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Malawi academic Kabwila says wrong to hail President Banda for peaceful demos
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So far, what the informants have to say has corroborated much of what have been suspected for a long time - and more. The story that is emerging is a story of two different groups of workers : one mostly foreign, well-fed, well-quartered, well paid, well insured and working in a safe environment; and the other group: natives, poorly fed, poorly quartered, poorly paid, overworked, nominally insured and working in an unsafe environment. But this, by itself, doesn't say much. It is only by categorizing the workers in the different strata that they have been put into that we see how the regime is exploiting the workers in every way imaginable to maximize its profit...
(Photo: Bisha-Nevsun Project, Eritrea)
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Newlyweeds, the debut feature of writer-director Shaka King, is many things. It is an intriguing new take on the stoner comedy, the romantic comedy, and one might even say the "black comedy." It's a charming independent venture that takes chances, many of which that work, in presenting a love story about growing up and growing apart. It's also really funny. The film focuses on couple Lyle (Amari Cheatom) and Nina (Trae Harris), two twenty-somethings who spend a rather large portion of their time together getting high. Nina is a free-spirited tour guide at a local museum, while Lyle holds down a job he absolutely despises as a repo man for a seedy rent-to-own...
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Ethiopia: Where to watch the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations matches live on TV and onlineSource: livesoccertv.comAfrica's biggest football festival is finally upon us. Have you thought about where to watch all the 32 AFCON 2013 matches live between J...
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America's richest man, Bill Gates is one of a group of international investors acquiring a stake in OCI NV, an Egyptian construction and fertilizer company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orascom Construction Industries, SAE (OCI) controlled by Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris.
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Blaming al-Qaida or neo-colonialism is too simple in a country where many have been marginalised for too long
There are two versions of recent events in Mali, which have emerged in recent weeks, each suggesting that the explanation for the takeover of the country's north by Islamist groups is terribly simple.
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South Africa's Bafana Bafana were sloppy and did not take their opponents seriously. It was a woeful display. Cape Verde on the other hand were purposeful and deserved their point. The way coach Lucio Antunes cast a gimlet eye over the proceedings was impressive. He seemed to have a five bar connection to his players. [...]
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Gun Appreciation Day drew crowds at state capitols across the country. The intent, organizers said, was to "send a loud and clear message to Congress and President Obama" against gun control.
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Premiering at Slamdance 2013 in Utah this past Thursday, Neil Drumming's feature film debut Big Words has been one of our most anticipated films of the fest's lineup, and that anticipation is well deserved. Drumming, a black man by the way, is a former staff writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly whose sole film credit prior to Words is the short film Hi Res, which stars Jevon McFerrin and Nadia Kiyatkina. The narrative takes place in the backdrop of the 2008 election. Although it's barely a backdrop, it further added significance to the film's underlying theme of change in these characters' lives. While watching the film I kept wishing...
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If the gun advocates behind this year's inaugural Gun Appreciation Day had hoped to use the day's festivities to build support for their anti-regulation platform, they are going to have to wait another year. Emergency personnel had to be called to the scene of the Dixie Gun and Knife Show in Raleigh, North Carolina after [...]
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South Africa's Bafana Bafana were sloppy and did not take their opponents seriously. It was a woeful display. Cape Verde on the other hand were purposeful and deserved their point. The way coach Lucio Antunes cast a gimlet eye over the proceedings was impressive. He seemed to have a five bar connection to his players. [...]
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From NPR at GlobalFest: The Malian singer originally moved to France to study acting, and appeared in several films before picking up the guitar and writing her own songs. Hear Fatoumata Diawara, recorded live in concert from Webster Hall in New York City.
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In Global Voices:
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By Elias Chipimo
When NAREP held a press conference on 10 January 2013 to deliver our New Year message, we challenged the Patriotic Front to stop focussing on political domination (for example, through triggering unnecessary by-elections) and to prioritise development actions. We then gave several examples of people's expectations and pointed out that it was not our intention to see the PF fail because if they failed, it would be the people who would suffer.
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We, Moroccans, are usually optimistic and hopeful about our football team, but often, we end up by being very disappointed. Morocco boasts many fine players like Adel Taarabt (who plays for Queens Park Rangers) and Marouane Chamakh (Arsenal). At the same, the Moroccan team has a reputation for not playing as a unit, rather as individual [...]
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In the media development space:
Together Liberia is a pilot media development project intended to empower local communicators to share their own stories through training, equipment donations and relationship building...it equips Liberian storytellers using text, audio and visual media.
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By Amílcar Tavares* Almost one fifth of Cape Verde's population would fit in the stands of The Calabash, the 95,000-capacity stadium where the Blue Sharks will today play their first ever Africa Cup of Nations match. Being recognised as one of the 16 best African national teams is a milestone in the country's sports history, and [...]
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