Why should we act to help save the poor? Poverty is not our problem; it is theirs. What can the poor do to us, or for us? How can politicians ask the public to give more for Africa when the public is already feeling squeezed economically?
When discussing aid and Africa you will most certainly have [...]
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Aid and Africa: A win-win situation
Posted in Africa, Aid, Human Rights Issues, New Insights, Politics, USA, World, tagged Aid and Africa, economic assistance, economic failure, global, Human rights violation, international relations, Jeffrey Sachs, military, poverty, state failure, The End of Poverty on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Zimbabwe: Talks Leading Where?
Posted in Africa, Human Rights Issues, News, Politics, World, Zimbabwe, tagged Dictator, MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai, opposition, power-sharing talks, Robert Mugabe, vice-presidency, ZANU-PF on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When the talks between Zimbabwe’s current “president” Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai came to a halt not long after they had begun I must admit my hopes for a solution to Zimbabwe’s crisis were severely damaged.
Now the negotiations are to resume on Sunday and Mr Tsvangirai, unbelievably, has said he is “fairly satisfied” [...]
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