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Books: Mary Harper: Somalia's al-Shabab launches 'Twitter war'
Blog Post, December, 09 2011
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Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab has launched an account on the micro-blogging site Twitter
Books: Al Shabaab's Twitter Account By Mark Harper
Blog Post, December, 09 2011
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Africa Editor Mary Harper's first report for the BBC on Al Shabaab's latest experiment with the power of the internet.
Books: VAROUFAKIS: The Modest Proposal in the European Parliament
Blog Post, December, 09 2011
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On Thursday 1st December, Yanis Varoufakis and Stuart Holland presented their Modest Proposal to members of the European Parliament.
Books: Violence continues as Congo's presidential poll results are delayed
Blog Post, December, 08 2011
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Logistical problems have delayed the result of the presidential poll in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Incumbent Joseph Kabila looks set to win but violence and fraud allegations have overshadowed the poll.
Books: Somalia fighting: New clashes in capital Mogadishu
Blog Post, December, 08 2011
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The Somali capital, Mogadishu, has been hit by some of the fiercest fighting in the city in months, in what is seen as a major setback for the government. (BBC News)
Books: Guns don’t kill people, arms dealers do
Blog Post, December, 08 2011
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Charles Taylor mentioned in an article about gun and arm dearlers.
Books: Common Ground featured in Stir Magazine
Blog Post, December, 08 2011
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Common Ground: Securing a future for all who share our planet’s resources
Books: VIDEO: Interview with Hein Marais
Blog Post, December, 08 2011
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Author and journalist Hein Marias' has in his book, South Africa Pushed to the Limit, written a most penetrating analysis of South Africa's political and economic landscape. Marais speaks to Shannon de Ryhove, deputy editor of Polity.org.za.
Books: The state of the state By Shaun de Waal
Blog Post, December, 08 2011
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It seems odd that South Africa's new growth path should have come out six months before the diagnostic overview of issues facing the country. Surely you diagnose the problem and then propose the solution?
Books: MARAIS:7 Reasons why a Universal Income makes Sense in Middle-Income Countries
Blog Post, December, 08 2011
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South Africa, like many other middle-income countries, is rich but plagued by high unemployment combined with a high poverty rate. Here are 7 reasons why a universal income grant makes more sense.
Books: rising: The significance of protests in sub-Saharan Africa
Blog Post, December, 08 2011
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Since the 2008 food crisis, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced an increase in civilian and labour protests.
Books: REVIEW: Hein Marais' South Africa Pushed to the Limit
Blog Post, December, 08 2011
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Helena Sheehan's review on Hein Marais' South Africa Pushed to the Limit appeared in the Novemeber issue of Monthly Review.
Books: Russia election: Protesters defy rally ban in Moscow
Blog Post, December, 06 2011
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Russian protesters defying a ban on unapproved rallies have been facing off with supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow city centre.
Books: Afghanistan bombs kill 58 in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif
Blog Post, December, 06 2011
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Twin attacks apparently targeting Shia Muslims have killed at least 58 people in Afghanistan.
Books: Brazil, Ghana show India way in food security
Blog Post, December, 06 2011
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INDIA continues to debate the definition of the poverty line while Ghana and Brazil became the only two countries during the first decade of the new century to achieve and surpass the United Nations millennium development goal of cutting hunger an...
Books: Libya: Government Claims Arrest 400 'Illegal Immigrants'
Blog Post, December, 06 2011
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Libya on Monday said its forces had prevented more than 400 Africans from illegally emigrating to Italy when they intercepted a boat off the coast of the North African country.
Books: South African lesbians live in fear, report finds
Blog Post, December, 05 2011
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Black lesbians in South Africa endure ridicule and abuse in schools, workplaces and churches, sometimes being accused of witchcraft, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigation has found.
Books: Steve Keen: Austrailian housing marketing is in danger
Blog Post, December, 05 2011
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Australia’s housing market is flashing warning signs of a major crisis, with data release earlier this week of slumping construction starts a replay of conditions in the U.S. shortly before its real-estate crash, according to noted scholar and fin...
Books: Where was Canada when Congo's election turned violent?
Blog Post, December, 05 2011
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There are 32 million registered voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is about the size of Western Europe but with a fraction of the infrastructure. Ballots for last week's election travelled to remote regions by canoe, delivery men po...
Books: Public sector corruption stymies eurozone debt crisis relief
Blog Post, December, 05 2011
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According to corruption watchdog Transparency International, the two countries at the center of the debt crisis scored poorly on the group’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index. On a scale of ten, Greece scored 3.4 and Italy 3.9, ranking 80 and 69, ...
