients that have best proven their ability to misuse that aid... |
Report
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AU Progress on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration |
| Tremendous efforts are being exerted to accelerate the pace of regional and continental integration.... |
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Ethiopian Firm Named Africa's Top SMME |
| An Ethiopian Company, Holland Car Plc, was declared the top small business in Africa at the third Africa SMME Awards function... |
