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Africa
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Dan Amor , All Africa
The media blitz in the Western and American press against Nigeria which is an age - long practice assumed a frightening dimension recently following the unfortunate December 25, 2009 incident in which a Nigerian child adopted by the West attempted to blow up a plane in the United States. But... » read this article
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Jason Hickel , Pambazuka
Jason Hickel asks whether ‘environmental determinism’ – the theory that
Africa’s development has been hindered as a result of ‘the
environmental conditions that Africans inhabit’ – accurately explains
Africa’s poverty. While he commends its attempt to stop blaming
underdevelopment 'on the presumed genetic inferiority of black people’,
he finds the... » read this article
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IRIN News , News Article
KASSALA,
3 December 2009 (IRIN) - Eastern Sudan hosts more than 66,000
registered Eritrean refugees, the first of whom arrived in 1968 during
the early years of Eritrea’s war of independence against Ethiopia.
These days, Eritrea’s policy of indefinite military conscription,
coupled with drought and poor economic opportunities, prompt some... » read this article
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